The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-04-30
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF 1904
JIM CROW FOR STEAMBOATS,.
CHAPTER, 40.

CHAPTER no.
AN ACT to provide for the separate
accommodation of white and color
ed passengers in the sitting, sleeping
and eating apartments of all steam
boats plying in the waters within the
jurisdiction of the State OF Mary
land without any difference or dis
elimination in the quality and con-
yepience of accommodation.
Section BE it enacted by the Cen
era1 Assembly of Maryland, That II
shall be the duty of any captain, pur-
ser. or other officer in command OF any
steamboat carrying passengers anu
plving in the waters within the Jurls-
diction of the State of Maryland, TO
assign white and colored passengers
on said boats to the respective 10
cations they are to occupy as passen-
GERS while on said boat; and that IL
shall be the duty of said captain, pur-
ser or other officer in command to sep.
arate. as far as the construction OF
his boat and due consideration lot the
comfort of the passengers Will permit
the white and colored passengers on
said boat in the sitting, sleeping and
eating apartments; provided, however,
that no discrimination shall be maze
in the quality and convenience OF &C
commodation afforded passengers In
said locations, and provided, that this
Act shall not apply to nurses or at
tendants travelling with their employ
ers. nor to officers in charge OF prls-
oners. whether the said prisoners are
white or colored, or both white and
colored, or to prisoners in their Gus
tody.
Sec. 2-And be it enacted, That any
captain. purser or other officer in COM
mand of any steamboat as aforesaid,
Who shall fail or refuse to carry out
the provisions Of Section one OF this
Act shall be deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor, and upon Indictment in any
court having Jurisdiction, and conVlc-
ton thereof, shall be fined not less than
twenty-five dollars, and not more than
fifty dollars for each oHense.
Sec. 3-And be it enacted. That any
passenger travelling on any steamboat
plying in the waters within the Jurls-
diction of this State who shall Wllful-
" refuse to occupy the location, wheth-
er of sitting, sleeping or eating, set
apart or assigned by the captain, pur-
ser or other officer in command OF such
boat, shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanOr, ana Oh lnulCLueII Ill any
court having jurisdiction and convic-
ton thereof shall be fined not less than
five dollars nor more than fifty dol
lars, or be confined in Jail not less than
thirty days, in the discretion of the
court, for each offense; and such pas
senger may be elected from the said
boat by the officers thereof. at any
wharf or landing place of said boat,
and if necessary such assistance may
be invoked by the person in charge
of said boat as he may require to eject
such passenger; and provided, that
in case of such ejectment neither the
captain nor other person in charge of
such boat, nor the steamboat company
or corporation or person owning or
operating such boat shall be liable in
damages in any court.
Sec. And be it enacted, That this
Act shall take effect from the first day
of July, in the year nineteen hundred
and four.
Approved, March II, 1904.