Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-02-12
The Civil-Rights Bill Passed by the
House.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 5.


The following is the Civil-Rights bill,
without the preamble, passed by the
House today:
tion of the United States shall be entitled to full
and equal enjoyment of accommodations, adj
vantages, facilities and privileges of inns, pub
lie conveyances on land or water, theaters and
other places of public amusement, subject only
to conditions and limitations established by law,
and applicable alike to citizens of every race and
color, regardless of any previous condition OF
servitude.
SEC 2. That any person who shall violate the
foregoing section by denying to any citizen, ex-
cept for reasons by law applicable to citizens of
every race and color and regardless OF any pre-.
of any of the accommodations, advantages,
facilities, or privileges in said section
enumerated, or by aiding or melting such denial
and pay the sum of $500 to the person
aggrieved thereby, to be recovered In an action
of debt, with full costs, and shall Also for every
such offense, be deemed guilty OF misdemeanor
and, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less
than $500 nor more than 5000, or shall be i'm
prisoned not less than thirty days nor
may elect to sue for the penalty aforesaid, or
to proceed under their rights at common law
and by State statutes, and having so elected to
proceed in the one mode or other their
right to proceed in another jurisdiction shall
be barred. But this proviso shall not apply to
criminal proceedings either under this act or the
further, That Judgment for the penalty in favor
of the party aggrieved or Judgment upon an in
dictment shall be bar to either prosecution re-
spectively.
SEC g. That District and Circuit Courts of the
United States shall have, exclusive of courts of
the several States, cogniZance of all crimes and
offenses against and violations of the provisions
of this act and action for the penalty given by
the preceding section may be prosecuted
in Territorial, District Circuit Courts of
the United States wherever fS
party; and the District Attorneys Mar
shals, and Deputy Marshals of the United
States. and Commissioners appointed by the Cir
cult and Territorial Courts of the United States,
with powers of arresting and imprisoning or bail
ing offenders against the laws of the United
States, are hereby specially authorized and re-
uuired to institute proceedings against every
person who shall violate the provisions of this
act, and cause him to be arrested. and imprisoned
or baed, as the may be, for trial before such
court of the United States or Territorial Court,
as by law has cognizance of the offense, ex-
cept in respect of the right of action accru-
ing to the person aggrieved, and such Dis
trict Attorneys shall cause such proceed
ings to be prosecuted to their termination, as
in other cases: Pr00ided Nothing contained in
this section shall be construed to deny or defeat
any right of civil action accruing to any person
whether by reason of this act or otherwise; and
any District Attorney who shall willfully fail to
institute and prosecute the proceedings herein
required shall for sESa gsh 10 he f0r
aggrieved thereby, to be recovered by an
action of debt, with full costs, and SHALL on con-
viction thereof, be deemed guilty of misdemean-
or. and be fined not less than 81 LOCO nor more
than 5000: and proUsded FURTHER That judg-
ment for the penalty in favor of the party ag-
grieved against any such District Attorney or a
Judgment npon an Indictment agaii st any such
District Attorney, shall be bar to either prose-
cution, respectively.
SEC. q. That no citizen possessing all the
other qualifications which are or may be pre-
scribedby law shall be disqualified for service as
grand or petit juror in any court of the United
States, of any State, account of race, color,
or previous condition of servitude. And any
officer or other person charged with any duty in
the selection summoning of jurors who shall
exclude or fail to summon any citizen for the
cause aforesaid shall, on conviction thereof, be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor and be fined not
more than $4,000.
SEC. 5. That all cases arising under the proTs-
ions of this act in the courts Of the United States
shall be renewable by the Supreme Court Of the
United States, without regard to the sum in con-
troversy, under the same provisions and regula-
tions as are now provided by law for the review
of other causes in said court.