Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-02-04
yos Angelss Asrala,
Freeman'S Railroad Bill.


The People Of the State of California,
represented IN Senate and assembly,
do enact as yfOti0ps:
SECTION /. 1t shall be unlawful for
any railroad company to charge more
than four a. cents per mile for each
passenger with one hundred pounds or
less of baggage, or more than the fol-
lowing rates per ton for freight trans
ported on such railroad If such
freights be carried eighty miles or
over, the amount charged shall not eX-
coed three cents per ton per mile; If
carried seventy miles, and not exceed
ing eighty miles, the amount charged
shall not exceed three and 0ne-quarter
cents per ton per mile. and shall not
exceed two dollars and forty cents per.
ton for the entire distance if carried
sixty miles, and not exceeding seventy
miles, the amount charged shall not
exceed three and half cents per ton
per mile, and the whole amount
charged shall not exceed two dollars
and twenty-seven cents for the entire
distance; if carried fifty IN lies and not
exceeding sixty miles, the amount
shall not exceed four cents per ton per
mile, and shall not exceed two
dollars and ten cents per ton per
mile for the entire distance; if carried
forty miles, and not exceeding fifty
miles, the amount charged shall not
exceed four and one-half cents per ton
per mile, and shall not exceed two dol
lars per ton for the entire distance; if
carried thirty miles and not exceeding
forty miles, the amount charged shall
not exceed six cents per ton per mile,
and not exceed one dollar and ninety
cents for the entire distance if carried
twenty miles and not exceeding thirty
miles, the amount charged shall not
exceed eight cents per ton per mile, and
shall not exceed one dollar and eighty
cents per ton for the entire distance
ifcarried any distance less than twenty
miles, the amount charged shall not
exceed ten cents per ton per mile, and
shall not exceed one dollar and sixty
cents for the entire distance.
SEC. 2. On all railroads that reach
an altitude of fifteen hundred feet or
more above the level of the ocean at
high tide, charges may be made on all
freights transported over such parts of
said road as are at or above such alti-
tude, ''for the distance they are trans
ported upon such part of said road
which is above such altitude" at Il
rate fifty per cent. above the rates al
lowed by the provisions of this Act:
SEC. 8. On all articles of bulky
nature, such as dry goods, furniture,
machinery, agricultural implements,
hardware, leather, liquors, oils, paper,
wool, brOoms, broom-corn, carriages,
manufactured goods in cases, ETC., such
as that 1000 pounds shall measure 80
cubic feet, and less than 60 cubic feet,
there may be added to the rates al
lowed by Section of this Act % per
cent. thereof; and on such as that
1000 pounds shall measure 60 cubic
feet, and less than 20 cubic feet, there
may be added to such rate SO per cent.
thereof; and on all such as that 1000
pounds shall measure 20 cubic feet,
and less than 80 cubic feet and over,
there may be added to such rates 100
per cent. thereof
Sec. 4. On all single packages
weighing two thousand pounds and
less than three thousand pounds, there
may be added to the rates allowed in
section one of this Act twenty-five per
cent. thereof; and on all single pack
ages weighing three thousand pounds
and less than four thousand pounds,
there may be added to such rates fifty
per cent. thereof; and on all single
packages weighing four thousand
pounds and less than five thousand
pounds, there may be added to such
rates seventy-five per cent. thereof;
and on all single packages weighing
five thousand pounds and upwards,
there may be added to such rates one
hundred per cent. thereof.
Sec. 5. On all gunpowder, cam
phene, acids or any other explosive
article of like nature; also on glass
and glassware, there may be added to
the rates provided in section one of
this Act one hundred per cent. thereof.
Sec. 6. All loading and unloading
of freight transported over any of the
railroads of this State shall be at the
expense of the company owning and
operating such road; provided, said
loading and unloading is done at
points where the company has regular
stations.
Sec. 7. No extra amounts shall be
charged above the rates fixed by this
Act on freights of less than one ton,
but such freights shall be computed
and charged for in proportion as the
weight shall be as to one ton; provided,
that in no case shall any railroad COM
pany be required to receive less than
twenty-five cents for any one lot OF
freight transported by them for any
distance.
Sec. 8. For each carload of horses,
cattle, hogs, sheep, or other domestic
animals transported overany railroad,
there shall not be charged an amount
exceeding ten tons, at the rates speci-
fled in section one of this Act.
Sec. 8. All railroads connecting
with each other, whether owned or
operated by the same or different per-
sons or corporations, as well as all
steamers employed by any railroad in
ferrying cars or passengers across or
along any of the waters of this State,
shall, for the purposes of this Act, be
deemed and considered continuous
lines or parts of one and the same rail-
road.
Sec. 10. For every violation of any
of the provisions or limitations con-
tanned in this Act, by any company
or corporation owning or operating
any railroad in this State, such COM
pany or corporation shall forfeit to any
party agrieved thereby the sum of two
hundred dollars and the entire amount
of freightage or fare thus paid, and
the same may be recovered by suit in
any Court in this State OF competent
jurisdiction. In suits brought under
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