Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-05-16
The New Railroad Law Of Illinois.

AS a matter of general interest we give
below the full text Of the Railroad law re-
Gently enacted by the Legislature of Hi
nOis:
A BILL for an act to prevent extortion and unjust
discrimination in the rates charged for the trans
poratiOn Of passengers and freights on railroads
in this State, and to repeal an act entitled IAN
Act to prevent unjust determinations and eXtOr
lions in the rates to be charged by the different
railroads in this State for the transportation of
freights on said roads," approved April z, a. ID.
1871.
SECTION 1. Be ii enacted 6y the People Of the
State Of Illinois, represented IN the General ASsepa-
by, If any railroad corporation, organized or doing
business in this State, under any act of incorpora-
ton, or general law of this State, now in force,
or which may hereafter be enacted, or any railroad
corporation organized, or which may hereafter be
organized under the laws of any other State, and
doing business in this State, shall charge, collect
or demand, or receive more than fair and reason
able rate of toll or compensation, for the transpor
tation of passengers or freight, of any description,
for the and transportation of any railroad
car upon its track any of the branches thereof,
upon any railroad within this State which it has
the right, license, permission to use, operate,
control, the same shall be deemed guilty. of extor
ton, and upon conviction thereof, shall be dealt
with as hereinafter provided
SEC. Z. If any railroad corporation aforesaid
shall make any unjust discrimination in its rates
charges of toll or compensation, for the transpor
taton of passengers or freight of any description,
or for the use and transportation of any railroad
upon its said road, or upon any branches there
Of or upon any railroads connected Herewith,
which it has the right, license, or permission to
operate CONTROL or use within this State the same
shall be deemed guilty of having violated the
provisions of this act, and upon conviction thereof
shall be dealt with as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 3. If any such railroad corporation shall
Charge collect receive for the transportation of
any passenger, or freight of any description, upon
Its railroad, for any distance, within this State, the
same, or greater amount of toll or compensation
than Is at the same time charged, collected or re-
celved for the transportation, in the same direction
for any passenger like quantity of freight of the
same class, over a greater distance of the same
railroads or 1t shall charge, collect or receive at
any point upon its railroad higher rate of toll or
compensation for receiving, handling or delivering
freight of the same class like quantity than it
shall at the same time, charge collect or receive at
any other point upon the same rairoad or If shall
charge collect or receive for the TRANSFORMATION of
any passenger. or freight of any description over
its railroad, greater amount of toll compensa-
ton than shall at the same time, be charged col
ected or received by it for the transportation of
any passenger, or like quantity of freight of the
same class being transported in the same direction
over any portion of the same railroad of equal dis
tance or if it shall charge, collect or receive from
any person or persons, higher or greater amount
of toll or compensation than it shall, at the same
time charge collect receive from any other per-
son or persons for receiving, handling or delivering
freight of the same class and like quantity, at the
same point upon its railroad; or If 1t shall charge,
collect or receive from any person or persons, Tor
the transportation of any freight upon Its railroad
higher or greater rate of toll or compensation than
it SHALL at the time charge, collect or receive
from any other person or persons for the transpor-