The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-05-12
AN ACT.
mo. GIL

No. 6l.
Prescribing a tariir of Freight on Rail-
roads.
SEC /. BE il enacted by the General
Assembly Of the State of Chic, That it
shall be the duty of each and every rail-
road company whose line of road extends
or shall hereafter be extended to anv place
in the vicinity of, or to point of inter-
section with any of the navigsble canals
or other works of internal improvement
belonging to this State, to fix and estab-
lish tariff of rates for the transportation
of merchandise, produce, and other prop
erty consigned TO or from such place or
point OF intersections and it shall Be uh-
lawful for such railroad company to charge
or receive any higher rate for transport
ing similar merchandise, produce or prop
erty over q shorter distance of its road,
than is charged or rec 'ived according TO
such fixed tariff for transportation to and
from such places of intersection as afore-
said
SEC. 2. That every such railroad COM
pany shall publish its tariff of rates on
property consigned to and from such pla-
ces or points Of intersection, as proyi-
ded in the preceding section, and cause
the same to be kept conspicuously posted
up at the several business stations on its
road; and it shal. be unlawful for sucn
company, its officers or agents, to charge
or receive, directly orindirectly, for trans
porting any property consigned as afore-
said, any less rate than is designated on
such printed card, until the same shall
have been changed by al order Of the
board of directors of such company, and
at least ten days notice of such change
given by bill or card, TO be posted up as
aforesaid; and it shall be unlawful for
such company, its officers or agents, to
evadc or attempt to evade by drawback,
free warehousing, or in any other mode or
manner, the payment Of fu!! freightage,
according to the printed tariff Of rates as
herein provided.
Sec. 3. Thatthc Board of Public Works
is hereby authorize and required to per-
NIT each and every railroad company in
this State, adopting and adhearing to
such rate of freight as is prescribed by
this act, to construct suitable bridges a.
cross any navigable canals and feeders,
slackwaterimprovement, navigable rivers,
streams, lake or reservoir, with which
any of the canals of this State are united,
or with which they are connected, where
the line of such roads necessarily cross the
same, underline supervision ofsaid board,
and in such manner as will not interrupt
or impede the navigation of such canal,
feeder. slackwater improvement, naviga-
bic river, stream, lake, or reservoir; Pro
vded, however, that before the pcrmis-
sion of said Board shall be given for the
erection of such bridges, the railroad COM
pany desiring to construct and build the
same, shall cause complete diagram and
plan OF such bridge, designating The point
or place Of crossing such canal, feeder,
slackwa+er improvement, river, stream
lake or reservoir, to be filed in the Office o
the Board of Public Works OF this State
and the same shall be approved by said
board, or by the acting commissioner in
charge of the division Of the public works
in which said bridge shall be proposed
to be built, acting by authority of saiJ
board, which approval shall be in writing
and endorsed on said diagram; Provided
further that no bridge shall be erected un,
Ger the authority Of this act, which shall
not be subject, at the proper cost and eA,
pense of the company Building the same,
to such changes and alterations as may
become hereafter necessary by any i'm
provcment, altera ions or enlargements
OF the level of such canal, fee 'er, or slack
water improvement.
SEC. 4. That in Ill cases where rail
road companies in this State have erected
brid yes over any of the navisable canals.
feeders, slaekwater Improvements, naviga-
bic rivers, streams, lake or reservoir, the
as aforesaid, whirh do not impair the nav
igation thereof the said Board of Public
Works is hereby required to permit the
same to remain unjisturbed: Provided,
that said bridges shall not be less then ten
feet in the clvar above the top water line,
and provided, also, that the provisions of
this act shall not prevent the construction
or continuing of draw wbridges which do
not interrupt the navigation of the canals.
SEC 5. That if any railroad company
shall refuse to comply with any Of the
provisions Of tn act, the attorney gener-
al, on being notified thereof, shall immc
diately snsttute proper legal proceedings,
in the name of the State of Ohio, against
said company, for the purpose Of enforc-
ing the provisions of this act.
JAMES C. JOHNSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WILLIAM MEDILL,
President of the Senate.