Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-02-08


Johnson Summers ia the Chair
moved that the rules Ia suspended aud
:. B Ma. l25, requiring the Is. y %.
Railroad Company tO comply with the
laws in REGARD to charges fur freight aud
passengers, he read a second time. This
was done. He also gave notice that at
ter he hal 0aeTel several amendments
he would move la make Il the special
order iorucNt Tuesday.
The amendments offered by the Pres
/ idcut are as follows:
Tu section o: II shall he the duty ot
| the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com.
pauy. al all tunes, at any oi their dcputs
/ ur stations, tO receive ami take care ut
any and all guoi., merchandise or other
l articles which shall be- delivered tu thrn
I Tor transportation, n proper condition,
| tu hc transported, AMI transport the
\ same tu any station un thrr road, or
I connecting lines ot their road, which the
owner or shipper ot such goods, ur nrr-
, chanllse or other articles, may indicate,
/ aul then deliver the same to the con
I ,Jgurc upon payment ur tender ui the
/ lawful changes tur the transportation,
uulrs, the goods are shipped tu a~tItlun
\ at which they have nO agent They
\ shall give uu undue prefer
\ vurc in transportation IN
I thr property ui one person
/ over that ui another, hut shall carry
I each in the order nt time in which It
/ shall he delivered o. them lur trdnspUr-
7 tatiun. n the company or any "f It's
officers or agents shall iall tu receive or
| deliver iu due time, any property so
I offered or delivered tn them, uT shall
/ tail tu take mp ur set down any paSscn-
/ gers 40 such station aS he or they may
d,-Irr. upuu the payment or tender ui
/ the Law tai passage money, or shall tie
mand ami receive more than the lawful
rate ur charge tor transportation, they
/ shall forfeit AMI pay tu the injured
| parry not less than one hundred dol
/ lar,. al the discretion ui the court, to ho
recovered by motion IN the circuit
ruurt or county court of the county
iu which such preference has been CIV
vu. ur Iu which they have refused tp
comply with thu rrpulSltIuns ot thus
: section, provided than ten days NO.
tice 10 such motion be- gwen ~ the
/ president ur agent at the company. And
shall moreover be liable o. An action on
\ tht case, In Which tull damages aud
double costs shai, be- recovered, aut
| they shall bs deemcd guilty OF a mistc,
. mganuV, aud upOa CdlNirt.On therC0f
| shall b. haei not less than Slh nor
more than Sl,O0.
To section 10. IL shall be- unlawful Tor
\ tho BllumOre and OhiO Railroad Com
\ pany, or any railroad company within
! this state, whose Tual Is operated 10y
. the Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad Com
\ Iauy, tn enter into any agreement with
/ any other railroad OT transportation
/ COMPANY. or any other company, Corpo-
I ration or individual, - change a gryat,r
/ uT less rate Tor transporting any article
/ than they charge tor the transportation
Ola Ike ~ similar aTtiCls fur any other
! corporation, COMPANY or Individual; ami
/ Tor each and every violation ~ thC pro
visions uf this SeCtinn the COMPANY
shall he deemed guilty eta mI>,irmeanur,
and upon conviction thereof, shall hs
fined not less than 500 nor mop than
Sl,On
The motion MAS then made tina, the
/ proposition be made the special oUier
ior Tuesday.
sEIKNISH.
MT. Turner moved that the matter re
rrtcrTcd tn thc standing Committee on
the Judiciary lie Sud he did not 10
this 10 delcai the bill. Hs ,honght this
ought % be done because tins MAS an
important bill and involved important
points oi Law.
Mr.. DSRnis advocated tine motion.
tic thought nothing could be gained hy
haste. bat that ON the contrary the
I question ought to De posdered we'll
President Johnson opposed the pro-
position. tie dti not think a tOok
any peculiar legal scumen TO deter
mine the legal questions involved,
though they were important he al
mitted. he thought thar the hct that