Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-11-14
Railroads In Pennsylvania.

TIE article on railroads and canals, as
iinally passed by the Pennsy lvania Con
stltutlonal Convention, is as follows:
SECTION l. All railroads and canals shall be pub
nc 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 IA 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 it's road
10 lntersect, connect with cross any other rail-
road and shall receive and transport each the 9th
ers passengers, tonnage. aud cars, loaded or
empty, without delay or discrimination.
SEC. 2. Every canal and railroad corporation or
Sanized in this State shall maintain an office there
III Mn9Ie transfers OF It's STOCK shall be made, ard
where Its books shall be kept for inspection by
any stockhOlder creditor OF such corporation In
winch shall be recorded the amount of capital
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
SEC. 3. The power to tax corporations and cor.
porate property shall not be surrendered or sus-
pended by any contract or grant to which the State
snail be party.
SEC. d. All individuals, associations and corpo-
ralons shall have equal right to have persons and
properly transported over railroads and canals,
ana no undue or unreasonable discrimination shall
be made In charges for or in facilities for transpor-
tatlon or freight or passengers within the State or
coming from or going to any other State. Persons
and property transported over any railroad shall
pc 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, o. No railroad, canal, or other corporation,
hOr inc lessees, purchasers or managers Of any
railroad or canal corporation, shall consolidate the
STOCK, property or franchises of such corporation
WIN, nor lease, purchase, or in any way control
any other railroad or canal corporation owning or
having under Its control q parallel or competing
line, nor shall any of the officers of such railroad
or canal corporation act an officer of any other
railroad or canal corporation owning or having the
control OF a parallel or competing line; and the
question OF such competition shall, when demand
cd by the party complainant be tried by jury.
SEC, o. NO Incorporated company doing the bust
ness OF common carrier shall directly or Indirect
ly prosecute or engage in mining or manufacturing
aruces Tor transportation over its works, nor shall
such company directly or indirectly engage in any
other business than that Of common carriers or
mold or acquire lands freehold or leasehold direct.
~ or indirectly, except such shall be necessary
Tor carrying on Its business; but any mining or
manufacturing company may carry the products
OF lls mines ana manufactures on its railroad or
canal not exceeding fifty miles in lenth.
SEQ. z. NO President, director, officer, agent or
employe OF any railroad or canal company shall
be interested directly or indirectly, in furnishing
material or supplies TO such companies, or I'm the
business or transportation as a common carrier of
freight or passengers over the works owned, leased
controlled, or wor ked by such company
SEC \, NO discrimination in charges or facilities
Tor transportation shall be made between transpor.
tallon companies and individuals, or in favor OF
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. o. No railroad, railway, or other transpor.
lapon company shall grant free passes or passes