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Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 19 (of 20)
Sumner, Charles
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SEC. 3. 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 five hundred dollars to
the person aggrieved thereby, to be recovered by an action
on the case, with full costs, and shall, on conviction
thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined
not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five
thousand dollars.
SEC. 4. That no citizen, possessing all other
qualifications which are or may be prescribed by law,
shall be disqualified for service as juror in any court,
National or State, by reason of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude; and any officer or other person
charged with any duty in the selection or summoning of
jurors, who shall fail to summon any citizen for the reason
above named, shall, on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and be fined not less than one thousand
dollars nor more than five thousand dollars.
SEC. 5. That every discrimination against any citizen on
account of color, by the use of the word “white,” or any
other term in law, statute, ordinance, or regulation,
National or State, is hereby repealed and annulled.
On the reïntroduction of this bill, the original clause
relating to “churches” was omitted, in order to keep it in
substantial harmony with the votes of the Senate.
FOOTNOTES
[1] Executive Documents, 41st Cong. 3d Sess., Senate, No. 20.
[2] Ibid., p. 7.
[3] Executive Documents, 41st Cong. 3d Sess., Senate, No. 20, p. 7.
[4] Ibid.
[5] Executive Documents, 41st Cong. 3d Sess., Senate, No. 20, p. 7.
[6] Ibid.
[7] Executive Documents, 41st Cong. 3d Sess., Senate, No. 20, pp. 7-8.
[8] Executive Documents, 41st Cong. 3d Sess., Senate, No. 20, p. 10.
[9] Ibid., p. 34.
[10] Executive Documents, 41st Cong. 3d Sess., Senate, No. 20, pp.
34-35.
[11] See, _ante_, Vol. XVIII. pp. 259, 299.
[12] Sesiones de Cortes, 14 Nov., 1861, Vol. I. Apend. VI. al Núm. 4,
p. 7.
[13] Sesiones de Cortes, 14 Nov., 1861, Vol. I. Apend. VI. al Núm. 4,
p. 11.
[14] Ibid., p. 8.
[15] Executive Documents, 41st Cong. 3d Sess., Senate, No. 45, p. 3.
[16] 8 Geo. II. c. 30.
[17] 10 & 11 Vict. c. 21.
[18] Commentaries, I. 178.
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