Chap. 198.—An ACT to require the Richmond Passenger and Power Company
to provide separate accommodations for the white and colored passengers
upon its line between Twenty-ninth and P streets, in the city of Richmond,
and Seven Pines, in the county of Henrico.

Approved February 15, 1901.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the Rich-
mond passenger and power company shall be, and the said company is,
hereby required to set apart upon its cars traversing its line between
twenty-ninth and P streets, in the city of Richmond, and Seven Pines,
in the county of Henrico, separate seats and accommodations for the
white and colored passengers, respectively, and to plainly designate the
same.

2. It is further provided that the conductor or person in charge of
each car operating upon said line shall have the right, at any time, when,
in his judgment it may be necessary and proper for the comfort and con-
venience of the passengers so to do, to change the said designation so as
to increase or decrease the amount of space set apart for either race.

3. It is further enacted that all persons who shall fail to take and
occupy the seats assigned to them, as provided in the two preceding sec-
tions of this act, or fail to obey the instructions and directions of the
conductor or manager of such car as to the seat or space to be occupied
by such passenger, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thercof, shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than
one hundred dollars. Any conductor or manager, or other person having
charge and control of such car who shall fail or refuse to carry out the
provisions of this act or fail to require the same to be complied with, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than five
dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.

4. Neither the said Richmond passenger and power company, nor any
conductor or manager of any car operating upon said line between
Twenty-ninth and P streets, in the city of Richmond, and Seven Pines,
in the county of Henrico, shall, in no case, be liable for damages to any
one for any act performed in the due and lawful enforcement of the pro-
visions of this act.

5. This act shall be in force on and after the first day of May, nine-
teen hundred and one.