Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-18
NEW LAWS.
FULL TEXT OF BILLS PASSED
AT THE RECENT SESSION.
Perfected Legislation of the Twenty-Sec-
ond Legislature of Texas Now
Printed for the First Time.
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE


AND PRAIRIE VIEW NORMAL SCHOOL.
Chapter 40.-lSenate bill No. 235. An
act to apportion between the agricultural
and mechanical college and Prairie View
state normal school, the fund due Texas
under an act of the Fifty-tirst congress of
the United States, for the more complete
endowment and maintenance of colleges eS-
tablished under an act of congress approved
July 2, 1862, and to designate a person to
whom payments of said money shall be
made.
Section l. Be it enacted by the leeisla-
ture of the state of Texas: That all moneys
apportioned to the state Of Texas under an
act of the fifty-frst congress OF the United
States, entitled AN act to apply portion
of the proceeds of the public lands to the
more complete endowment and support of
the colleges for the benefit of agricultural
and mechanical arts. established under the
provisions of an act of congress approved
July 2, 1852 shall be apportioned between
the Agricultural and Mechanical college and
the Prairie View state normal school on
the following basis, to-wit: three-fourths to
the Agricultural and Mechanical college,
and one-fourth to the Prairie View state
normal school.
Sec 9. L. S. Ross, president of the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical college, or his sue
cessors in office are hereby authorized to
receive and receipt for all moneys due and
chanical college and the Prairie View state
normal school, under the act of congress
aforesaid.
Sec 8. The fact that the treasurer of the
United States refuses to pay any moneys
now due the state under the said act of con-
gress until the legislature has apportioned
said funds between the aforesaid institu-
tons, creates an imperative public neces-
sity requiring the Suspension OF the consti-
tutional rule requiring bills to be read on
three several days, and it is so suspended,
and that this act take effect and be in force
from and after its passage, and it is so en-
acted.
[Note-The foregoing act originated in
the senate and passed the same by vote
of % yeas and no nays; and passed the
house by vote of so yeas and no nays.
[Note-The foregoing act was presented
to the governor of Texas for his approval
on the 18th of March, A. D. 1891, but was
not signed by him nor returned to the
house in which it originated with his obiec-
tions thereto within the time prescribed by
the constitution. and thereupon became a
law without his signature. GEORGE ".
SMITH, Secretary of State.
RAILRoADs-sEPARATE COACHES REQUIRED.
Chapter 41.-[Senate bill No. 81. An act
to require railroad companies in this state
to provide separate coaches for white and
gers from riding in coaches other than
those set apart for their race, and to con-
fer certain powers upon conductors and
to provide penalties for the violation of
this act
Section 1. Be it enacted by the legisla-
ture of the state of Texas: That every
railroad company, lessee, manager of re-
ceiver thereof, doing business in this state
as common carriers Of passengers for hire
shall provide separate coaches for the ac-
commodatiOn of white and negro paSsen-
gers, which separate coaches shall be equal
in all points of comfort and convenience.
Sec. 2. That the term negro as used
descent us defined by the statutes of this
state.
Sec. 8. Each compartment of coach di-
vided by good and substantial wooden
partition with door therein shall be
deemed a separate coach within the mean
ing of this act, and each separate coach
shall bear in some conspicuous place appro-
pirate words in plain letters indicating the
race for which it is set apart.
Sec. 4. Any railroad company, lessee,
manager or receiver thereof which shall
fail to provide its trains, carrying passen-
gers, with separate coaches as above pro-
vided for, shall be liable for each and every
such failure TO penalty not less than 500
nor more than $1,000 to be recovered By suit,
competent Jurisdiction And each trip run
with any such train without such separate
coaches shall be deemed separate offense
Sec. 8. If any passenger upon train pro-
vided with separate coaches shall ride in
any coach not designated for his race after
having bfien forbidden to do so by the con-
ductor in charge of the train, he shall be
guilty of misdemeanor and upon conyic-
ton shall be fined not less tn an S nor more
than SIS.
Sec. 6. The provisions of this act shall
not be so construed as to prohibit nurses
from travelling in the same coach with EN-
ployers or employees upon the train in dis
charge of their duties nor shall it be con-
strued to apply to such freight trains as
may carry passengers in cabooses. neither
shall it apply to street railway cars; pro-
vided, that nothing herein contained shall
be construed to prevent railroad companies
in this state from hauling sleeping cars or
chair cars attached to their trains to be
used exclusively by either white or negro
passengers separately but not jointly
Sec. Z. Every railroad company carrying
passengers in this state shall keep this law
posted in a conspicuous place in each pas
senger depot. and in each passenger coach,
provided for in this act
Sea & The prsviAions Of this oct shah not