The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-10-02
Social Rights Bill.

uIIi az u parsIh tuC bhiltu Dtuite Dcu
ate at the late session:
Sec. !. That all citizens and other per.
sons within the Jurisdiction of the Unit
ed States. shall be entitled 10 the full
and equal enjoyment OF the aceommoda.
tons, advantages, facilities and privi-
!oges of inns, pablic conveyahces ON
land or water, theaiers and other places
Of public amusement, and also of com.
mon schools aud public institutions OF
learning or benevolence, supported In
whole or part by general taxation, and
OF cemeteries so supported and also the
institutions known as Industrial Col.
leges endowed by the United States,
subject TO the conditions and limitations
Established by law and applicable alike
to citizens of every race aud color, re.
gardless Of any previous condition OF
servitude.
| Sec. 2. That any person who shall vic.
late the foregoing section by denying
any person entitled to its benefits, except
for reasons by law applicable to citizens
Of every race and color, aud regardless
OF any previous condition of servitude,
the full enjoyment of any accommoda.
tons advantages, facilities, privileges
in said section enumerated, or melting
snch denials. shall, for every such
Offense, forfeit AMI pay the sum OF five
hundred dollars TO the person aggrieved
| thereby, to be recovered in action on the
case, with full costs, and shall also for
every such oflense be deemed guilty Of
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thereof shall be fined not less than one
thousand dollars, or shall be imprisoned
not more than one year provided, that
the party so aggrieved shall not recover
more than one penalty; and If the
oflense is refusal Of burial, the penalty
may be recovered by the heirs at law of
the person whose body has been refused
burial and provided further shat all
persons may elect 10 sue for the penalty
aforesaid. or to proceed under their
right at common law aud State statutes,
and having so elected to proceed in one
mode or the other. their right to proceed
in the other jurisdiction shall be barred
but this provision shall not apply to
criminal proceedings either under this
act or the criminal law of the State
Sec. 3. That the District and Circuit
Courts of the United States shall have,
exclusively Of the courts of the several
States cognizance of all crimes and
offences against and violations of this
act, and actions for penalty given by the
preceding section may be prosecuted
in the Territorial, District or Circuit
Courts Of the United States, whenever
the defendant may be found, without
regard to the other party, and district
attorneys, marsbais and deputy mar
shals of the United States and commits.
sioners appointed by the Circuit aud
Territorial Courts Of the United States,
with powers of arresting and imprison.
ing and bailing offenders against the
laws Of the United States, are hereby
specially authorized and required TO
institute proceedings against every per.
son who shall violate the provisions of
this act, and cause him to be arrested
aud imprisoned or baiied, as case NAV
be, for trial before such court of the
United States or Territorial Courts as
By law has cognizance of the offence,
except in respect of the right of action
accruing to the person aggreved, and
such district attorneys shall cause such
proceedings to be prosecuted to their ter.
as in other cases; provided
that nothing contained in this section
shall be construed to deny or defeat
the civil action accruing TO any person
by reason of this act or otherwise.
Sec. 4. That no citizen providing he
meet all the other qualifications which
are or may be prescribed by law, shall
be disqualified for services for grand
Or petty jurors in any court of the
United States, or Of State, on account
Of race, color, or previous condition of
,erviiude, and any officer or other per-
son charged with any duty in the selec-
lion or summoning Of jurors, who shall
exclude or fail to summon any citizen
or the cause aforesaid, shall be deemed |
guilty Of misdemoanor, and fined not
more than $1,000. ..ra.
Sec. 5. That all cases arising under
The provisions of this act in the courts
ofthe United States shall be renewable
by the Supreme Court of the United
States, without regard to the sum in
uUuGE tuC buinc PROVISIONS
md regulations as are now provided
by law for the review Of other causes
u said court, snar
There Is the Social Rights Bill as 1t
passed tho United States Senate, and
hat is the precise form, shape and SUBJ
stance in which il will pass the House
IF Representatives next winter--unless,
indeed, the elections now pending in
liflcrent portions of tho land should
how an overwhelming loss on the Re.
publican side. It's provisions arc plain,
,old and unmistakable, aud no manner
" twisting, lodging, prevaricating or
compromising can weaken their force or
elieve their oifensivcLess. 1t Is the
rowning point, the cap-shoaf, the last
# the series Of those mischievous mea.
ures which have agitated aud at times
onvulsed the country for the last thir-
y years, and the Republican party in
end to consummate the work. This
q palpable TO every ell-nrormed
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