The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-09-26
The Separate Coach Law will Go
Into Effect October Srd.
The Darkies Of the, State do MOI
Fancy Its Provisions and are
Preparing to Plight 1t,


Coach Act, passed by the last Legis
ature, and which becomes operative
October 3rd. The railroads are max
ing preparations to comply with the
law by having their coaches divided
with partition. They will be ready
by the date the law goes into effect
A fund has been raised among the
colored people TO test the constitution
ality of the law, legal talent has been
engaged, and a fight will be made
against its enforcement. The act
reads:
Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of the Commonwealth of Ken
lucky Section l. Any railroad COM
pany or corporation, person or per-
sons, running or otherwise operating
railroad cars or coaches by steam or
otherwise, on any railroad line or
track within this State, and all rail-
road companies, person or persons,
doing business in this State, whether
upon lines of railroad owned in part
or whole, or leased by them; and all
railroad companies, person or persons,
operating railroad lines that may here
after be built under existing charter
or charters that may hereafter be
granted in this State, and all foreign
corporations, companies, person Or
persons organized under charters
granted or that may hereafter be
granted, by any other State; who may
now, or may hereafter be, engaged in
running or operating any of the rail
roads of this State, either in part or
whole, either in their own name OF
that of others, are hereby required to
furnish separate coaches or cars for
the travel or transportation OF the
white and colored passengers on their
respective lines of railroad. Each
compartment of coach divided by a
good and substantial wooden partition
with door there, shall be deemed a
separate coach, within the meaning of
this act, and each separate coach or
compartment shall bear in some con-
spicuous place appropriate words, in
plain letters, indicating the race for
which 1t is set apart,
Sec. 2. That the railroad compan-
les, person or persons, shall make no
difference or discrimination in the
quality, convenience or accommoda-
ton in the cars or coaches or parti-
tions set apart for white aud colorci
passengers.
Sec. 3. That any railroad company
or companies that shall fail, refuse OF
neglect to comply with the provisions
Of sections l and of this act, shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and,
upon indictment and conviction there
of, shall be fined not less than $500
more than 81, 800 for each offense.
Sec. 4. That all Circuit Courts in
which railroads are operated in this
State shall have complete jurisdiction
over such offenses.
Sec. 5. The conductors or mana
gers on all railroads shall have power,
and are hereby required, to assign to
each white or colored passenger his or
her respective car or coach or COM
and should any passenger
refuse to occupy the car, coach or COM
partment to which he or she may be
assigned by the conductor or mana
ger, said conductor or manager shall
have the right to refuse to carry such
on his train; and for such
refusal and putting off the train
neither the manager, conductor nor
company shall be liable for
damages in any court.
Sec. 6. That any conductor or
on any railroad, who shall
fail or refuse to carry out the provis-
ons of this act, shall, upon conviction,
be fined not less than fifty nor move
han one hundred dollars for each
offense.
Sec. 7. The provisions of this act
shall not apply 90 employees of rail-
'oads, or persons employed as nurses
,r officers in charge of prisoners.
Approved May "a, 1892.
Old Stage Driver-I wish 1 was in
" Washington. There's going ter be a