The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-02-06
Information.
The Fuller Railroad Law.


The following Is copy Of the law which
has jus. passed the legislature of this state
regulating the rates of railroads, know As the
''Fuller Railroad Bill
AN ACT CONCERNING RAILROAD RATES FOR
THE CONVEYANCE OF PASSENGERS IN THE
STATE OF ILLINOIS.
SEC l. BE Il e,.actod By The people Of the State of
Illinois represented ia tie general assembly, That
all railroad corporations organized and doing
business in this state, or which may hereafter be
organized and do business in this state, under
any act of incorporation or general law Of this
state, now in force, or which may hereafter be
enacted by the general assembly of this state,
shall be and are hereby limited to such rates or
charges for the cony vance OF passengers in this
state as are hereinafter prescribed, or which may
hereafter be prescribed by law.
SEC. 2. No such railroad corporation shall,
after the first day of March next, charge or re-
ceive for the conveyance of any person over its
road. or any portion thereof, greater sum than
three cents per mile. Nor shall any other corpo-
ration, person OF persons, use or operate any
railroad now constructed, or which may be here.
after constructed in this state, and charge for
the conveyance of passengers over suoh road .
greater sum than il prescribed for such convey
anco in this act.
SEC 3. Any railroad corporation which shall
collect or receive any greater sum for the trans
portation of persons than is authorised BY this
act shall be liable to the party aggrieved in four
times the excess so collected or received; and
the same may be recovered, together with costs
and reasonable attorney lee, to be ascertained
upon the trial, in an action OF assumpsit in any
court of competent jurisdiction and any officer,
agent or employee of any of the aforesaid cor
poratons who shall knowingly and willfully
collect and receive, for the transportation Of per-
sons on any railroad in this stats, any greater
sum than is authorised by this act, shall be deem
ed guilty of mi stesmeanOr, and shall be liable
to indictment in any court OF oOmpstent juris-
diction, and, on conviction thereof, shall be pun
ished for each oifense by n fine Of not less than
one hundred dollars, nor moro than one thousand
dollars, or by Imprisonment for not less than
thirty days nor more than one year, or both, in
the discretion of the court before which such
conviction shall be had.
Sec. L. The term railroad corporation" in this
act shall be deemed and taken to mean all uorpo-
rations, companies, associations OF individuals
now owning or operating, or hereafter owning or
operating any railroad within this state: Pro-
0iGed, tho provisions of this act shall not be ap-
pioable to horse railroads. and, provided Further,
that this act shall not be construed, nor have the
effect 10 release the Illinois Central Railroad
Company FROM the payment into the treasury of
the state OF Illinois of the per Centum on the
gross or total proceeds receipts or income, deriv-
ed from said Illinois Central Railroad and BRAN
ches, stipulated in the charter OF said company.
Sec. D. This act shall not apply to any railroad
in process of construction or which shall be con-
structed, until the expiration of ten years after
thirts miles of such railroad shall be actually
constructed so as 10 permit tho running Of cars
over the same; nor shah this act apply to any
railroad in this state not exceeding thirty miles
in length, unless suca road shall become CONSOLE
dated, or form running connections with some
construed so rs to place amy greater restriction
upon railroads hereafter to be constructed, than
upon railroads now in existence.
SEC =. This act shall bo deemed public act,
and be in force from and after its passage.