Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-05-30
CIVIL RIGHTS.
t'WII Teit of the senate Supplemental
Bill

The civil fights bill, as it passed the
senate, reads as follows
Section /. That all citizens and othel
persons within the jurisdiction of the
United States shall be entitled to the
full and equal enjoyment of the accom-.
modations, advantages, facilities aud
privileges Of inns, public conveyance
on land or water, theaters and other
, places OF amusement, and also Of com.
mon schools aud public institutions Of
! learning cr beneyolence supported in
whole or part by general taxation, and
of cemeteries 50 supplied, and also H.
stitutions known as industrial colleges
endowed by the United States, subject
to the conditions and limitations estab-
lished by Law and applicable alike to
citizens of every race and color, regard.
less OF any previous condition of servi-
| tude.
Sec 2. That any person who shall vi
olate the foregoing section by denying
to any person entitled TO its benefits,
except for reasons by Law applicable to
citizens Of evsry race and color and re-
gardless Of any previous condition Of
servitude, the full enjoyment of any
accommodations, advantages, facilities
or privileges in said section enumera-
ted, or melting such denial, shall, for
every such off4nse forfeit ard pay the
sum Of five hundred dollars to the per-
son aggrieved thereby, to be recovered
in action on the case, with full costs,
and shall also be deemed guilty of a
lnisdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined not less than one
thousand dollars, or shall be imprisoned
not more than one year; provided, that
the party so aggrieyed shall not recover
more than one penalty and if the Of
Tense is refusal OF burial, the penalty
may be recovered by the heirs at law
of the person whose body has been re-
fused 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 the
state statutes, and having so elected to
proceed in the one mode or the other,
their right to proceed in the other ju-
risdiction shall be barred but this pro-
yiso shall not apply to criminal pro-
ceedings either under this act or the
criminal law of the state.
Sec 3. That the district aud circuit
courts of the United States shall have,
exclusively Of the courts of the several
states, cognizaDce of all crimes and Of
fences against and violations Of the pro-
visions of this act, and actions for pen
atty given by the preceding section may
he prosecuted in the territorial. district
or circuit courts of the United States,
wherever the defendant may be found,
without regard to the other party, and
district attorneys, and marshals and
deputy marshals of the United States
and commissioners appointed by the
circuit and territorial courts of the Unit
ted States with powers of arresting and
imprisonment and bailing offenders
against the laws of the United States,
are hereby specially authorized and re-
quired to institute proceedings against
every person who shall violate the pro
visions of this act and cause him to be
arrested and imprisoned or bailed as
the case may be, for trial before such
court of the United States or territorial
court as by law has cognizqnce of the
offense, except in respect of the right of
action accruing to the person aggrieved;
and such district attorneys shall cause
such proceedings to be prosecuted to
their termination Us in other cases; pro
vided that nothing contained in this
section shall be construed to deny or
defeat the civil action sccruing to any
person by reasouof this act or otherwise. .
See. T. That 70 citizen, providing he
meet all the other qualifications which
are or may be prescribed by law, shall .
be disqualified for grand or petit juror
in any court of the United States or
of a state, on account of race, color,
or previous condition of servitude. and
any officer or other person, charged with
any duty in the selection or summoning
of Jurors, who shall exclude or fail to
summon any citizen for the cause afore-
said, shall be deemed guilty of a mis-.
demeanor, and fined not more than one .
thousand dollars.
Sec. 5. That all cases arising under
the provisions of this act in the courts /
of the United States, shall be review F.
able by the supreme court of the United .
States, without regard to, the. sum in
controversy, under the same provisions
and regulations as are now provided by
law for the review of other causes in
said court.
The following is the vote by which .
the bill finally passed /
Yeas - Alcorn, Allison, Boutwell,, .
Buckingham, Conkling, Edwards, Flan-
igan, Frelinghuysen, Hamlin, Harvey,
Howe, ingalls,, Mitchell, Morrill,, Of
Vermont, Oglesby. Patterson, Pease,
Pratt, Ramsey, Robinson, Sargent,
Scott, Spcnc r, Stewart, Wadleigh,
Washburn, West Window, and Wright .
30. ..
Nays-Bogy, Boreman, Carpenter,
Cooper, Davis, Hager. Hamilton, OF
Nd, Johnston, Kelley, Lewis, Nc
Creery, Merrimon, Norwood, Ransom,
Salisbury and Stockton-16.
Messrs. Morton, Cameron, Hitchcock,
Chandler, Ferry, of Michigan, Sherman
aud Logan, who would have voted for
the bill, were paired with Messrs.
Stevenson, Thurman, Upton, Bayard,
Dennis, Goldthwaite and Gordon, who |.