Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-05

SociatlOu VI corporation.
SEC. IA. Every corporation OF
ganiZed or doing business in thi
State, under the laws or authorit
thereof, shall have and maintail
an Office or place in this State fO
the transaction of business, wher
transfers of stock shall be made
and in which shall be kept, for pub
lie inspection, books in which sha
be recorded the amount of capita
stock subscribed, and by whom
the names of the owners of il
stock, and the amounts owned b,
them respectively; the amount o
stock paid in, and by whom; til,
transfers of said stock; the amour
or its assets and liabilities, and th,
names and place of residence of It
officers.
RAILROADS.
Sec. 10. All railroads, canal ant
transportation companies shall bt
common carriers and subject tC
legislative control. Any associa
ton or corporation, organized fo
the purpose, shall have the right tc
construct and operate a railroad be
tween any points within this State
and to connect at the State line
with railroads of other States,
Every railroad company shall have
the right with its road to iutersect,
connect with or cross any other
railroad, and shall receive and
transport each others passengers,
tonnage and cars, loaded or empty,
without delay or discrimination.
SEC. l6. No president, director,
officer, agent or employe of any
railroad or canal company shall be
interested, directly or Indirectly, in
the furnishing of material or sup
plies to such company. or in the
business of transportation COM
mon carrier of freight or passengers
over the works owned, leased, con-
trolled or worked by such COM
pany.
SEC. II. No railroad or other
transportation company shall grant
free passes, or passes or tickets at q
discount, to any person holding an
office of honor, trust or profit in
this State; and the accep.
lance of any such pass or
ticket, by a member OF the Legis-
lature or any public officer, shall
work forfeiture of his office.
SEC. Is. No railroad company
or other common carrier shall COM
bine or make any contract with
the owners of any vessel that
leaves port or makes port in this
State, or with any common carrier,
by which combination or contract
the earnings of one doing the car
rying are TO be shared by the other
not doing the carrying.
SEC. 10. No discrimination In
charges or facilities for transporta-
tIon shall be made by any railroad
or transportation company be-
tween places or persons, or in the
facilities for the transportation of
freight or passengers within this
State, or coming from or going to
any other State. Persons and
property transported over any rail-
road, or by any transportation
company or individual, shall be
delivered at any station, landing,
or port, at charge not exceeding
tho charges for the transportation
of persons and property of the
same class in the same direction to
any more distant station, port, or
landing. Excursion and conn
tion tickets may be Issued at spe-
cial rates.
SEC. 90. Three Railroad Com
missioners shall be elected by the
qualified voters of this State at
the regular gubernatorial elections,
and whose salary shall be fixed by
law, and whose term of Office shall
be four years. They shall be qual.
flied electors of this State, and
shall not be interested in any rail.
road corporation, or other trans
portation company, as stockholder,
creditor, agent, attorney, or EN-.
ploye, and the act of majority of
said Commissioners shall be DEEM
ed the act of said Commissions
Said Commissioners shall have the |
sole power, and it shall be their |
duty, to correct abuses by railroad |
corporations or other transporta- |
tion companies; establish rates of |
charge for the transportation of pas.
sengers and freight by railroad or
other transportation companies,
and publish the same from time to
time, with such changes as they
may make; report to the Governor,
annually, their proceedings, and |
such other facts as may be deemed |
important; hear and determine
complaints against railroad or 9TH
er transportation companies; affix |
penalties and enforce them through |
the medium of the Courts, and per-
form such other duties as may be |
prescribed by law. Nothing in |
this section shall prevent individ-
uals from maintaining actions
against any of such companies. 1t
shall be the duty of the Legislature
to confer all such further powers
on the Board of Railroad Commits
sioners as shall be necessary to en-
able them 10 perform the duties
eDjoined on them in the foregoing
sections.
SEC. 81. The State shall be di-
vided into three railroad districts,
as nearly equal in population as
practicable, from each of which
one of the three Railroad Commits.
sioners shall be elected.
SEC. %. Until the Legislature
shall district the State, the follow
ing shall be the railroad districts:
The FIRST District shall be COM
posed of the counties of Alpine,
Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa,
Del Norte. Ell Dorado, Humboldt,
Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc,
Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas,
Sacramento, Shasta, Sierra,
Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, SUIT
ter, Tehama, Trinity, Yole
and Yuba, from which
one Railroad Commissioners shall
be elected. The Second District
shall be composed of the counties of
Marin, San Francisco and San
Mateo, from which one Railroad
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