Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 19 (of 20)Sumner, Charles
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Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 19 (of 20)
Sumner, Charles
Slavery -- United States; Speeches, addresses, etc., American
SEC.--That any person violating the foregoing provision,
or aiding in its violation, or inciting thereto, shall
for every such offence forfeit and pay the sum of $500
to the person aggrieved thereby, to be recovered in an
action on the case, with full costs and such allowance for
counsel fees as the court shall deem just, and shall also
for every such offence be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than
$500 nor more than $1,000, and shall be imprisoned not
less than thirty days nor more than one year; and any
corporation, association, or individual holding a charter
or license under National or State authority, violating
the aforesaid provision, shall, upon conviction thereof,
forfeit such charter or license; and any person assuming
to use or continuing to act under such charter or license
thus forfeited, or aiding in the same, or inciting thereto,
shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than $1,000 nor
more than $5,000, and shall be imprisoned not less than
three nor more than seven years; and both the corporate and
joint property of such corporation or association, and the
private property of the several individuals composing the
same, shall be held liable for the forfeitures, fines, and
penalties incurred by any violation of the ---- section of
this Act.
SEC.--That the same jurisdiction and powers are hereby
conferred and the same duties enjoined upon the courts and
officers of the United States, in the execution of this
Act, as are conferred and enjoined upon such courts and
officers in sections three, four, five, seven, and ten
of an Act entitled “An Act to protect all persons in the
United States in their civil rights, and furnish the means
of their vindication,” passed April 9, 1866, and these
sections are hereby made a part of this Act; and any of the
aforesaid officers failing to institute and prosecute such
proceedings herein required shall for every such offence
forfeit and pay the sum of $500 to the person aggrieved
thereby, to be recovered by an action on the case, with
full costs and such allowance for counsel fees as the court
shall deem just, and shall on conviction thereof be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined not less than $1,000
nor more than $5,000.
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