The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-05-30
CIVIL RIGHTS.
Full Tett OF the Senate Supplemental
Bill

Bill.
The civil rights bill, as it passed the
senate, reads ga follows:
Section l. That all citizens and other
persons within the Jurisdiction Of the
United States shall be entitled to the
full and equal enjoyment of the accom-
modations, advantages, facilities and
privileges of Inns. public conveyances
on land or water, theaters and other
places of amusement, ard also OF com
mon schools and public institutions Of
learning G benevolence supported IN
whole or part by general taxation, and
of1cemeteries so supplied, and also in
stfutions known as industrial colleges
endowed by the United States, subject
to the conditions and limitations estab
lished by law and applicable alike t
citizens of every race and color, regard
less OF any previous condition of servi-
tude.
Sec. 2. That any person who shall "
/ Olate the foregoing section by denying
| to any person entitled to it's benefits,
except for reasons by law applicable TO
sll z rs OF eysrg 4 a. sia sgdoI 80 g
servitude, the full enjoyment of any
/ accommodations, advantages, facilities
/ or privileges in said section enumeTa-
/ ted, or melting such denial, shall, for
/ every such Offsnse, forfeit ard pay the
! sum of five hundred dollars to the per
son aggrieYed thereby, to be recovered
i'll action on the cas-, with full costs,
and shall also be deemed guilty of q
INsdemeanOr, 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 aggrieved shall not recover
more than one penalty and If the Of
fense is a refusal Of burial, the penalty
may be recoTred 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-
rsdiction shall be barred but this pre-
viso shall not apply to criminal pro
cec1ings 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 aud actions for pen
atty given bv the preceding section NAV
be prosecuted Ia the territorial. district /
or crcuit courts of the United States, ]
wherever the defendant may be found, /
without regard to the other party, and /
district attorneys, and maFshals and /
deputy marshals of the United States /
and commissioners appointed by the |
circuit and territorial courts Of the Un |
ted States with powers Of arresting and /
imprisonment and bailiDg 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 cOPniZance Of the /
offense, except in respect OF the right of /
action accruing to the person a9grieved; ; T
and such district attorneys shall cause I
such proceedings to be prosecuted to /
Section sti shall be 'ccaonsfrned TO deny or
defeat the civil action accruing to any
person by reason of this act or otherwise. /
Sec. (. That 70 citizen, providing be /
meet all the other qualifications which /
are or may be prescribed by law, shall /
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. s. That all cases arising under
the provisions of this act in the courts
of the United States, shall be review
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,,
Conkling. Edwards, Elan
igan, Frelinghuysen, Hamlin, Harvey,
Howe, Ingalls,, Mitchell, Morrill,, of
Vermont, Oglesby. Patterson, Pease,
Pratt, Ramsey, Robinson, Sargent,
Scott, Spcnc T, Stewart, Wadleigh.
West, Window, and Wright
.29.
Nays-Bogy, Boreman, Carpenter,
Cooper, Davis, Hager. Hamilton, of
Md, Johnston, Kelley, Lewis, Nc
Creery, Merrimon, Norwood, Ransom,
and Stoekton-16.
Messrs. Motion, Cameron, Hitchcock,
Ferry, of Michigan, Sherman
and Logan, who would have voted for
the bill, were paired with Messrs.
Stevenson, Thurman, Upton, Bayard,
Dennis, Goldthwaite and Gordon, who
would have voted against it.