The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-02-27
MIR. FRBnnrAN,s BILL.

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An 4cr TO REGULATE FARES AND
FnEIGHTs ON RAn.RoADs IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA. The PEOPLE oF THE
Site OF CALIFORNIA, REPRESENTED
IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY DO ENACT AS
FOLLOWS:
| Sci. l. 1t shall be unlawful for
any 1lilroad company to charge more
than four (4) cents per mile for each
passenger, with one hundred pounds
or les OF baggage, OF more than the
following rates per ton fcr freight
transported on such Railroad If such
freiglts be carried so miles or over,
the 5monnt charged shall not exceed
three cents per ton per mile; if car
riedseventy miles and not exceeding
eighty miles, the amount charged
shall not exceed three and one quar-
ter cents per ton per mile, and shall
not exceed two dollars and forty cents
per ION for the entire distance; if car
lied sixty miles and not exceeding
seventy miles, the amount charged
shallNct exceed three and one half
cents per ton per mile, and the.wholei
amount charged shall not exceed two
dollars and twenty-seven cents for
the entire distance; if carried fifty
miles and not exceeding sixty miles,
the amount shall not exceed cents
per ton per mile, and shall not exceed
$2.l0 per ton for the entire distance;
if carried forty miles and not exceed
ing fifty miles, the amount charged
shall not exceed Al cents per ton per
mile, and shall not exceed 81 per ton
for the entire distance; if carried thir-
ty miles and mot exceeding forty
miles, the amount charged shall not
exceed six cents per ton per mile,
and shall not exceed 81 90 for the
entire distance; if carried twenty
miles not exceeding thirty miles, the
amount charged shall not exceed
eight cents per ton per mile, and
shall not exceed 81 80 per ton for the
entire distance; if carried any distance
less than twenty miles, the amount
charged shall not exceed ten cents
per ton per mile, and shall not ex-
ceed 81 80 for the entire DISTANCE.
Sec. 2. On allrailroads that reach
an altitude of fifteen hundred feet
and more above the level of the ocean
at high tide, charges may be made
on all freights transported over such
part of said road as are at or above
such altitude, "for the distance they
are transported upon such part of
the road which isabove such altitude"
at a rate, fifty per cent. above the
rates allowed by the provisions of this
Act.
Sec 3. 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 meas
ure 50 cubic feet, and less than GO
cubic feet, there. may be added to
the rates allowed'by section l of this
Act 25 per cent. thereof; and on such
as that 1000 pounds shall measure
60 cubic feet, and less than 70 cubic
feet, there may be added to.such rate
so per cent. thereof; and on all such
as that 1000 pounds shall measure
70 cubic feet, and less than so 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 al
lowed in section one of this Act TWEEN
ty-fye per cent. thereof; and on all
single packages weighing three thou
sand 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 ad-
ded to such rates seyenty-fvo per
cent. thereof; 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, OF any other &plosive
article of like nature; also on glass
and glassware, there may be added
to the rates provided in section l of
this Act, 100 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 or unloading is done eat points
where the company has regular sta
tions.
SEC. 7. No extra amount 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; provid-
ed, that in no case shall any railraod
company be required to receive less
than twenty-five cents for any one lot
of freight transported by them for
any distance.
SEC s. For each car load of hor-
ses, seattle, hogs, sheep, or other do
mestic animals transported over any
other railroad, there shall not be
charged an amount exceeding ten
tons, at the rates specified III section
one of this Act.
SEC. 0. "All railroads connecting
with, whether owned or operated by
the same or different persons or cor
porations, as well as all steamers en-
ployed 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
railroad"
SIC. 10. For every violation of
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