The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-03-12
Marietta, Georgia. Friday Morning, March
CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.

1 OF accommodations, advantages Ia
cilities and privileges of inns, pub
lie conveyances on land or water
theaters and other places of public
amusement, subject only to coudi
tionS established by law and appli
cable alike to citizens of every color
regardless of previous condition o.
servitude. a@
Sec. 2. That any person who
shall violate the foregoing section by
denying to any citizens, except for
reasons by law applicable to citizen;
of every race and regardless of any
previous condition of servitude, the
full enjoyment of any of the accom-
modations, advantages, facilities OF
privileges 10 said section enumera.
ted, or by aiding or melting such
denial, shall, for every offense, for
felt and pay the sum of five hundred
dollars to the person aggrieved there
by, to be recovered in an action OF
debt, with full costs, and shall also,
for every such ofense, be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof be fined not less
$500 nor more than $1,000, or shall
be imprisoned not less than 30 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 either, their right to pro-
coed in other jurisdiction 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 judgement for the penalty in
favor of the party aggrieved, or
judgement upon an indictment, shall
be 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 sew,
eral states, cognizance of all crimes
and offenses against and violations OF
the provisions of this act, and actions
for the penalty given by the proceed
ing section may be prosecuted in ter
ritorial, district or circuit courts of
United States wherever the defen-
dat may be found, without regard
to the other party, and district at
tornsys, lnarshals and deputy mar
shals of the United States, and COM
missioners appointed by the circuit
and territorial courts of the United
States, with powers of arTesting and
imprisoning or baAing offenders
against the laws of the United States,
are hereby especially authorized and
required to institute proceedings
against every person who shall VIC,
late 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 cog
nizance of the offense, except in re-
spcct to the right of action accruing
to the person aggrieved, and such
district attorneys shall cause such
proceedings to be pro secuted to their
termination provided, that nothing
contained in this section shall be con-
strued to deny or defeat any right of
civil action accruing to any person,
whether by reason of this act or 9TH
erwise, and any district attorney who
shall wilfully fail to institute and
prosecute the proceedings herein re-
ferred to, shall, for every such Of
Tense, forfeit and pay the sum of
$500 to the person aggrleved there
by, to be recovered by an action Of
debt, and shall on conviction there
of, be guilty of misdemeanor and be
fined not less than 81, 900 or more
than $4,000; and provided further,
that a judgment for the penalty in
favor of the party aggrisved, against
any such district attorney, or q
judgment upon an indictment agains
any such district attorney, shall be
bar to either prosecution respec
lively.
SEC. 4. That no citizen possess
ing all other qualifications which are
or may be prescribed by law, shall
be disqualified for service as a grand
or petit juror in any court of the
United States on account of race,
color or previous condition of servi-
tude, and any officer or other person
charged with any duty of selection
or summoning of jurors, who shall
exclude or fail to summon any citizen
for the cause aforesaid, shall, on con
viction, be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor and be fined not more than
So, 900.
SEC. 5. That all cases arising
under the provisions 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 controversy, under
the same provisions and regulations
as are now provided by law for re-
view of other causes in said court.
Mr.. J. I. Campbell say the In
dianapolis Journal, that the essence
of logwood, simple logwood, will cure
chicken cholera in any stage Of that
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