The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-06
CONGRESSIONAL.
THE HOUSE..

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was finally disposed of in the House to-day,
after a long and exciting debate, in the pres
ence Of an immense assemblage.
The first vote was on the amendment
offered by Kellogg. of Connecticut,sato strike
out of the House bill the provision relating to
schools, and that was carried by large ma
jority, but without the yeas and nays.
The next vote was on the motion Of Mr..
| Cessna, of Pennsylvania, to substitute the
Senate bill for the House bill, and that was
defeated.
| The bill was then passed-yeas, 1872; nays.
10O The next vote was on attaching as a
preamble to the bill q clause of the Demo-
| cratic national platform of 1872, affirming the
equality of all men before the law, that was
adopted by vote of 219 yeas to 26 nays. the
nays being all Southern Democrats, with ono
Northern Republican, Chittenden, Of New
York.
The bill now goes to the Senate for action
as an original House bill, having no relation
whatever to the blu passed by the Senate.
The following is the bill as passed, emitting
the preamble:
That all persons within the jurisdiction Of
the United States shall be entitled to the full
enjoyment Of the accommodations, advan-
tages, facilities and privileges of inns, public
conveyances on land or water, theaters and
other places of public amusement, subject
Ouly W tn0 COuultlOuS anu HI1ltotlOuS eStAD-
lished by law and applicable alike to citizens
of every race and color, regardless of any
previous condition of servitude.
Sec. z. That any person who shall violate
the foregoing section by denying to any citi-
zen, except for reasons by law applicable to
citizens of every race and color, and regard
less OF any previous condition of servitude,
the full enjoyment of any of the accommo-
dations, advantages, facilities or privileges in
said section enumerated, or by aiding or in
citing such denial. shall, for every such
the person aggrieved thereby, to be recovered
in an action of debt, with full costs,
and shall for every such offense be-
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than
$500 nor more than $1,000, or shall be i'm
prisoned 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 the other, their
right to proceed in the other jurisdiction
shall! be barred, but the proviso shall not ap-
ply to criminal proceedings either under this
act or the criminal law of any State, and pro-
vided that judgment for the penalty in favor
of the party aggrieved or judgment upon An
Indictment shall be q bar to either prOsecu-
ton respectively.
Sec. 8. That the district and circuit courts
of the United States shall have, exclusively OF
the courts of the several States, cogn'zance Of
all crimes and offenses against and violations
of the provisions of this act, and actions fa>
the penalty given by the preceding section
may be prosecuted in the territorial, district
or circuit courts of the United States, where
ever the defendant may be found, without re-
gard to the other party, and the district at
torneys, marshals and deputy marhsals
Of the United States, and commissioners
appointed by thej circuit and territorial
courts OF the United States, with pow
or bailing offenders against the laws of the
United States are hereby specially authorized
and required to institute proceedings against
every person who shall violate the provisions
of this act, and cause him to be arrested and
imprisoned 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 offense, except in respect of the right of &C
| ton accruing to the person aggrieved, and such
district attorneys shall cause such proceed
ings to be prosecuted to their termination as
in other cases, provided that nothing con-
tanned in this section shall be construed
to deny or defeat any right Of
civil action accruing to any persons, whether
by reason of this act or otherwise, and any
district attorney who shall wilfully fail to in
stitute and prosecute the proceedings herein
required, shall, for every such offense, forfeit
and pay the sum of five hundred dollars to
the person aggrieved thereby, to be recovered
by an action of debt with full costs, and shall
on conviction thereof be deemed guilty of .
misdemeanor and be fued not less than one
thousand nor more than five thousand dol
lars and
Provided further that judgment for the
penalty in favor of the party aggrieved against
such district attorney, or a judgment upon an
indictment against any such district attorney.
shall be bar to either prosecution respec-
lively.
Sec. 4. That no citizen possessing all other
qualifications which are or may De prescribed
by law shall be disqualified for service al
grand or petit juror in any court of the Uni
ted States or OF any State on account of race.
color or previous condition of servi ude, and
any officer or other person charged with any
duty in the selection or summoning of jurors
who shall ex 'lude or fail to summon any citi-
zen for the cause aforesaid, shall. on convic-
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