St. Landry democrat., 1890-07-26
AN ACT


on railway trains; requiring all rail
way companies carrying passengers
on their trains, in this State, to pro-
vide equal but separate accommodate
tons for the white and colored races.
10y providing separate coaches or COM
partmenta so as to secure separate Rc-
Communications; defining the dntics Of
the officers Of such railways; direct
ing them to assign passengers to the
coaches or compartment set aside 1or
the use of tho race to which snch pas
sengers belong; authorizing them to
refuse to carry on their train such
passengers us may refuse TO occupy
the coaches or compartments to which
he or she il assigned; to ex0nerate
snch railway companies from any ana
all blame or damages that mi ght pro-
coed or result from such q refusal; To
prescribe penalties for the violations
of This act; to put this act into effect
ninety days after its PRONUNCIATION,
and to repeal all laws or parts of laws
contrary to or inconsiaton with the
provisions of This act.
Section /. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly OF the State Of Louis
lana, That all railway companies carry
ing passengers in their coaches in this
accommodations for The white and col
ored races, by providing two or more
passenger coaches for each passenger
train, or Ivy dividing the passenger
coaches by q partition so as to secure
aenaratc Recommendations provided
that this section shall not ho construed
to apply to street railroads No person
nr persona shall be permitted to occupy
seats in coaches other than the ones "a
signed TO them on account of the rnce
thoy belong to.
Section Be it further enacted, etc.
That the officers Of snch passenger
trims shall have power ami nre hereby
required to assign each passenger to the
coach or compartment used for the race
to which such passenger hcInngs; any
messenger insisting on going into a
coach or compartment to which 10y race
he does not belong. shall he liable tn Il
fine of twenty-five dollars or in lieu
thereof to imprisonment tor period of
not more than twenty daya in the par
ish prison. and any officer of any rail-
road insisting on assigning q passenger
to coach or compartment other than
the ono act aside for the race to which
said passenger belongs shall be liable to
a fine of twenty-five dollars or in lien
thereof to imprisonment for period Of
not moro than twenty days in tho par
ish prison; ana should any passenger
refuse to occupy the coach Or compari-
ment to which he or she ia assigned 10y
the officer Of suci. railway, said officer
shall have power to refuse TO carry such
passenger on his train, and for such re-
fusa! neither lie nor the railway COM
pany which he represents shall be liable
for damages in any Of the courts Of
this State.
Section .. Be intther enacted. etc,
That all officers and directors of rail
vay companies that shall refuse or nc
glect to comply with the provisions and
requirements nf this act shall be deemed
entity Of a misdemcanor and shall, up
on conviction before any court Of com
netent Jurisdiction, he fined not less
than one hundred dollars nor more than
Eve hundred dollars; and any conduc-
for or other employees Of sHch passcn-
ger train. having charge of the same.
who shall refuse or neglect 10 carry ont
the provisions of this act shall, on con
yiction, be fined not less than twenty
five dollars nor more than fifty dollars
for each offense all railroad corpora
tons carrying passengers in this State
other than street railroads shall keep
ms INV UbStCti ulf III tL tbHspicHNuS
place in each passenger coach and tick
ct office, provided that nothing in this
act ahall be construed as applying to
nurses attending children of the other
race.
Section 4. Be it further enacted, etc,
That all laws or parts Of laws contrary
TO or inconsistent with the provisions
Of this act he and the same are hereby
repealed, and that this act shall take
effect and he i'm full force ninety days
after its prOmulgation.
s. p. HENRY,
Speaker of the House Of Representa-
JAMES JEFFRIEs,
Lieut. Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved July l0tt, 1890.
FRANCIS T. NICHOLAS,
Governor of tho State of Louisiana
A true copy from the original:
L. +. MASON,
Secretary OF State