The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-26

agreements w
ing business in this state, and all contracts
companies and other railroad, freight, or
transportation companies as 10 rates OF
! freight and passenger tariffs, shall be sub
mi,led % said commissioners and filed in
their Office for inspection and correction,
| that il may be seen whether or not they ars
a violation of the constitution. OF the law,
OF of this act, or the rules and regulations
made by said commissioners and all agree
ments whatever as 10 the diys on OF earn
ings of any kind, or the pooling OF frelghts
by competing railroad companies dong
business in the state, are hereby prohibited,
and said commissioners may make such
rules and regulations as 10 contracts and
agreements not herein prohibited as
may 10 them seem necessary and
proper, and any agreement or con
tract not approved by such COM
missioners, or by virtue of which rates shall
be charged exceeding the rates fixed for
freight and passengers shall be held and
taken to be violations of this act, and shall
be punished as hereinafter provided.
Sec. II. That ii any railroad, freight or
transportation company doing business in
this state shall by its agents or employees,
violate the law or any OF the rules aud
regulations prescribed by said comm's-
sloners, such company shall forfeit aud pay,
unless otherwise herein provided for, fer
every such violation a sum not less than
$500. An action for the recovery OF such
penalty shall lie in the county of
| Travis, or in any county in this
state through which sad railroad may
run, and shall be in the name of
OF the state. The commissioners shall in
stitute'such suit through the attorney gen
eral, or through the district or county at:
| torney, whose fees shall be such as are now
| or hapautta, h.,t rnViIal hu law
See. Is. That all railroads in this state
are hereby divided into two classes, to be
known as class A and Gloss d. Glass A
shall include all through trunk line rail
roads and all their branches over fifty miles
| in length. Glass b shall include all other
railroads owned, leased or operated in the
state, either wholly or in part.
Sec. 10. That any person, company or
corporation owning, leasing, operating
or managing thy railroad or
anv part OF railroad in
this state shall not exceed
Fin the rates charged for pas
senger travel the following IL
mis for the transportation OF passenger
above the age OF twelve years with allow.
ance OF baggage not 10 exceed one hundred
pounds in weight, the rate per mile shall
not be more than three cents upon all rat
roads falling within class A ; and upon rail
roads falling within class b, shall not ex-
coed four cents per mile; provided, that in
90 case shall children under twelve years
of age be charged fo- transportation q
higher rate than one-half OF the above rates;
and provided further, that railroad may
charge, twenty-five cents as u minimum
tull rate, aud fifteen cents as half when
the fare would be less than those amounts
aud provided further when the passenger
| T,rn 1pnu and in tyn naIlTlt tho
nearest sum so ending shall be the fare.
Sec. 20. That all ireights hereafter trans
ported upon any railroad or part OF rail-
road III this state, are hereby divided INTO
four general classes, 10 be designated as
\ first, second, third and fourth classes, and
INTO nine special classes, 70 Do uesiSha'eu
~ classes A, b, q, ID, u, Il, G, ii and l.
Glass shall comprise AL gram III car
loads. Glass shall comprise Hour IN lots
OF liily barrels or more and lime IN lots o.
twenty-iour barrels or more. Clas' shal
comprlse salt IN lotsolsiAty barrels or more
and cement and water-lime III lols o.
twenty-i0ur barrels or more, Class u snail
comprise lumber, la,hs ana shingles Ill car
loads. Class " shall comprise nVe STOCK ~
carloads. Glass shall comprise agrl
cultural implements, furniture and wag
ons., Class Il shall comprise coal, brick,
sand, stone, railroad ties ana cord wood
and all heavy iourth'class articles III car
ioaus' N'ass II s,,"i vonil'l'Iiu u9tto., IT..
Ja,o' ninSs si'', 'V','p',ao n"SssmS or,
ties, III auui''Uu w. 'no aoar,W "', ~,
no,Tps p'9seu ~ a"n aJ i IT,
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w 'oui ttio.a u.usSvs "uu i." 'is,''' u
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neV; 81 ~ nun .uuui' o"",l"rs y, w,
pulat'o, oWm,iis, Hrur",,mG' iHa'nljt liz "
,v"S,nb "'S I"'lo1tH W p"iV w ~ t",'i ia
III VIZ s."'e' sIni' '"a' g. ~. VI iv.v, .'i
sreater OF n'Eher rate i8r carry llit
art,oies uuih'H III tile sVNo."' siasSvs ucIv
ueS'Sha'eui IMAM Is Here'hHi'er PtoNlue'
Ior; namely
rhst,olasS irelGnV nov eHceeuih
, cents per one nuhure9 pouhus l9r tue mrs
) twenty-five miies, anu hoI eAceeulhs
Genus per huhursu pohuus ior tne secoh'
twenty-five miles, anu not exceeding -
8 GENTS per huhureu pounus Tor each a""l
VohaI twenty-five mlles or Iracuohal par
'hereoi, unless the lractlon shail ne les
nun thir'eeh mlles, III wh,cn case tlie fal'
snall DC - cents Ior sa'H lraelonal part
9hless the Whole distance nc over TWO nun
urea miles, wheh no greater raie .hah =
cents per hundred pouhus snhl' oe received
| - 4 -. a. '-', - -. /, = i :. ~ -
sara mentioned TWO hundred miles,
Second.class freight not OK
ceeding cents per one hundre,
pounds for the first twenty-five miles, an,
not exceeding 49, cents per hundre,
pounds for the second twenty-five miles
and not exceeding - cents per hundre,
pounds for each additional twenty.fiv,
| miles or fractional part thereof, unless tn,
fraction shall be less than thirteen miles, IL
which case the rate shall be - cents TO
said fractional part, unless the whole dis
, lance be over two hundred miles, when II,
r greater rate than - cents shall be re
ceived for each additional twenty-five mile
/ over said mentioned two hundred miles.
8 Third.class freight not exceeding -
, cents per one hundred pounds for the ies,
twenty-five miles, and not exceeding -
i cents per hundred pounds for tho secou,
. twenty five miles, aud not exceeding -
cents per hundred pounds for each add
0 tional twenty-five miles or irac ional par
I thereof, unless the fraction shall DO les
r than thirteen miles, in which case the rat