Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-03-03

We give below the full text of the
civil rights bill as it passed congress:
SECTION l. That all persons within
the Jurisdiction of the United States
shall be entitled to full and equal en-
joyment of accommodations, advanta-
ees, facilities and privileges of inns,
public cOnveyences on land or water,
theaters aud 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 aervitude.
Sec. 2. That any person who shall vio-
late the foregoing section by denying to
any citizen, except for reasons by law
applicable to citizens of every race and
color, and regardless OF any previous
condition of servitude, the full enjoy
ment OF any of the accommodations, adj
yantages, facilities or privileges in said
section enumerated, or by aiding or in
citing such denial, shall, for every Of
fense, forfeit and pay the sum Of five
hundred dollars to the person aggrieved
thereby, to be recovered in action of
debt, with full costs; and shall also, for
every such offense, be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof be fined no less than five hun
dred dollars, and no more than one thou
sand dollars, or shall be imprisoned not
less than thirty days, nor more than one
year; provided, that all persons 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 other ju.
risdiction shall be barred; but this pro-
viso shall not apply to criminal proceed
ings either under this act or the criminal
law Of any State. and provided further,
that a judgment for the penalty in favor
Of the party aggrieved, or a6judgment
upon an indictment, shall be a bar to
either prosecution upon any other.
Sec. 3. District and circuit courts of
the United States shall have, exclusively
of the courts Of the several States, cogni-
zance of all crimes and Offenses against
and violations Of the provisions of this
act, and actions for the penalty given by
the preceding section may be prosecuted
in Territorial, district and circuit courts
Of the United States, wherever the de-
fendant may be found, without regard
to the other party, ard district attor-
neys, marshals and deputy. of
the United States, and commissioners
appointed by the circuit and Territorial
courts of the United States, with powers
Of arresting and jmpTisoning or bailing
offenders against the laws Of the United
States, are hereby especially authorized
and required to institute proceedings
against every person who shall violate
the provisions of this act, and cause him
to be arrested or bailed, as the case may
be, for trial before such court of the
United States or Territorial court as by
law has cognizance Of the Otfense, except
in respect to the right of action accruing
to the person sggrieved, and such district
attorneys shall cause such proceedings to
be prosecuted to their termination; pro-
vided, that nothing contained IN this
section shall be construed to deny or de-
feat any right Of civil action accruing
to any person, whether by reason Of this
act or otherwise, and any district at
torney who shall wilfully fail TO institute
and prosecute the proceedings herein re-
ferred to, shall, for every such offense,
forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred
dollars to the person sggrieved thereby,
to be recovered by al action OF debt, and
shall, on conviction thereof, be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and fined not