...Exec. Doc. 29, 39th Cong., 2d Sess.; for State laws relating to freedmen see Senate Exec. Doc. 6, ibid. An Act to protect all Persons in the United States...Rights, and furnish the Means of their Vindication. Be it enacted . . . , That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power,...

...of the Senate Judiciary Committee which reported the bill, in explaining it stated that the bill was "to protect all persons in the United States in their...rights, and furnish the means of their vindication. . . ." Cong. Globe, 39th Cong., 1st Sess., p, 211. He also declared, "The bill applies to white men...

...later the House passed the bill by a vote of 122 to 41, and the measure became a law. As passed it was entitled,'" An Act to protect all persons in the United...rights, and furnish the means of their vindication." It first declared " all persons born in the United States, and not subject to any foreign power, excluding...

...United States Code 1. This section had its origin in section 2 of the act of April 9, 1866 (14 Stat. 27) entitled: "An act to protect all persons in the United...rights, and furnish the means of their vindication." The text of section 2 of this act was as follows : "And 6e it further enacted, That any person who,...

...States Code 1. This section had its origin in section 2 of the act of April 9, 1866 (14 Stat. 27 1 entitled : "An act to protect all persons in the United...rights, and furnish the means of their vindication." The text of section 2 of this act was as follows : "And be it further enacted, That any person who,...

...sweeping in scope. On March 13, 1866, Congress passed a bill known as the Civil Rights or Enforcement Act. Entitled "An act to protect all persons in the United...rights, and furnish the means of their vindication," M it was aimed at outlawing the "black codes." All persons born in the United States were declared...

...Rights Act, 14 Statutes at Large 27. The first section of that Statute is here particularly relevant — "An Act to protect all Persons in the United States...Rights, and furnish the Means of their Vindication." "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stati-s of America in Congress...

...Act of 1870, Act of May 31, 1870, c. 114, § 18, 16 Stat. 144: "-And be it farther enacted, That the act to protect all persons in the United States in...rights, and furnish the means of their vindication, passed April nine, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, is hereby re-enacted . . . ." "See United States...

...1866 by a vote of 30 yeas to 18 nays. (February 20, 1866, S. Jour., p. 179). Veto sustained. 61 S. 61. To protect all persons in the United States in their...rights, and furnish the means of their vindication. Vetoed March 27, 1866. The veto message was laid before the Senate and printed as S. Ex. Doc. No. 31....

...exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court. "SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That the act to protect all persons in the United States in...rights, and furnish the means of their vindication, passed April nine, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, is hereby re-enacted; and sections sixteen and seventeen...