1949_session laws_1133_30
384 CHAPTER 1132 AN ACT TO DEFINE, CLASSIFY AND REGULATE MO- TOR CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS OVER THE HIGH- WAYS OF THE STATE FOR COMPENSATION: CON- FERRING UPON THE UTILITIES COMMISSION THE POWER TO GRANT CERTIFICATES AND PERMITS OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; TO FIX RATES, TARIFFS AND SCHEDULES; TO REQUIRE THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF PAS- SENGER STATIONS; TO PRESCRIBE AND ENFORCE RULES FOR THE SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF THE TRAVELING PUBLIC AND GENERALLY TO REGU- LATE, IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, MOTOR CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS OPERATING IN THIS STATE; AND TO REPEAL ARTICLE 6, CHAPTER 62 OF THE GEN- ERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA OF 19438 Ai The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Separation of races. The commission shall require: every common carrier by motor vehicle to provide separate but substantially equal accommodations for the white and colored races at passenger stations or waiting rooms where the carrier receives passengers of both races, and on all common carriers by motor vehicles operating on a route or routes over which such carrier transports passengers of both races. Provided that any requirement as to separate accommodation for the races shall not apply to specially chartered motor vehicles or to negro servants and attendants and their employers, or to officers or guards transporting prisoners.