Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-05-28
CIVIL RIGHTS.
Passage OF the Bili Saturday
Morning, May, 23th.
The Full Text Of the Document.

The discussion on the ciyil.rights bill
was continued in the Senate through the
whole of Friday night until Saturday
morning. The question was then taken
on tho motion of Mr.. Gordon to exclude
from the provisions of the bill common
scho OILS and public institutions of learns
ing and benevolcnce. Rejcctod-yeas IA,
nays 80. Mr.. Scott moved to strikc from
the third section the clause imposing a
penalty upon any district attorney who
shall willfally fail tc prosecute for viola
lions Of this act. Agreed to. Mr.. Nc.
Creepy moved an amendment to the first
section, n proviso that nothing herein cons
tanned shall be constructed to apply to
schools already established. Lost. Mr..
Sargent moved to amend the FIRST section
by providing that all persons within the
jurisdiction Of tho United States shall
have equal benefits of the public school
systems. Mr.. Edmunds said this would
nullify the fourteenth amendment. 1t
would permit seperate schools, and IF al
lowed in that respect it might as we'll be
extended to public conveyanccs and to ev>
erything else. The amendment was re-
jected- yeas &c, nays %. Mr.. Hamil,
ton, of Maryland, moved to strike out the
fourth section of the bill in relation to
jurors. Rejected--yeas Is, nays 2S.
The bill was then passed-yeas 20, nays
lS-Messrs. Boremar, Carpenter, and
Lewis voting in the negative with the
Democrats. when the Chair announced
the passage Of the bill a few colorcd per.
sons who remained in the galleries all
night testified their qualifications BY clap.
ping of hands. The Senate then at Z 10
A. NJ. of Saturday, adjourned till Mon.
cay.
The following are
THE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL
in full, as it passed the Senate:
SECTION 1. That all citizens aud other
persons within the jurisdiction'of the Uni.
ted States shall be entitled to the full and
equal enjoyment of the accommodations,
advantages, facilities, and privileges of
inns public %conyeyances on land or water,
theate RS, and other places Of pubic
amusement and also of common schools
and public institutions of learning or be-
nevolencc supported in whole or in part
by general taxation and also institutions
known as agricultural colleges, endowed
by the United States: and of cemeteries
SO supported subject only to the condi-
tions and Limitations established by law,
and applicable alike to citizens of every
race and color, regardless of any previous
condition of servitudc.
SEC. 2, That any person who shall VIC,
late the foregoing section by denying to
any person entitled to the benefits except
for reasons by law applicable to citizens
of every race and color, and regardless of
any previous conditions OF servitude, the
full enjoyment of any of the accommodate
lions, advantages, facilities, or privileges
in said section enumerated, or by aiding
or melting such denial, shall, for every
such offence, forfeit and pay the sum of
FIVE hundred dollars TO the person ag.
grieved thereby, to be recovered in an ao>
lion on the case, with full costs; and shall
also, for every sueh %offense, be deemed
guilty of a ~misdcmeanor, and, upon con-
viction thereof, shall be fined not more
than one thousand dollars, or snail be i'm.
prisoned not more than one year :Provi-
ded, That the party aggricvod shall not
recover more than one penalty and when
the offense is a refusal of BURIAL, the pen>
atty may be recovered by the heirs at law
Of the person whose body has been refus>
ed burial: And provided further, That all
persons may elect to sue for the penalty
aforesaid, or to proceed under their rights
at common law and by States statutes
and having SO elected To proceed in the
one mode or the other, their right to pro.
coed in the other jurisdiction shall be
barred. But this proviso shall not apply
to criminal proceedings, either under this
act or the criminal law of anys State.
Sec. 8. That til: di strict and circuit
courts Of the United States shall have, OK.
clusiyely of the courts Of the several
States, cognizance of all crimes and offen>
ses against, and violations of, the proyis.
sons Of this act and actions for the pen
atty given by the proceeding section may
be prosecuted in the Territorial district
or circuit courts of the United States
wherever the defendant may be found,
without regard to the ether party. And
the district attorneys, marshals, and dep>