No citizen possessing all other qualifications which are or may be prescribed by law shall be disqualified for service as grand or petit juror in any court of the United States, or of any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude; and whoever, being an officer or other person charged with any duty in the selection or summoning of jurors, excludes or fails to summon any citizen for such cause, shall be fined not more than $5,000.
June 25, 1948, ch. 645 62 Stat. 696 (, .)
Historical and Revision Notes
section 44 of title 8Mar. 1, 1875, ch. 114, § 4 18 Stat. 336 Based on , U.S.C., 1940 ed., Aliens and Nationality (, ).
section 1 of this titleWords “be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and” were deleted as unnecessary in view of definition of misdemeanor in .
Words “on conviction thereof” were omitted as unnecessary, since punishment follows only after conviction.
section 203 of this titleMinimum punishment provisions were omitted. (See reviser’s note under .)
Minor changes in phraseology were made.