Year: 1871

reCtlOn, domestic violence, UNLAWFUL
combinations, or conspiracies in any
State, shall 50 obstruct or hinder the
execution Of tho laws thereof and the
United States 50 as to deprive any pOr-
ton or class of people in such State OF
any rights, privileges, or immunltles,
or protection named in the Constitution
and secured by this act, and tho con-
stituted authorities of such State shall
either be unable to protect, or shall ,
from any cause, fail in or refuse protec-
tion to the people in such rights, such
facts shall be deemed Il denial by such
State of equal protection of tho laws to
which they are entitled under the Con-
stitution Of the United States; and in
all such cases, or whenever any such in
surrection, violence, unlawful combs
nation or conspiracy shall oppose or OBJ
struct the laws of the United States, or
the due execution thereof, or impede or
obstruct the duo course of justice under
the same, it shall be lawful for the
President, and it shall be his duty to
take such measures by the employment
Of the militia, land and naval forces of
the United States, or OF either, or by
other means, as he may deem necessary
for the suppression ofsuch insurrection,
domestic violence, or combinations !;
and any person who shall be arrested
under the provisions of this and pre-
ceding sections shall be delivered to
the Marshal of tho proper district, to be
dealt with according to law.


Sec. 4. That wherever, in any State
or part of a State, the unlawful combi-
nations, named in the preceding Soc
tions Of this act, shall be organized and
armed, and so numerous and powerful
rs to be able by violence to either over
throw or set ut defiance the constituted
authorities of such State and the United
States within such State, or where tho
constituted authorities are in compiled
ty with, or shall connive at, tho unlaw
full purposes Ofsuch powerful and armed
combinations and whenever by rea
son of any, or all, tho causes aforesaid,
the conviction OF such offenders and
tho preservation of the public safety
shall become in such districts imprac-
ticable, in every such case such combi-
nations shall be doomed rebellion
against the government of the United
States, and during the continuance of
such rebellion, and within the limits of
the district which shall be 50 under the
sway thereof, such limits to be pre-
scribed by proclamation, it shall be
lawful for the President of the United



lie safety shall require it, to suspend the
privilege of tho writ Of habeas corpus
to tho end that such rebellion may be
overthrown; provided, that all the pro-
visions of tho second section of an act
entitled can act relating to habeas COR
pus and regulating judicial proceedings
in certain cases." approved March 3,
1863, which relates to tho discharge of
prisoners other than prisoners of war,
and the penalties for refusing to obey
this order of this court shall be in full
force so far as the same are applicable
to tho provisions of this section. Pro-
vided further, That the President shall
first have made proclamation, as now
provided by law, commanding such in
surgents to dispersc and provided also
that the provisions of this section shall
not be in force after tho end of the next
regular session of Congress.


Sec. S. That no person shall be Il grand
or petit juror in any court of the United
States upon any inquiry bearing on the
trial of any suit, proceeding or prosecu-
ton based upon or arising under the
provisions of this act who shall in the
Judgment Of the courts be in completely
with any such combination or conspir-
acy Every such shall, before entering



trial, take and subscribe an oath, in
open court, that he has never secretly
or indirectly counselcd, advised or vol
UNFAIRLY aided any such combination
Or conspiracy and each and every per-
son who has taken this oath, and shall
thereon swear falsely, shall be guilty of
perjury and shall be subject to tho pains
and penalties declared against that
crime in the first section OF an act On
titled can act defining additional causes
of challenge and prescribing an addi-
tio1ral oath for grand and petit jurors in
the United States courts, approved
juno II, 1862" and the same is hereby
repealed.


Soc. 6. That any person or persons
having knowledge that any wrongs
conspircd to be done, mentioned in the
second section of this act, arc about to
be committed, and having power to
prevent, or aid in preventing, the same,
shall neglect or refuse to do so, and
such wrongful act shall be committed,
such person or persons shall be liable to
the person Injured, or his legal repre-
sentativcs, for all damages caused by
such wrongful act which such first
named person or persons, by reasonable
diligence could have prevented, and
such damages may be recovered in an
action in tho case in the proper Circuit
Court of the United States, and any
number ofpcrsons guilty ofsuch wrong
full neglect or refusal may bc joined ae
defendants in such action Provided
within one year after such cause of ac-
ton shall have occurred. And if tho
death of any person shall bc caused by
opv auch wrongful net and neglect the