The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-04
THE SEPARATE CAR BILL
RAILROADS DIVIDED INTO THREE CLASSES
AS TO EARNINGS.
Conductors Given the Privilege of Putting Both
RACES in the Same Car in Certain
Emergencies.

| failed to secure a quorum again on yes
terday. The subcommittee composed
of Senator Jerome and Representatives
Allen, of Wayne, and Patterson, of Cas-
WELL have the bill drafted and ready
| to be submitted to full committe. The
bill was carefully prepared and its text
| is as follows:
A Bill to be entitled IAN Act to require
| separate cars for white and colored
races on Railroad trains"
The General Assembly of North Caro-
| lima do enact:
| Section /. That all railroad companies
engaged as common carriers i'll the trans
portation within the limits of the State
| of North Carolina of passengers for hire,
| whose gross earnings amount to fifteen
hundred dollars per mile per annum,
other than street railways, shall provide
separate, but equal accommodations on
! their passenger trains for the white and
colored races. Such railroad companies
shall provide one coach for tirst-class
passengers of the white race, and one
coach for first-class passengers of the
colOred race, and one coach which shall
be divided by partition, and one part
assigned to second class passengers of
the white race, and the other part as
signed second-class passengers of the
colored race 1t shall be the duty of
such companies to place said second
class car between the two first-class cars.
| with the second-class compartment for
| the white race next to the frst-class
coach for the white race.
| Section >. That all railroad companies
| engaged as common carriers in the
| transportation within the limits of the
| State of North Carolina of passengers
| for hire, whose gross earnings amount
| to one thousand dollars, but do not eX
| coed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars
| per mile per annum, other than street
| railways, shall provide separate, but
| equal accommodations on their passen-
| ger trains for the white and colored
| races. Such railroad companies shall
| provide three coaches as provided for
| and described in Section ! of this act,
or they may provide one first-class coach
| which shall be divided by n partition,
| and one part assigned to firSt-class pas
| sengers of the white race, and the other
| part assigned to first-class passengers
of the colored race, and one second-class
coach. which shall be divided by a par
| tition, and one part assigned to second
class passengers of the white race, and
the other part assigned to second-class
passengers of the colored race.
Section g. That all railroad companies
engaged as common carriers in the trans
portation within the limits of the State
of North Carolina of passengers for
hire. whose gross earnings do not
~ Il lla,e sip
per annum, other than street railways.
shall provide separate, h'-t equal accom-
| mediation on their passenger trains for
the white and colored races. Such rail
road companies shall provide either three
coaches rs provided for and described
in section / of this act. or two coaches
as provided and described i'll section q
of this act. or they shall provide one
coach which shall be divided by a par
tition, and one part assigned to passen-
gers Of the white race, and the other
assigned to passengers of the c0lorcd
race: Provided, no railroad company
shall be allowed to use only one coach
as provided for in this section. except
| by authority of the Board of Railroad
| Commissioners, and the said Board of
| Railroad Commissioners are hereby en-
| powered to grant such authority in their
| discretion but any railroad company
which shall provide only one coach fori
| the transportation of passengers shall
| have only one rate of fare for passen,
| gers, which shall not exceed three cents
| per mile
| Section 4. The provisions of this act
| shall not apply to freight trains with
| passenger coach attached, or mixed
| trains, to trains operated in case of ac-
| cident, to Pullman cars, to through ex-
| press vestibuled or limited trains; to
nurses travel ne in attendance upon their
| employers; to officers or guards trans
| porting prisoners, nor to- prisoners being
| so transported, bnt officers shall not
carry colored prisoners into cars for the
| white race.
| Section ). That conductors in charged
| of passenger trains to which the provi-
| sions of this act apply, shall have the
| power, and are hereby required to assign
| TO the cars or compartments of cars,
when the same are divided by partitions,
| passengers of the different races to the
| cars or compartments provided for them,
| and in the event any passenger refuses
| to accept the assignment of accomOua
| tions made by such conductors, the said
conductor and the railroad company for
| which they are acting, shall have the
power, and are hereby authorized to re-
| fuse to transport such passenger or pas
| sengers on such trains, and for such
refusal neither the conductors nor the
| railroad company they represent, shall
| be liable in any court for any damages.
Section 6. That when any coach orr
compartment set apart for either race,
| shall be completely filled at station
| where no extra coach can be obtained,
the conductor shall be authorized to set
| apart partition of the coach provided
for the other race for the exclusive use
of the passengers unable to get accom-
mediation, and such designation by the
| conductor shall have the same effect as
an actual partition or separate car.
Section Z. That any roalroadA COM
| pany failing TO comply with the provi-
sions of this act shall be deemed guilty
of misdemeanor, and upon conviction
in any court OF competent jurisdiction,
shall be fined not less than one hundred
nor more than five hundred dollars, and