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or convenience or accommodation in the cars, coaches or com-
partments set apart for white and colored passengers.

1904, ch. 109, sec. 3.

348. Any railroad company or corporation or person that
shall fail, refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of
sections 346 and 347 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and, upon indictment and conviction thereof, shall be fined not
less than three hundred dollars nor more than one thousand
dollars for each offense.

Ibid. sec. 4.

349. The conductors and managers on all railroads shall
have power and are hereby required to assign to each white or
colored passenger his or her respective car, coach or compart-
ment, and, should any passenger refuse to occupy the car, coach or
compartment to which he or she may be assigned by the con-
ductor or managers, shall have the right to refuse to carry such
passenger on his train, and may put such passenger off his train,
and for such refusal or putting off the train neither the conductor,
manager nor railroad company or corporation, or person
owning or operating the same shall be liable for damages in
any court; and the passenger so refusing to occupy the car,
coach or compartment to which he or she may be assigned by
the conductor or manager shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and, on indictment and conviction thereof, shall be fined
not less than five dollars nor more the fifty dollars, or be con-
fined in jail not less than thirty days, or both, in the discretion
of the court, for each offense.

Ibid. sec. 5.

350. Any conductor or manager on any railroad who shall
fail or refuse to perform the duties imposed upon him by sec-
tion 349 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, ond, upon
indictment and conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than
twenty-five dollars and not more than fifty dollars for each offense.

Ibid. sec. 6.

351. When any car, coach or compartment for either white
or colored passengers shall be completely filled, where no extra
cars or coaches can be obtained, and the increased number of
passengers could not be foreseen, the conductor or manager in
charge of such train is hereby authorized to assign and set