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Education
"All taxes paid by blacks to go to maintaining African
schools. Duty of the legislature to "encourage
colored schools." -
Railroads
"All railroad companies shall attach one passenger
car for the special accommodation of freedmen." -
Barred segregation on public carriers
Public carriers prohibited from making any
distinctions in the carrying of passengers. Penalty:
Misdemeanor punishable by a fine from $100 to
$500, or imprisonment from 30 to 90 days, or both. -
Voting Rights
Required electors to pay poll tax. -
Miscegenation
Confirmed intermarriage law passed in 1858.
Penalty applied equally to both parties. -
Railroads
Railroad companies required to maintain separate
coaches for white and colored passengers, equal in
comfort. Penalty: Passengers refusing to sit where
assigned were guilty of a misdemeanor, and could
be fined between $5 and $20. -
Railroads
. Separate coaches for white and Negro passengers to be
equal in all points of comfort and convenience.
Designed by signage posted in a conspicuous place
in each compartment. Trains allowed to carry chair
cars or sleeping cars for the exclusive use of either
race. Law did not apply to streetcars. Penalty:
Conductors who failed to enforce law faced
misdemeanor charge punishable by a fine from $5 to $25.Passengers who refused to sit in designated areas faced fines from
$5 to $25. -
Streetcars
Required all streetcars to comply with the separate
coach law passed in 1889. Penalty: Streetcar
companies could be fined from $100 to $1,000 for
failing to enact law. A passenger wrongfully riding
in an improper coach was guilty of a misdemeanor,
and faced fines from $5 to $25. -
Railroads
Depot buildings required to provide separate waiting
areas for the use of white and Negro passengers. -
Railroads
Negro porters shall not sleep in sleeping car berths
nor use bedding intended for white passengers. -
Miscegenation
The penalty for intermarriage is imprisonment in the
penitentiary from two to five years. -
Public accommodations
Ordered that Negroes were to use separate
branches of county free libraries. -
Voting Rights
"…in no event shall a Negro be eligible to
participate in a Democratic party primary election
held in the State of Texas. ” Overturned in 1927 by
U.S. Supreme Court in Nixon v. Herndon. -
Education
Required racially segregated schools. -
Public accommodations
Separate branches for Negroes to be administered
by a Negro custodian in all county libraries. -
Miscegenation
Miscegenation declared a felony. Nullified
interracial marriages if parties went to another
jurisdiction where such marriages were legal. -
Public carriers
Public carriers to be segregated. -
Health Care
Established a state tuberculosis sanitarium for
blacks. -
Public carriers
Directed that separate coaches for whites and
blacks on all common carriers. -
Public carriers
Ordered separate seating on all buses. -
Employment
Coal mines required to have separate washrooms. -
Public accommodations
Separate facilities required for white and black
citizens in state parks. -
Voting rights
Required electors to pay poll tax. -
Miscegenation
Unlawful for person of Caucasian blood to marry
person of African blood. Penalty: Two to five years’
imprisonment. -
Health Care
Establishment of TB hospitals for blacks -
Public carriers
Public carriers to be segregated -
Public accommodations
Abolished previously required segregation in the
city of San Antonio's swimming pools and other
recreational facilities -
Education
No child compelled to attend schools that are
racially mixed. No desegregation unless approved
by election. Governor may close schools where
troops used on federal authority.
