Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-02-02
THE SEPATE CAR BILL.
Full Text of the Measure Just
Passed by the Legisture.

bly, and now goes TO theGovernor:
1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Virgin ia, That all
railroad companies or CORPORATE on
person or persons running or oper-
ating cars or coaches by steam, on
any railroad line or track wit hin
this State, and all railroad com
panies, person or persons doing
business in this State, whether
upon the lines of railroads IN part
or whole or leased by lines that
may hereafter be granted in this
State and all foreign corporations,
companies, person, or persons Or
gained under charters granted by
any other State, who may be now
or hereafter be engaged i'll operat-
ing any of the railroads of this
State, either in part or whole, eth
or In their own name or that of
Others, are hereby required to fur
nish separate coaches or cars for
the travel or transportation of the
white and colOred passengers on
their respective lines of railroad.
Each compartment of a coach di-
vided by a good and substantial
partition, with door therein, shall
be deemed separate coach within
the meaning of this act, and each
separate coach and compartment
shall bear in some conspicuous place
appropriate words in plain letters
indicating the race for which it is
set apart.
2. Be it further enacted, That
the railroad companies, person or
persons shall make no difference
or discrimination in the quality,
convenience, or accommodation IN
the cars Orcoschss or partitions set
apart for white and colored pas
sengers.
3. BE it further enacted, That
any railroad company of compan-
les that shall fail, refuse or neglect
to comply with the provisions of
section l and 2 of this act shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor
and upon indictment and convic.
ton thereof shall be fined not less
than $500 nor more than $1,000
for each offense.
4. BE it further enacted, That
all county courts in whose counties
railroads are operating and cor
poration courts of cities, shall have
complete jurisdiction over such
Offenses.
8. BE it further enacted, That
the conductors or managers of all
railroads shall have power and are
hereby required to assign to each
white or cOlOred passenger his or
her respective car, coach or com
partment TO which he or she NAV
be assigned by the conductor or
manager, said conductor or mana.
ger shall have the right to refuse
to carry such passenger on his
train, and may put such passenger
off his train. And for such refus-
al and putting off of the train,
neither the manager, conductor.
nor railroad company shall be
liable for damages in any court.
6. Be it further enacted, That
any conductor or manager on any
railroad, who shall fail or refuse to
carry out the provisions of section
8 of this act, shall be deemed gull
ty of a misdemeanOr, and upon
Indictment and conviction thereof
shall be fined not less than $50 nor
more than $50 for each offence.
z. Be it further enacted, That
when any cOach or compartment of
car for either race shall be com
pletely filled, where no avtra
coaches or cars can be had, and
the increased nun Der of passen gers
could rot be foreseen, the conduc-
tors in charge of such trains is
hereby authorized to assign and
set apart portion of the car or
compartment assigned to passen-
gers of one race to passengers of
another race.
q. Re IL fnrthar enactad Thof