Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-02-27
AGAIN THE "MORNING APPEAL"
PRESENTS IT'S RAILROAD BILL.

VOW tb3t 1t seems only zoo evident tuaC tue
Woodburn Bill is not acceptable to the House
Of Assembly; nov that the Castor Bill sleeps
the long sleep of asphyxiation at the hands OF
the Committee on Railroads; nov, indeed
that railway legislation (reyarding the local
roads), has been brought to stsndstill, we
respectfully submit to the Legislature the
following, which has already been laid before
the legislative and newspaper-reading public
There yet remain seven working days Zone
less than it took to make the whole world) in
which to pass this bill and if it be acted
upon with promptitude it may yet be passed
An act supplemental to, and an,endatory of,
an Act entitled 'tAn Act to prOpide for the tn-
corporation, of railroad companies and the
management thereof, and other matters relating
thereto" approved March 2s, 1865, and amend
ed February FL, 1869, February 9, 1871, and
February 81, 1871, and t1benever If so be) at
otlser times amended.
The people of the State of Nevada, repre-
.ented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section l. From and after the First day
of April A. D. 1879, it shall be unlawful for
any railroad company doing business in this
State, and in any manner subject to the laws
thereof, to demand, exact, charge or take,
either directly or indirectly, on any article or
articles of freight, whatsoever, or whitherso
ever or to whomsoever consigned, directed or
addressed and placed upon their cars for trans
portation and delivery, in excess OF 70 per
cent of the rates for such transportation and
delivery charged, demanded, maintained, ex
~oted or taken by such company during the
period of time beginning September l and
ending November 81, A. D. 1873; and it
snail be unlawful for any railroad company as
aforesaid, to refuse or neglect to receive any
article or articles of freight offered or pre-
sented to its agents, or to fail through delay
or procrastination to transport and deliver the
same with customary diligence and expedition
30 or toward the place of delivery of such
article or articles of freight.
Sec 2 Section 81 of can Act to provide
for the incorporation of railroad companies,
and the management of the affairs thereof,
and other matters related thereto" approved
March %, 1865, is hereby amended so as to
read as follows: Section Fifty-one-lt shall
be unlawful for any railroad company doing
business within this State to charge, exact,
demand or take more than five cents per mile
for each passenger moved, transported or car
RED on OF over its road.
Sec. ). All lines, parts, words and
fences in said section 81, save as amended i'll
section of tins Act, are hereby repealed
Sec. 4. For each and every violation,
evasion or disregard of the provisions of this
Act, the railway company 50 violating, evad
lag or disregarding, SHALL upon convection in
any competent court of this State, be fined
In a sum not less than one thousand nor more
than ten thousand dollars for each offense,
and such fine or adjudgment of fine shall be
deemed Judgment against any and all the
property of such company; and all sheritfs,
constables and other executive officers within
whose bailiwick township such judgment
or fine shall be rendered or imposed, shall
upon order of court proceed as in case of ex-
ecutiOn of Judgment against private indI-
vidual or other litigant, and by like process to
seize, levy upon and take in their possession
the property Of the said company and hold it
subject to such procedure may be neces
sary to the recovery of such fine or judgment
OF penalty.
Sec. 5. All Acts and parts of Acts in CON
fict With the provisions of this Act are hereby
repealed.
Lot this bill become law and it will measur-
ably relieve everybody and all classes, reduc- |
Ing all classes of freights % per cent. from
the charges maintained during specified
period of last year.