Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-12
party to whom they may be di.

rected,
Sic 6. Every oAi:er or empioye
OF any telegraph company or assoois.
ton engaged In the transmission OF
dispatches who shall wilfully delay the
transmission or delivery OF any dis.
patch, or disulge tho contents
Of any dispatch entrusted to
his or her care to any person
except the party entitled TO receive
the same shall DO guilty Of a misde.
mesnor, and upon conviction shall be
punished by fine Of not less than fifty
nor more than one hundred dollars for
each o%tfense, or imprisonment Of not
less than thirty days nor more than
three months In the county jail at the
discretion of the court.
SIC. z II shall be uulawfal for any
telegraph company, it's agents or oper-
ators to demand charge or receive
from any individual, association or
corporation, a greater sum for the
transmission and delivery of any tele.
gram or message over q given distanos
than it demands, charges or resolves for
the transmission and delivery Of any
telegram or message containing ON
| equal number OF words over q greater
distance providing that dispatches
transmitted during the night and dis.
patches for publication In newspapers
may DO forwarded ard delivered at re.
duced rates, such rates must however
be uniform to ali patrons for the came
service.
SEC 8. II shall be unlawful for any
teleersph company, association or or
gauizAtion ergIged In the busineas of
forwarding dispatches by telegraph to
demand, collect or receive from any
publisher or proprietor of o newspaper
any greater sum for q given rervice
than it demands charges, or collects
from the publisher or proprietor of any
other newspaper for q like service, and
the violation of the proviuions of SEQ.
ton seven and eight of this act by any
telegraph company or association,
shall constitute q misdemeanor, and
upon conviction said telegraph com.
pAny or association shall be fined for
each and every offsnse in any sum not
less than one hundred nor more than
one thousand dollars with cost Of pros.
eoution, and In addition thereto such
telegraph company or association shall
be liable for all damages sustained by
the person or parties In consequence
Of such discrimination.
SEC 0, Every telegraph company
and every press association engaged
In the transmission, collection,
distribution Or publication OF dis.
patches, shall afford the same and equal
fac titles to all publishers of news.
papers and furnish the dispatches col.
leoted by them for publication In any
given locality, to all newspapers there
published OF the same conditions as to
payment and delivery.
SEC 10 Any prees association, COR
poration or organization violating the
foregoing section shall be deemed
guilty of q misdemeanor and upon
conviction shsll for each and every
offense bs fined In any sun not loss
than one hundred not more than one
thousand dollars, and in addition
thereto such association and the men,
bers thereof shall be jointly and sever.
ally liable for all damages sustained
by the owner of any newspaper In
consequences otfsuoh liL.rsa.n=,ipn.
SEC. IL. If any telegraph company,
or association engaged In the trans.
mission of dispatches from any plscs
In this state, or tho person having the
control or management thereof, re.
fuse to receive dispatches from
any person, corporation or any other
telegraph company, or fails to trans-
init the same with fidelity and without
unreasonable delay, 1t shall be guilty
of Q misdemeanor and upon conviction
shalt be fined for each and every Of
fense In the sum Of not less than fifty
nor more than one hundred dollars
and In addition be liable for damages
to the person or corporation sustain
Ing Q loss by reason of such refusal or
failure to 50 transmit.
SEC. IL. Any telegraph company
engaged In the transmission of tele.
graphic dispatches Is hereby declared
to be liable for the non-delivery of
dispatches entrusted to its pare and
for all mistakes In transmitting mes.
sagss made by any person in Its employ
aud for all damages resulting from q
failure to perform any other duty no.
quired by law, and any such telegraph
company shall not be exempted from
any such liability by reason Of any
clause, condition or agreement con.
tained In its printed blanks.
Sec. Is. In oil cases where appli-
cation Is made to any telegraph COM
pAny, or the operator, agent, clerk
or servant thereof, to send q dispatch,
1t shell be the duty of such operator,
agent or clerk, who may receive dis
patches ut that station to plainly In.
form the applicant, and If required by
him to write upon the dispatch that
the line Is not in working order, OF
that the dispatches already on hand
for transmission will occupy the line,
SO that the dispatch offered cannot bs
transmitted within the time required,
II the facts be SO; and for emitting tC
do so, or for Intentionally giving false
information to the applicant In rela
ton to the time within which the dis
, patch offered may be sent, such opera
tor, agent or clerk, and the compan,
by which he Is employed, shall incur
like penalty as In section eleven Of thi
act.
SIC. Ia. This act shall take effec
and be In force from and after the frs
day of July A. d. 1888.
!, A Telegraph Decision.
, CHICAGO, March 10.-Judge Drum
mond has rendered a final decision Il
the caso of the Mutual Union tele