The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-10-21
CIVIL RIGHTS.
History of the Bill and Horace
OIaynard's Votes on 1t.

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g date for Governor of Tennessee, say
5 that the Civil Rights Bill does not meal
to force mixed schools, as well as mixeC
hotels, mixed churches and mixed Gem
eteries, on the people of the land. W.
propose to give a detailed history of thi
Bill from its birth up to the time of it
passage in the Senate of the United
States last winter, and Horace Maynard
record on the Bill during that time
Read from the official records and de
eide for yourselves:
FEBRUARY 19, 1S72-In the House OF
Representatives, the following was in
troduced:
Be 1t enacted, dc, That no citizen OF
the United States shall, by reason of race
color, or previous condition of servitude
be excepted or excluded from the full
and equal enjoyment of any accOmmO
dation, advantage, facility, or privilege
furnished by inn-keepers; by common
carriers, whether on land or water; by
licensed owners, managers, or lesses OF
theatres or other places of public amuse
ment; by trustees, commissioners, super
intendents, teachers, and other officers
of common schools and other public in
stitutions of learning, the same being
supported by moneys derived from gen.
eral taxation or authorized by law; by
trustees and officers of cemetery associa-
tiOns and benevolent institutions incOr-
porated by national or State authority.
! But private schools cemeteries and in
| stitutiOns of learning established exclu-
| sively for white or cOlOred persons and
maintained respectively by voluntary
! contributions, shall remain according to
the terms of the original establishment.
SEC. ?. That any person violating any
| of the provisions of the foregoing section,
] or aiding in their violation, or melting
| thereto, shall, for every such Offense,
! forfeit and pay the sum of $500 TO the
/ person aggrieved thereby, to be recover
| ed in an action on the case, with full
! costs, and shall also, for every such
! offense, be deemed guilty of a misde-
! meanOr, and, upon conviction thereof,
! shall be fined not less than $500 nor more
| than 81 600, or shall be imprisoned not
| less than thirty days nor more than one
! year: PT0rided, That the party aggriev-
ed shall not recover more than one pen
atty; and when the offense is a refusal Of
burial, the penalty may be recovered hv
the heirs at law of the person whose body
has been refused burial.
Sec. 3. That the same Jurisdiction
and powers are hereby conferred and the
same duties enjoined upon the courts and
officers of the United States in the exc
cutiOn of this act as are conferred and
enjOined upon such courts and officers in
section three, four, five, seven and ten of
an act entitled 4" An act to protect all
| persons in the United States in their
civil rights, and to furnish the means of
their vindication," passed April 8, 1866,
and these sections are hereby made a
part of this act; and any of the aforesaid
officers failing to institute and prosecute
such proceedings herein required, shall
for every such offense, forfeit and pay
the sum of $500 to the person aggrieved
thereby, to he recovered by an action
ON the case, with full costs, and shall
on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and be fined not less
than 81 900 nor more than So, 600
Sec. 4. That no citizen possessing all
other qualifications which are or may he
prescribed by law shall be disqualified
for service as a juror in any court, ma
tional or State, by reason of race, color
| or previous condition of servitude; and
any officer or other persons charged with
any duty iR the selection or summoning
of jurors, who shall exclude or fail to
summon any citizen for the reason above
named, shall, on conviction thereof, be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be
fined not less than 81 900 nor more than
! 50, 600.
SEC. s That every discrimination
| against any citizen on account of color
by the use of the word "white" in any
law, statute, ordinance, or regulation, is
hereby repealed and annulled.
Mr.. Eldridge moved to reject the bill,
which was disagreed to--yeas SO, nays
116.
If, Magndg1t poted nag
MARCH %, 1872-Mr. Elliott offered
this resolutions:
ResOLOed, That the rules be so suspended
as to bring the Bill before the House for
consideration, to the exclusion of other
orders, on Wednesday, April 10, at 2
O'clock, p. m.
On aol,tch Mr.. Maynard ooted age.
APRIL 1, 1872-This Bill being before
the House, Mr.. Niblack moved to lay it
on the table, which was not agreed to-
lfr. Maynard oottng nag.
APRIL s, 1872-The Bill was ordered
to be engrossed and read a third time.
NJ. Maynard oott,ag age,
DECEMBER ., 1S72.-This Bill came up
in regular order in the House, and after
an attompt to lay it on the table, on mo.
tfon of Mr.. Scohf1e1d, was referred to the
Committee on the Revision of the Laws,
and was not reported back from that
committee.
DECEMBER 1, 1S73.-Mr. Sumner Of
fered a Civil Rights Bill in the Senate,
which was read twice and ordered to be
printed. 1t was verbatim, the Bill above
given.
JANUARY 27, 1874-The Bill was re-
ferred to the Judiciary Committee.
APRIL IA, 1874-Mr Frelinghuysen,
from that Committee, reported the fol-
lowing as substitute:
SECTION 4. That all citizens and other
persons within the jurisdiction of the
United States shall be entitled to full and
equal enjoyment of the accommodations,
advantages, facilities and privileges of
inns, public conveyances on land or Nya>
ter, theaters and other places of public
amusement; and also of common schools
and public institutions of learning or be.
nevolence supported, in whole or in part,
by general taXationi and of cemeteries
SO suppOrtedS and also the institutions
known as Agricultural Colleges and en-
uOWcu ny bHe OH1IeU otaIeS9 SUBJECT on
ly to the condition and limitations &C.
tablished by law, and applicable alike to
citizens of every race and color, regard
less of any previous condition of servi-
tude.
SEC. ?. That any person who shall vi
olate the foregoing section by DENYING
TO any person entitled to its benefits. ex-
cept for reasons by law applicable to cit
izens of every race and color, and regard
less of any previous condition of servi.
tude, the full enjoyment of any of the
accommodations, advantages, facilities
and privileges in said section enumerated,
or by aiding or melting such denial,
shall, for every sach eHense, forfeit end
pay the sum of five hundred dollars 10
the person aggrieved thereby. to be re-
a.nHeI.nd In an antiora ~, a. .--.-- -.