Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-02-08
THE LEWIS BILL.

gina City Dy Hon. y. r. LeWlS
An Act to Regulate the Charges for Carrying,
Receiving, Handling and Storing of
Property by Inter State Railroads within
the State of Nevada, and Prescribing
Penalties for the Violation of its Pro
visions.
The People of the State of Nevada, repre-
se1.ted in Senate and assembly, do enact as
toLloaos:
Section l. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son, persons, company or corporation engaged
in carrying or transporting property by rail
road from points beyond the boundaries OF
this State to any point within this State, or
from within this State to points without the
same, to carry transport such property be-
yond the place of its final destination within
this State; or to carry any such property IN
any direction other than that of its final des-
tnation; or any greater distance than Is
actually necessary to enable such person, per
sons, company or corporation to deliver such
property at it's destination, or terminus OF
such railroad.
Sec 2 1t shall be unlawful for any such
| person, persons, company or corporation to
| charge, demand, collect or receive greater
| compensation for carrying or transporting
property from without this State to any point
upon the line of such railroad within this
carrying or transporting goods or property of
like character from the same point of ship
ment over the entire road. And it shall be
unlawful for such carrier carriers to charge,
receive, collect OF demand greater compen-
sation for carrying or transporting property
received by it at any point within this state,
| to be transported or carried to any point be-
yond the limits of this State, than is charged
or collected by such carrier carriers for
carrying or transporting similar property tor
| the same destination over the entire road !;
prorded, however, that in no case shall the
compensation so charged i'll the case above
mentioned exceed the sum of 6 cents per ton
| per mile for each mile such property may be
actually carried within this State; prortded,
| further, that only reasonable compensation
shall be charged for handling or storing snch
| property within this State by such carrier or
| carriers.
Sec 5 1t shall be unlawful for any such
! person or persons, company or corporation,
| directly or indirectly, to charge to or receive
| from any person, persons or corporation any
| greater or less rate or amount OF freight, COM
pensation or reward than is charged to or re-
ceived from any other person. persons or cor
poration for like services in the carrying, re-
| ceiving, delivering, handling or storing OF
property so as aforesaid carried or to be car
companies or corporations engaged as afore-
| said shall furnish without discrimination the
same facilities for the carriage, receiving, de
| livery, storage and handling of all property of
like character carried by him, them or it, and
shall perform with equal expedition the same
kind of service connected with the transpor
tation thereof as aforesaid. No break, stop
page or interruption, nor any contract, agree
| ment or understanding shall be made to pre-
vent the carriage of any property from being
treated as one continuous carriage from the
place OF shipment to the place of destination,
unless such stoppage, interruption, contract,
agreement or understanding be or was made
in good faith for some practical and necessary
pntp,'se, without any attempt to avoid or in
terrup such continuous carriage, or to evade
any of the provisions of this Act.
Sec T. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son or persons, Company or corporation Ell
gagged in the carrying or transportation of
property, as provided iii the first section of
this Act, to charge or receive any greater COM
pensation per load Of similar property for
carrying, receiving, storing, forwarding or
handling the same for a shorter than for
longer distance i'll one continuous carriage.
Sec s. That each and every act, matter
or thing in this Act declared to be unlawful is
hereby prohibited; and in case any person or
persons, company or corporation, engaged as
aforesaid shall do, suffer or permit to be done
any act, matter or thing in this Act prohibited
or declared to be unlawful, or shall omit to
do any act, matter or thing in this Act re-
quired to be done, such person, persons, COM
Dany or corporation shall forfeit and pay to
the person or persons who may sustain damage
thereby, sum equal to five times the amount
Of the damage so sustained to be recovered
by the person or persons so damaged IN any
Of the Courts of this State having jurisdic-
ton of the sum so claimed and in all cases
where damages are SO claimed the person so
claiming the same his successor assigns
may unite all causes of action, which he or
they may have for the violation Of any of the
provisions of this Act, in one cotton or COM
plant and service of summons in said actions
for damages may be made OH such person,
persons, company or corporation by the de-
livery thereof, with certified copy of the
complaint, to any agent of such person, per- !
sons, company or corporation, or to any per
son having charge or control of any office Of
said person, persons, company or corpora |
ton within this State. And any such person |
employed by him, it or them in receiving or
shipping freight within this State; and the |
time for appearance of such defendant shall
be as in other casee provided by the Practice |
Act of this State. And any such person,
persons, company or corporation shall, for
the violation of any of the provisions of this
Act, forfeit and pay a penalty of not less
than 81, 900, to be recovered i'll the name of
the State of Nevada, by action in any OF the
District Courts of this State, together with |