The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-02-09
CIVIL RIGHTS.
TEXT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL as PASSED By
THE HOUSE FRIDAY.

The following is the bill as passed with
out the preamble:
SEC. L. That all the persons within the
Jurisdiction of the United States shall be en-
titled to the full and equal enjoyment of the
accommodations, advantages, facilities and
privileges OF assurances, public conveyances
on land or water, thesters and other places
of public amusement, subject only to the
conditions and limitations established by
law and applicable alike to the citizens of
every race and color, regardless of any pre-
yious condition of servitude.
SEC. 2. That any person who shall violate
the foregoing section, by denying to any
citizen, except for reasons by law applicable
to the citizens of every race and color, and
regardless of any previous condition OF ser
vitude, the full enjoyment OF any OF the
accommodations, advantages, facilities or
privileges in the said section enumerated, or
by aiding or inciting such denial, shall, for
every such offeIise, forfeit and pay
the sum OF $500 TO the person
aggrieved thereby, to be recovered in an &C
tion of debt with full costs, and shall also,
for every such offense, be deemed guilty OF
| a mi sdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
be fined not less than $500 nor more than
81, 900, or shall be imprisoned not less than
/ 80 days nor more than one year, provided
that all persons may elect TO sue for the
penalty aforesaid, or TO proceed under
1 Al
state statutes, and having so elected
| to proceed in the one mode or the other,
their right to proceed in the other jurisdic-
| tion shall be barred, but this proviso shall
| not apply to criminal proceedings, either
under this act or the criminal law of any
| state: and provided further, that the iudg-
memo for the penalty in favor of the party
aggreved, or a judgment upon az indict-
ment, shall be a bar TO either prosecution
respectively.
SEC. 8. That the district and circuit courts
of the United States shall have exclusively
of the courts OF the several states cognizance
of all the crimes and offences against and
violations of the provisions Of this act, and
actions for the penalty given by the pre-
ceding section may be prosecuted in a ter
ritOrial, district or circuit court of the
United States wherever the defendant may
party, and the district attorneys, msrshals
and deputy marshals of the United States
and commissioners appointed by the cir
cult and territorial court of the United
States with powers OF arresting and i'm
pfisOning or bailing offenders against the
laws OF United States, are hereby especl-
ally authorized and required to
; institute proceedings against every
. person who shall violate the pro.
visions of this act and cause
him to be arrested and imprisoned, OF
baied as the case may be, for trial before
such court of the United States, or territorial
: court, as by law has cogniLance of the
J offense, except in respect OF the right o.
action accruing to the person aggrieved
aud such district attorneys shall cause such
) proceedings TO be prosecuted 10 their termi-
) nation as in other cases: provided
9 nothing contained in this section shall be
construed TO deny or defeat any right oi
civil action accrulng to any person, whether
T by reason of this act or otherwise, and any
. district attorney who shall wilfully fail tC
in fIIfn nd r0rn a N lcrs
5 herein referred to, shall for every offenst
forfeit and pay the sum of 5000 to the per
S son aggrieved thereby, to be recovered by
an action of debt with costs, and shall
r on conviction thereof, be deemed
g guilty of a misdemeanor, and b:
; fined not less than $1,000, nor NOR,
o than $1,000; and provided, further, that {
r judgment for the penalty, in favor of The
q party aggrieved. against any such distric
: attorney, or a judgment upon an indict
g ment against any such district attorney
J.. shall be bar to either prosecution respect
|. lively.
Y SFC. 4. That no citizen, possessing al
: other qualifications which are or may b,
J, prescribed by law, shall be disqualified fo
a the service of grand or petit Juror in AM
d court of the United States, or OF any state
!. on account of race, color or previous
= condition of serviIude, and any officer
r, or other person charged with anv duty o
e the selection or suinmoning of jurors, whC
e shall exclude or fail to SUMMON any citizeI
:, for the cause aforesaid, shall, on conviction
+ thereof, be deemed guilty of misdemeanor
q and be fined not more than 80. .000.
If SEC. 5. That all cases arising under tn
l. provisions of this act in the courts of th
& United States shall be renewable by tn
o Supreme Court of the United States, with
!, out regard to the sum In controversy, unde
q the same provisions and regulations as ar
g now provided by law for review of othe
e causes in the said court
"a A Washington correspondent writes: o.
B. Saturday last Mrs. Sartoris and her hus
, band, Mrs. Fred. and her husband, assiste
e in the reception. There does not appear {
d be the same difficulty between the ladies q
to precedence as existed between the wife {
the Dnke of Edinburgh and his sister
\, Mrs. Fred, Ike sensible young woman
10 expects Mrs Sartoris TO be nearer the heart
Is of her parents than she who has so recentl
,d been added to the family circle. Nellie, a
!, she will always be called by those wh
: have known her since she was 10 years {
~ age, looked sweet and pretty in lavendel
10 cOlOred silk, trimmed with plsitings of creT
~ lisse, the same color Her ieWelry consiste
of an amethyst necklace and earrings.
%
's One ofthe bills presented to the Senate (
IN the Illinois legislature provides for amend
9, ing the law in relation to divorce, SO as
: = prohibit the marriage OF divorced perso
as for two years after having obtained a deere
er OF divorce from court of competent iuri
b, diction. The reason for this is that parti
ne To the suit have two years in which to file
OF writ OF error, and If the writ Is sustained
!. the Supreme Court, marriage that ms
Do have been contracted by either party in Il
t. meantime is'ideclared null and void, an
20 thereby hsrdships imposed upon an inn'
5d cent person. The bill makes such ma
10 riage, that is, in less than two years from Il
p time the decree may be granted, bigam
or and punishable as such, unless the deer
IN may be sooner confirmed by the Supren
Il, Court.