All conductors or other railroad employees in charge of passenger cars shall assign all passengers to their respective cars, or compartments of cars, provided by the railroad company. All conductors of street cars and buses shall assign all passengers to seats on the cars under their charge. All conductors and other employees of railroads and all conductors of street cars and buses shall have, and are invested with, police powers to carry out this Code section.
(Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 157, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 2270; Civil Code 1910, § 2718; Code 1933, § 18-207; Ga. L. 1979, p. 945, § 2.)