Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-03-30
Chapter 2lS.

AN ACT amendatory of and additional To chapter
iifty-on Of the Revised Statutes concerning Rail
roads.
BE ii enacted by the Sfnats and House Of Renrssen.
fatires IN Legislature assembled, as follows:
sEc1IoN |. Section thirty of chapter ffty-one of
the revised statutes is amended to read as fol-
lows:
See. 80: Every railroad corporation shall make
an annual report to the railroad commissioners on
or oeiore December first of its operations for each
year ending September thirtieth, to he verified by
the oath Of its treasurer 1t is to state first the
length Of the road in operation, the length Of sin.
gle track, the length Of double track, the length of
SidinSs and of spur tracks, the time when laid the
length laid with steel rails the weight Of rail per
YARD the length laid with shed joints and of what
sort, the length laid in chair joints and the length
laid with Whtman's improved cross-ties second
the capital stock, and the amount called and paid
lh> tnlrd the whole cost of the road, showing the
amount expended in the purchase of lands for
grading for masonry, for bridging, for iron, for ex-
and other cars, for locomotives, and for the total
expense of equipment; fourth, the amount and ma
lure OF Its iAdebtedne and its dues fifth, the whole
cost operating; sixth, number of passenger trains
lurinS the year; seventh, number of freight trains
during the year; eighth, number of mixed trains
during the years ninth, average number of passeD-
gers per train tenth, average number of tons of
freight per train; eleventh, the number Of through
ana way passengers and rates of fare twelfth, ay-
eTage receipts per passenger per mile; thirteenth,
average receipts per ton OF freight per mile; four
tenth, the number of through and way passengers
and the rates Of fare; fifteenth, the amount of
celpts from passengers and freight originating along
the line OF the road sixteenth, the amount of re-
ceipts from passengers and freight brought to the
road by other railroads; seventeenth, the amount
received for the transportation of passengers, OF
property, Of the mails, and from other sources;
eighteenth, the number of depots, engine houses,
engines and cars of their several sort; nineteenth
the number Of miles run by passenger, freight, mix
ed ana other trains respectively, and the average
rate OF and speed of each twentieth, the whole
number of stockholders and the number who reside
IN this state; twentyfrst, the amount of each div
dend and when made twenty second, the amount
charged for depreciation of road and other proper
~; twenty third, the number of persons injured in
lie or limb the cause of injury, and whether pass
ensers, or persons employed; twenty fourth, wheth
er any such accidental arose from carelesSnesS neg
lisence of any person in the employ of the corp0-
ration, and whether such person is retained in its
services twenty fifth, the number of employees of
every sort, and the average pay of each Of the fol-
lowing grades. conductors, baggage masters, sta
ton agents, switch men, engine drivers, fremen,
brakemen, foremen OF track sections. If any rail-
road company neglects to make such report. it for
feits one thousand dollars and it shall be the duty
"t the attorney general to prosecute for the
cry oil The same upon complaint thereof made to
HIM, and the same shall be published in the annual
report of the railroad commissioners
SEC When in the opinion Of the railroad COM
mlssoners the passage OF passenger trains over any
be attended with imminent danger, they may noti-
~ the president or superintendent of such road of
such unsafe condition of said portion of said road
ana order the immediate stopping of all passenger
trains about to run over the same. In said
der Is not obeved said commissioners shall Mt once
apply to some judge Of tho supreme judicial court
who may, upon satisfactory proof of the necessity
Tor such order, and without notice to said company
issue an injunction prohibiting the running of pas
senger trains over said road until further order of
the court
(Approyed March :, l~t)