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The Anti-ku-klux Bill

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Parent Issue
Day
7
Month
April
Year
1871
Copyright
Public Domain
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The followíng is fcho bilí now pending in tho Uouso to inakü GuAXi' pólice officer of the nation rioN 1. Br if ehaoti Sénate and Hopee "f 1B of tho Unitefl Si abléd, :'■■■; ■■■; p ■■■■■ who ander oalOT of ■■'■". '■ ■'■ ■ tfttu. ordïnancé, regulation, i ■ ■ subject, or eausa to I l, any parno vitliin tii ■ 'H-iliiti.iH of the 'United 8tvtés to-tho êteprivation Of any rights, privileges ot ira red by the Coiistitntion of thé Vnit' 'd States, shall mv such hiw. statirte, or'iiirmiv', regulation, ustoni or ny Sote to the oontrary notwithstanding1, ! Hable to m! Lnjuved in rm aétioh at láw, suit ui' ciint or othbr propeT proceeding fot re: li.' -■;. "si, lings ( In' proseóut.fl n tho severa] Pislri.-i or Circuit Coarta of the Unitod States; with and subject (o tin' samo riglit of "appeal, review On éfrbfaid other remedies providod in like pases in such oourts under the provisión of tlift act of tho ninth of April, LSfiG, ënlitled "An act tó protecj all p_6rsonsin the, Unitiil States in their civil righra and in furnish the means of their vindication," and other remedial laws of tho ÖiKied Stat s which are in their natuic applioablo to such oa Sec. '2. That if two or moro persons shull, within the limite of anyBtate, baad, conspire ot combino lojrether to do any act in yiolation of the nghts, privileges or iiiiuuinitios to which he is entitlcd under the Constitutión nnd laws of tho United States, which, if coinvuitted in a pïaco ónder the solo and exclusivo jurisdiction of the United States, would undor any law of the United States Uien in force constitute thé crime either of murdcr, manalaughter, mayhem, robbery, assault and battery, perjmy, subornation of perjúry, criminal obstruction to lopral process or resistance to officers in the discharge of their official duty, arson or larec'iiy, and if ono or more partios to a conspiracy or combina) ion shaü do nny act to effect the object theroof, all parties to or öngaged in said conspiracy or combiiiation, whother principaïa oraccèssories shall be deèmed guilty of felony, and upon.convii.tion Hiereof shnll bo liable to ar penalty not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonmunt not exceedlng ten jcears, or both, at tho discretion of the court ; Pro', that if any party or parties to such conspiracios or combinations sliall, in fuvtherance of such common design, commit the crime of murdiT, sucli party or ■pariies so guilty sball on convirtion thereof suffer death ; and providtS, also, that any offense punishable under t li is act besrun in one judicial district nnd completed in another may be dealt with, inquired ot', tried, dotermined and punished in either district. Sec. 3. That in all cases vrhere insurrfiction, douieslic violence. unlawt'ul combinations or oongpfraeies in any State shall so far obstruct or hinder the exceution of the laws tliereof as to deprive any portion or class of peoplc of sucli State of any rights, privileges or immunitics namd in and secured by this act, and "the constitutcd authorities of such State shall either bfl inable to or shall from nny causis fall in or refuse protection to the peoplo in such rights, or shall fail or neglect throngh the proper authorities to apply to the United States f or aid in their behalf, such facts shall bo deomed a denial by such State of equal protection of the laws to which they are entitlcd undër the fourteenth article of the amendment to tho Constitutión of tho Unitod States ; and in all such cases it shall bc lawful for the President, and it shall bo liis duty, to take such measures, by the employment of the militia or land and naval forces of the United States, or of either, orby othor means, as he may deern necessary for the Buppression of such insurrection, domestic violence or eombinations ; and any person who shall be arrested under tho provisions of this and tho proceding sections shall be delivered to the marshal of the proper district, to be dealt with according to tho law. Sec. 4. That whenever, in any State er part of State, the unlawtul combinaable by violcnco eitlier to overthrow or sot at defiance the constitutional anthority of sach State, or when tho constitutcd authorities are in complicity with or shall connive at the unlawful pui-poses of such powerful and armed combinations, and ■whenover, by reason of either orall of the causes afaresaid, the conviction of such offenders and the preservation of public safety shall beconie in such district impracticable, in every such case such combination shall bo decmed a rebellion against the government of the United States, and dm ing the continuanco of Ruch rebollion and within the districts Which shall be so under Bway tliereof. such limits to be presci-ibed by proclamation, it sliall be lawful for the President of the United States, when in his judgment the public safety shall require it, to suspend tho privileges othobtaéeorpu mI o declaro and enforce, subject to the rules and artieles of war and other laws of the Lnite.d States now in force and applicable in case of' rebellion, martial law, to the end that such rebellion may be overthrown; fmñded, that the President shall first have made proclamation as now provided by law, commanding such ïnsurpents to disperse ; and . vi ' . also, that the provisions of this soction shall not be in force af ter the first day of June, A. D. 182. Sec. 5. That nothing herein contained shall be construed to supersedo or repeal any fonner act or law, exeept so faras the same may be repngnant thereto, and any cffenus heretofore committed against the tenor f asyfomerad ahsJlbe prosecuted, and any procceding already commenced ibr the proseotitión thereof sliall be coatinued and completed the same as u Ode act had not b( en passed, exoepi bo far as the provisions of this act may go to Bustain and valídate snch proceeding.

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