Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-15

quorum for the transaction of business and any or
ders within the scope of their powers, touching any
matters in any district in which either of said
curing commissioners may have been nominated,
shall be carried into eject except an order of fine
or suspension. which shall require the concurrence
of the whole Board
l3. Said Commissioners shall be paid the sum OF
four thousand dollars per annum, and his actual
expenses not exceeding two dollars per diem,
while absent from home, in the discharge of his
official duties, PROVIDED, That in case this COM
pact shall at any time be set aside by the parties
thereto, no Commissioner shall be entitled to claim
or receive more thau six months compensation
thereafter, if his then uneXpired term shall exceed
that period of time.
IA. Auyvacancy in said Board shall be filed at
the next meeting of the roads theI CATER, in the
manner herein before provided; and such election
shall be for the unexpiTed term Of the party whose
death, resignation, or other cause may have Great
ed such vacancy PROVIDED, That if such vacancy
shall occur more than sixty days prior to the reg
ular meeting ST the Convention, the remaining
Commissioners shall, the request fnOt less than
eight hundred miles Of road in the district where
such vacancy exists, call meeting of the roads in
such district, at some central point therein ten
days notice, TO elect Commissioner to serve until
the next meeting of the Convention.
Of THE CONVENTION
Is. In all Conventions the rule of voting shall be
by miles Of road actually owned or operated by
each Company, as provided by Section 4; and all
questions shall be put TO such vote, whenever re-
quired by the representative of any one road.
l6. Such Conventions of the Railroads in interest
shall be held at such places as may be designated
on the first Wednesday in March and October. The
meeting in March, 1859, shall be held at the City OF
indianapolis. The Board of Commissioners shall
be elected at the first meeting of the Convention
after this compact is ratified; and shall hold their
appointment until the Convention in 1860, at which
time another election shall be held, and such cleo
tiOns shall be held annually thereafter.
II. At each Convention in March and October,
an assessment shall be made on the gross passen-
ger and freight receipts from through business
only, as ascertained by the Commissioners, of each
road, for the six months ending on the first of the
next preceding July and January, to meet expen-
ses and salaries of the Board of Commissioners,
which assessment shall be subject to the check of
the Treasurer, and be disbursed by him on the
voucher of the Auditing Committee of the respect
i've Districts
IS. The Treasurer Of the Little Miami and Co.
lumbus and Xenia Railroad Companies, shall be
the Treasurer of the Association, until the Conven-
tOn in October, 1859, at which time and annually,
thereafter, Treasurer shall be elected by the Con-
vention- The Treasurer shall serve without COM
pensatiOn.
l9. Atthe Convention ratifying this compact, and
annually thereafter, in October, an Auditing Com
mittee shall be appointed, consisting of person
in each District Each Commissioner shall file,
quarterly, with the member of the Committee in
his QstflcE II uupncate, statement OF tne ltrinS
and amount of his expenses, and bill for his quar-
ters salary; and upon the approval of said bills by
the District Committee, the Treasurer shall pay the
same. Said Auditing Committee shall preserve one
copy OF said statement, and report the same to the
next Convention.
20. From any suspension or fine made or assess
ed by the Commissioners an appeal may be male,
by any Company feeling itself aggrieved, TO the
next Convention Of Roads; at which meeting such
appeal shall be heard and determined. But such
appeal or notice thereof shall not set aside such
suspension, pending the action OF the Convention,
without the assent of the Commissioners, which as
sent may be given as soon as the Company returns
to the observance of the rules
81. The Commissioners shall give notice Of each
Of the semi-annua Conventions in their respective
districts at least fifteen days before the time fixed
therefor.
%. Ticket or freight connections shall not be
maintained by other roads, with any road, refusing
to conform to the provisions of this compact.l
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
l. Neither party shall hereafter, directly or inii-
rectly employ runners agents OF any description,
for the purpose of soliciting passengers, allow
| any compensation, by way OF commission, drawback
or otherwise, for procuring passengers for their re-
spective roads; but each party shall be at liberty
to employ one person as travelling agent and in
quire into the sale of tickets by connecting roads,
and whether the Company such agent represents is
fairly treated by other roads, as 10 its business at
competing puiEls. ITDDtuSA, l1dl uuIluS sedSOuS
of navigation on the Lakes or Rivers, any road
running its trains to a Lake or River port, may
employ one person to post its road and connections,
and solicit passengers at the port where such road
terminates, as against water craft only.
2. The parties hereto will not employ freight
agents at the west, except at Lake and Riverpors.
no. at any other points not on their respective
roads proper except at Boston, New York, Phila-
delphia and Baltimore. No agents for soliciting
freights shall be employed by either Company di-
recty or indirectly at any points other than those
| above mentioned No contracts for frelghts east
ward bound, shall be made for more than ten days,
and rates shall only be advanced onten days notice
TO roads interested at competing points Freights
in transitu, shipped the day before the execution
of notice, shall be taken through as cOntractt d.
Provided the four Eastern lines shall discontinue
their offices and agents in the Eastern cities this
organization will do the same.
g. All barrel freight except Flour, shall be carried
only by actual weight.
T. The Organization OF Eastern and Western
Lines may from time to time agree upon rates be-
tween all common points East and West. They
may also jointly agree upon a minimum rate, and
as between the rates established and the minimum
rate, the Eastern Lines may, by agreement between
themselves, scale the rates on westward bound
freight at any time when necessary TO meet eompe-
titiOn. and the organization OF the Mestern roads
may, in like manner. scale the rates on Eastern
bound freights; but in no case shall such redue
ton be made below the minimum, without the con-
sent Of both parties
s. The division frates, for the transportation Of
freights between competing points, shall be upon
the principle of pro rata per mile, reckOned upon
the shortest line but the rates given 70 any road,
shall not be more than its local rate. NocompaDy
shall be allowed tc pro rate fares rfreghts, where
but part Of its line of road Is used, nor TO meet
water competition, without its assent being first
obtained.
g. Where one line its composed Of all rail and an
other of part rail and part water the rates Of trans
portation each may be SO fixed, as TO be equal
as near as practicable, taking into consideration
time and insurance; and the commissioners shall
be instructed TO confer upon this subject with the
organization of eastern lines and report fully there
on at the next Convention
Z. The differences between all rail, and water and
rail rates to cover the water communication by
Lake and River, well as by Atlantic Ocean
but whenever the local rates by rail- joined 10 wa.
ter rate, shall reduce the through rates 10 any
point the competing roads shall have the right TO
reduce their through rates to such point, so as TO
leave only the differences, TO be established between
the water and rail, and the all rail routes. F1r5
s. No advertisement or bill of either Company
SHALL in any way, depreciate the line, route or ae-
commodations of the others; but all bills or adver-
tisements shall be confined to statement Of facts
with regard to its own road, without allusion to,
comparison with, other lines or roads; the times
of departure and arrival of rains the connections
with other routes of travel, and the rates and
ditons of fares and freghts; and all bills issued by
express freight companies shall come within this
resolution, and the railroad company over whose
line their freight is shipped shall be responsible for
their acts.
9. Rejected.
10. The rates and charges on freight TO and from
competing points, shall be the on all lines, OBJ
serving the discrimination between all rail- and rail
and water routes and no company shall make or
continue after January lst 1859 any contract with
any Express Freight or Transportation Company,
allowing to said Company any drawbacks or IA
eiities in the use Of cars the despatch of freight
which are not allowed TO other shippers.
II. No contract or agreement shall be made by
Railroad Companies, to deliver freights other than
at their depots at points of destination free of
charge nor to deliver 10 owners at their doors, in