Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-11-14
Railroads i'm Pennsylvania.
THE article on railroads and canals, as
finally passed by the Pennsylvania Con-
stitutional Convention, is as follows:

THE article on railroads and canals, as
finally passed by the Pennsylvania Con-
stitutional Convention, is as follows:
SECTION l. All railroads and canals shall be pub
lie highways, and all railroad and canal companies
shall be common carriers. Any association or cor
poration organized for the purpose shall have the
right to construct and operate railroad between
any points within this State and to connect at the
State line with railroads Of other States Every
railroad company shall have the right with its road
to intersect, connect with cross any other rail-
road and shall receive and transport each the 9TH
er's passengers, tonnage and cars, loaded or
empty, without delay or discrimination.
Sec. 2. Every canal and railroad corporation Or
ganized in this State shall maintain an office there
in, where transfers of its stock shall be made, and
where its books shall be kept for inspection by
which shall be recorded the amount of capita.
stock subscribed or paid in, and by whom, the
names OF the owners of its stock, and the amounts
owned by them respectively, the transfers of said
stock and the names and places of residence Of its
officers.
SEC 3. The power to tax corporations and cor
porate property shall not be surrendered or sus-
pended by any contract grant to which the State
shall be party
SEC. a. All individuals, associations and corpo-
rations shall have equal right to have persons and
property transported railroads and canals,
and no undue or unreasonable discrimination shall
be made in charges for or in facilities for transpor
taion of freight or passengers within the State or
coming from or going to any other State Persons
and property transported over any railroad shall
be delivered at any station at charges not exceed
ing the charges for transportation of persons and
property of the same class in the same direction to
any more distant station. But excursion and COM
mutation tickets may be issued at special rates.
SEC 5. No railroad, canal, or other corporation,
nor the lessees, purchasers or managers of any
railroad canal corporation, shall consolidate the
stock, property or franchises of such corporation
with, nor lease, purchase, or in any way control
any other railroad or canal corporation, owning or
having under its control a parallel or competing
line, shall any of the officers of such railroad
or canal corporation act as an officer Of any other
railroad or canal corporation owning or having the
control of parallel or competing line; and the
question of such competition shall, when demand
ed by the party complainant be tried by jury
SEC d. No Incorporated company doing the bust
ness of a common carrier shall directly Indirect
ly prosecute engage in mining or manufacturing
articles for transportation over its works, nor shall
such company directly or indirectly engage in any
other business than that of common carriers, or
hold acquire lands, freehold or easehOld, direct
y or indirectly, except such as shall be necessary
for carrying on its business; but any mining or
manufacturing company may carry the products
Of its mines and manufactures ON its railroad or
canal not exceeding fifty miles in ZENITH.
SEC. T. No President, director, officer, agent or
employee of any railroad or canal company shall
be interested directly or indirectly, in furnishing
material or supplies to such companies, or in the
business of transportation as common carrier of
freight passengers over the works owned leased,
controlled or worked by such company.
SEC 3. No discrimination in charges or facilities
for transportation shall be made between transpor.
either, by abatement, drawback or otherwise, and
no railroad or canal company, nor any lessee or
manager, or employe thereof, shall make any pref
erences in furnishing cars or motive power.
SEC. 8. No railroad, railway, or other transpOr-
tation company shall grant free passes or passes
at discount, to any person, except officers
ployes of the company.
SEQ. 10. No street passenger railway shall be
constructed within the limits of any city, borough
or township, without the consent of its local au-
thorities.
SEC. II. No railroad, canal or other transporta-
ton company, in existence at the time of the
adoption of this article shall have the benefit Of
any legislation, by general or special laws except
on condition of complete acceptance of all the
provisions of this article
SEC H. The existing powers and duties of the
AudiorG General in regard to railroads, canals and
other transportation companies, except as to their
accounts, are hereby transferred to the Secretary
of Internal Affairs, who shall have general super
vision over them, subject to such regulations and
alterations shall be provided by law; and, in
addition to the annual reports now required 20 be
made, said Secretary may require special reports
at any time, upon any subject relating to the bust
ness Of said companies from any officer or officers
thereof.
SEC. 10. The General Assembly shall enforce, by
appropriate legislation, the provisions of this
article.