Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-02-12
Civil Rights Bill.

Civil Rights bill as it passed the
House last week, without the pre-
amble. The vote upon its passage
was: yeas, 1862; nays, 100; the Iowa
delegation voting solidly for it:
Rcsolced, That all persons within
the jurisdiction of the United States
shall be entitled to the full and equal
enjoyment of all accommodations,
advantages, facilities, and privileges
of inns, public conveyances on land
or water, theatres and other places of
public amusement, subject only to
the conditions and limitations estab-
lished by law and applicable alike to
citizens of every race and color, re-
CARELESS Of any previous condition of
servitude.
SEC. Q. That any person who shall
violate the foregoing section by deny
ing to any citizen, except for reasons
by law applicable to citizens of every
race and color, and regardness of any
previous condition of servltude, the
full enjoyment of any of the accom-
modations, advantages, facilities, or
privileges in said section enumerated,
or by aiding or melting such denial,
shall for every such offense forfeit
and pay the sum of $500 to the per
son aggrievcd thereby, to be recov-
cred in an acton of debt with full
costs, and shall also for every such
offense be deemed guilty of INSIDE
meanor, and upon conviction thereof
be fined not less than $500 nor more
than $1,000, or shall be imprisoned
not less than thirty days nor more
than one year: Provided, That all
persons may elect to sue for the pen
atty 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 the
other their right to proceed in other
! jurisdiction, shall be barred. But
this proviso shall not apply to Grim
inal proceedings, either under this
act or the criminal law of any State;
and procided, further, that judg-
ment for the penalty in favor of the
party aggrieved, or a judgment upon
an indictment, shall be a bar to eth
er prosecution, respectively.
SEC. 3. That the district and cir
cult courts of the United States shall
have, exclusively of the courts of the
several States, cognizance of all
crimes and otf;enses against and vio-
lations of the provisions of this act,
and action for the penalty given by
the preceding section may be prose
cuted in territorial, district, or circuit
courts of the United States wherever
the defendant may be found, without
regard to the other party; and the
district attorneys, marshals, and de-
putty marshals Of the United States,
and commissioners appointed by the
circuit and territorial courts Of the
United States with power of arresting
and imprisoning or bailing offenders
against the laws Of the United States,
are hereby especially authorized and
required to institute proceedings
against every person who shall vio-
late the provisions of this act, and
cause him to be arrested and impris-
oned, or bailed, as the case may be,
for trial before such court of the
United st ties or territorial court as
by law has cognizance of the otfense,
except in respect Of the ii hit of ac-
ton accruing to the person aggrieved,
and such district attorneys shall
cause such proceeding to be prose
cuted to their termination us in other
cases: Provided, Nothing contained
in this section shall be construed to
deny or defeat any right of civil ac-
ton accruing to any person, whether
by reason of this act or otherwise;
and any district attorney who shall
willfully fail to institute and prose-
cute the proceedings herein required
shall for every such otfcnse forfeit
and pay the sum of $500 to the per-
son aggrieved thereby, to be recov-
cred by an action of debt with full
costs, and shall on conviction thereof
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor
and be fined not less than 900 nor
more than $4,000: Ind provided
further, That Judgment for the
penalty in favor of the party aggriev-
ed against any such district attorney,
or Judgment upon an indictment
against any such district attorney,
shall be Il bar to either prosecution,
respectively.
SEC. 4. That no citizen possessing
all other qualifications which are or
may be prescribed by law shall be
disqualified for service as grano or
petit juror in any court of the United
States, or of any State, on account of
race, color, or previous condition of
scrvitude; 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 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 I'M
der the provisions of this act in
courts of the United States shall be
renewable 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 re-
view of other causes in said court.