The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-24

lars, and shall be confined in the Jail, In
the county in which the offence Is commit
ted, until such fine shall be paid. The
states attorney OF the county or the grand
juror Of the town in which such offence is
committed shall. upon complaint made,
prosecute persons committing such
offences, under the rules of law governing
prosecutions in other cases of misde-
meanor.
SEC 6. Any person acting as conductor,
agent, or servant of any persons Or corpor-
alton operating said railroads, or either of
them, and, In the usual course of business,
of said railroads, receiving freight,
passengers or cars for transpor-
or either of them, who shall refuse to re-
ceive or transport over or upon said rail.
roads, Or either of them, freight, passengers
or cars, upon the payment or offer of pay
mcnt of the rates established by said COM
mission for the transportation of such
| freight, passengers or cars, without good
| and, lawful reasons therefor, shall he deem
ca guilty of misdeamor and shall be pun
| ished as Is provided in cases of misdemean-
or in the preceding section of this act.
| Sec. Z. Any individual, partnership or
corporation, from whom n sum greater
than the rates established by said commits
sion, shall be demanded or received for the
transportation of freight, passengers or
cars, over or upon said railroads. or either
of them, may have and maintain m action
OF debt against the person so demanding or
| receiving such excessive rates, or against
the persons or corporation for whose ben
eft or in whose behalf such excessive rates
were demanded or received, and recover in
such action three times the amount of such
| pyppepiya f,l,o An If ,,t.
corporation operating said railroads, or
either of them. or any person acting as con-
ductor, agent or servant of any person
or corporation operating said rail-
roads, or either of them. and in
the usual course of business Il said
railroads receiving freight, passengers or
cars, for transportation over or upon said
railroads, or either of them, shall, without
gold and lawful reasons therefor, refuse
to receive or transport over or upon sud
railroads, or either of them, freight, pas
sengers or cars, upon the payment, or offer
of payment, of the rates established hy
said commission, ior the transportation OF
such freight, passengers or cars over or
upon said railroads, or either of them, such
person or corporation, or such conductor,
agent or servant, shall he liable to the per-
son, or partnership, or corporation offering
| SUCH passengers, OF IIclSn', OF cars 1Dl
transportation, for all damage occasioned
by such refusal, to be recovered in an ac-
ton of the case before any court compe-
tent to try the same and in such action
the court may allow to the plaintiff re-
covering. a judgment, in addition to costs
now taxable by law, reasonable sum for
attorney fees, to be taxed with the Other
costs in the case.
SEQ. s. The commissioners provided fol
by this act shall be paid five dollars a day
for the time actually and necessarily spent
by them in the discharge of their duties
and their actual and necessary travelling
expenses, to be paid by the treasurer oil
the state upon the order of the auditor Of
accounts, and the cost of printing and ad
vertising required by this act shall also bt
paid by said treasurer upon the order o
said auditor.
SEQ 8. This act shall take effect from
its passage.