Chap. 278.—An ACT to require railroads to provide suitable caboose cars on
freight trains, and to impose a penalty for failure so to do.

Approved March 16, 1919.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it shall
he unlawful for any person, firm or corporation operating any railroad
in the State of Virginia to require or permit the use of any caboose cars
on freight trains unless said caboose cars shall be provided with a door
and ¢ platform at each end thereof, and with suitable cupolas, guard
rails, grab irons and st2ps for the safety and convenience of persors in
alighting or getting on said caboose cars: provided, that when @ passen-
ger coach is used as a cabocse the provision above as to cupolas sha'l not

apply.
2. Any person, firm or corporation operating a railroad in this State
violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offense,
snd the use of any caboose car prohibited in section one of this act shall
constitute a separate offense for every day or part of day so used. Prose-
cutions under this act may be made by the attorney for the Common-
wealth in any court of competent jurisdiction in any county or corpora-
tion in or through which the line of such offending railroad may extend:
provided, that nothing in this act shall apply to trains used exclusively
for logging or lumber purposes.