434. CEIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27.

apply to the counties of Prince George's, Charles, St. Mary's, Calvert
and Anne Arundel, so that in said counties there shall be separate cars
or coaches for the travel and transportation of the white and colored
passengers on the respective lines of railroad, and a car divided by a
Compartment shall not be deemed a separate car or coach within the
meaning of this section, but a combination car, not over one-third of
which is used for baggage or mail, for the purposes of this section shall
be deemed a separate car, and each separate oar or coach shall have in
some conspicuous place, both outside and inside, appropriate words and
plain letters indicating whether it is set apart for white or colored pas-
sengers; provided, this section shall not apply to trains making no
scheduled intermediate service stops between their termini.

1904, art. 27, sec. 352. 1904, ch. 109, sec. 7.

393. The provisions of the six preceding sections shall not apply to
employes of railroads, or to persons employed as nurses, or to officers in
charge of prisoners, whether the said prisoners are white or colored, or
both white and colored, or to the prisoners in their custody, nor shall
the same apply to the transportation of passengers in any caboose car
attached to a freight train, nor to parlor nor sleeping cars, nor through
express trains that do no local business.

Ibid. sec. 353. 1904, ch. 110, sec. 1.

394. It shall be the duty of any captain, purser or other officer in
command of any steamboat carrying passengers and plying in the waters
within the jurisdiction of the State of Maryland to assign white and
colored passengers on said boats to the respective locations they are to
occupy as passengers while on said boat; and it shall be the duty of said
captain, purser or other officer in command to separate, as far as the
construction of his boat and due consideration for 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\ made in the quality and convenience of
accommodation afforded passengers in said locations; and provided,
that this section and the two succeeding sections shall not apply to
nurses or attendants traveling with their employers, nor to officers in
charge of prisoners, whether the said prisoners are white or colored, or
both white and colored, or to prisoners in their custody.

Ibid. sec. 354. 1904, ch. 110, sec. 2.

395. Any captain, purser or other officer in command of any steam-
boat as aforesaid who shall refuse to carry out the provisions of section
394 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon indictment in
any court having jurisdiction, and conviction thereof, shall be fined not
less than twenty-five dollars and not more than fifty dollars for each
offense.