The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-02-14
a NEW RAILROAD Law.
Which Regulates the Fares and
Character of Trains.

Be it enacted by the genera! assem-
bly, of the State Of South Carolina:
Section l. That ell railroads and
railroad companies engaged in this State
as common carriers Of passengers for
hire shall furnish separate coaches for
the accommodation of white and col
ored passengers: Provided, Equal ac-
commodations shall be supplied to all
persons, without distinction Of race,
color or previous condition, in such
coaches: Provided, That the second
class coach may be divided into two
compartments, one for white and one
for colored people. Provided, that
each frst-class coach shall be provided
with compartment at each end, with
three seats or more, one compartment
to he marked for males and one for
females.
Section 2. That the provisions of
this act shall not apply to rurses on
trains, nor TO narrow gauge roads or
branch lines under forty miles in length
or to relief trains in case of accident,
or to through vestibule trains not in
tended or used for local travel, nor to
regular freight trains carrying a pas
senger coach, nor to officers or guards
transporting prisoners or lunatics being
SO transported.
Section 3. That 60 days after the ap-
pro7al Of this act the rate for trans
portation Of passengers on all railroads
to which the provisions Of this act shall
apply shall not exceed three cents per
mile for first class and 2 3-4 cents for
second class fare.
Section 4. That it shall be unlawful
for the officers or the employees having
charge Of such railroad cars as are
provided for by this act to allow or
permit white and colored passengers to
occupied the same car, except as herein
permitted and allowed, and for viola
tlon Of this section any such officer or
employe shall be guilty Of misde-
meanor and, on conviction thereof,
shall be pdnished by fine Of not less
than twenty-five nor more than one
hundred dollars.
Section 5. That any passenger
remaining in said car other than that
provided for him, after request by the
officer or employe in charge Of said car
to remove into the car provided for
him, shall be guilty Of misdemeanor,
and, onconviction thereof, shall be fined
not less than twenty FIVE dollars, nor
more than one hundred dollars or i'm
prisonment not exceeding 80 days in
discretion of the court Jurisdiction
of such offenses shall be in the county
in which the same occurs. The con-
ductor and any and all employees on
such cars are hereby clothed with
power to eject from the train or car any
passenger who refuses to remain IN such
car as may be assigned or provided for
him, or to remove from car not so
assigned and provided.
Section 6. That in case the coach for
either white or colored passengers
should be full of passengers and
another coach cannot be procured at
the time, then the conductor in charge
Of the train shall be, and he is hereby,
authorized to set apart so much Of the
other coach as may be necessary to
accommodate the passengers on said
train.
Section !. Should any railroad OF
railroad company, its agents or en-
ploycs, violate the provisions Of this
act, such railroads or railroad company
shall be liable to penalty of not more
than FIVE hundred dollars nor less than
three hundred dollars, for each viola,
ton, to be collected by suit Of any citi,
zen Of this State, and the penalty re-
covered shall, after paying all proper
fees and costs, 60 into general fund OF
the State treasury.