Acts of Arkansas 1891

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Collection:: Land of (Unequal) Opportunity: Documenting the Civil Rights Struggle in Arkansas
Title:: Acts of Arkansas 1891
Publisher:: Fayetteville, Ark. : University of Arkansas Libraries
Date of Original:: 1891
Subject:: African Americans--Arkansas
Civil rights--Arkansas
Race discrimination--Arkansas
Segregation--Arkansas
Location:: United States, Arkansas, 34.75037, -92.50044
Medium:: legislative acts
Type:: Text
Format:: application/pdf
Description:: Arkansas Act 17 of 1891provided for segregated railroad accomodations.
Civil Rights -- Segregation -- Racism -- Blacks -- African-Americans -- Railroads -- Little Rock -- Pulaski
aCTS OF ARKANSAS 17 having charge of the same, nr any agent at such depot who shall refuse or neglect to carry out the provisions of this act, shall, on conviction, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offense. All railroad cor- porations carrying passengers in this State, other than street railroads, shall keep this law posted up in a Conspicuous place in each passenger coach and waiting-room Provided, That officers accompanying prisoners may be assigned to the coach or room to which said prisoners belong by reason of race. SEC. 4. Persons in whom there is a visible and distinct ad- mixture of African blood shall, for the purposes of this act, be deemed to belong to the African race, all others shall be deemed to belong to the while race. SEC. 5. It shall be unlawful for any passenger, or any rail road official or employee to use any obscene, profane or boister- ous language in any railroad waiting-room or cat in which pas- sengers are transported, and any person violating the provis- ions of this section shall be guilt}’ of a misdemeanor, and, upon, conviction, be fined not less than five nor more than twenty- five dollars; and it shall be the duty of conductors and station agents to eject any person violating the provisions of this sec- tion from the car or waiting-room. SEC. 6. That all railroads shall provide good and whole- some water for drinking purposes at all of their stations or waiting-rooms and in all their passenger cars for the use of the traveling public. SEC. 7. That all laws or parts of laws conflicting with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed, and that this act shall take effect and be in full force six months after its passage. Approved February 23, 1891 2 A
Metadata URL:: http://digitalcollections.uark.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Civilrights/id/679
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Original Collection:: Acts of Arkansas 1891
Contributing Institution:: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Libraries
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