Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-14

is hereby prohibited and declared un-
lawful And any railroad company,
or companies, for such violation OF law
shall forfeit and pay to the person or
persons Injured thereby the sum OF
i've hundred dollars, to be recovered
before any court having Jurisdiction
Of the amount, in any county through
or into which the freight may have
been transported.
SIC. y. Where the railroads within
this state receive goods for trnnsporta-
ton into their warehouses or depofs,
they shall forward them in the order
in which they are received. me nrst
received to be the first forwarded,
without giving the preference To one
over another and in case Of failure 20
do so they shall be liable for all
loss accrning while the goods remain,
and for all damage occasiOncd or in
anywisc resulting from delay pro
vided. that the trip or voyage shall be
considered as having commenced from
the time Of the signing Of the bill OF
lnding, and ~ having ended upon the
arrival OF freight at point Of destina-
tIon. and written notice served upon
the consiunce that IL IL ready for de-
livery upon payment of freight and
charges IL h further provided that
should the consignee OF the goods ihii
to receive them promptly after such
notice il served, the liability OF the
railroads thereafter shall be the same
rs tllnt Of warchoiselnen.
Sec. .. The passenger fare upon All
railroads IN this state shall be three
cents per mile. with an allowance OF
baggage 10 each passenger, not 10 ex-
cecd 100 pounds In weight; provided,
however that where the fare Is PAID 70
the conductor the rate shall he four
cents per mile, except from stations
where no tickets are sold, and that the
minimum charge in 40 case SHAH be
less than twenty-five per cent; proYld-
ed, further, that when the passenger
fare doe. not end In five or naughi, the
nearest sum 20 ending shall be me
fare.
See. TO- That direct and prompt
remedies may b. had, and penalties
enforced IN ease of violations OF any
laws herein named, ii is made the
special duty OF the attorney
whenever Information is flied with
him by the state engineer, or any otIl-
or persons that any railroad company
in This state has violated any pioVls-
ion Of the laws of the state providing
for the transportation OF passengers or
freiglts, or Is upiustly discriminating
in IFS charges for transportation
against any person or place IN the state,
or is guilty of eXtortion III
its charges for transportation
Of passengers and freight, or
for improper condition OF road-bedi
track. bridges or other structures, ears,
station-hoIises or platforms, To give ten
days notice in writing 10 said corpora
ton of such complaint, and after an
investigation of the matter, he may
proceed To determine whether the mat
ters complained Of are violations of
the law, and shall give notice TO the
said company of his decision respect
ing the same and If any such viola
ton of the law Is continued after the
railroad company Is 80 notified, or II
the actual damage Is not paid TO the
party aggrieved within ten days after
such notification, he may cause pro-
ccedings to bc instituted against said
railroad company or companies to re-
cover the penalties provided by law.
See. IL. The near approach of the
close OF the session, and the impor-
lance OF n law regulating the manage
ment md control of railroads in this
state, creates an imperative public ne
cesslty and emergency; that the con
stitutional rule of requiring bills TO be
read on three several days should b,
suspended, and that this act takes Of
feet and he in force from and after it
passage; and il is SO enacted.