The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-04-23

,of persons OF property, or for any other ser.
vice. greater sum than Il shall ct the time
charge demand or receive from any other per-
son, company or corp grafton for . like services
and lltconcesaion 81 rates, rebates, drawbacks
and contracts for special rates, shall be open
To and allowed to MI persons, com panles and
corporations upon like conditions, and they
shall Scharge no more for transporting from
any point on its line than . fair and . 5ust pro-
point Il S. Ia /.
SEQ, u. NO railroad company shall charge,
demand or receive from any company or cor
poraton an unreasonable price for the trans
portation Of persons or property, or for the
handling or storing Of freight, or for the use ct
the cars, or for any privilege or service Afforded
by IT In the transaction Of it's business as q
railroad corporation, and shall not demand the
payment Of freight beyond the point tofwhioh
the goods or property is consigned by the ship
per. e. 4: 6 SyS II Il .t53ys zS5=5
Sec, IS Any railroad corporation which
shall violate any of the provisions Of this aot
as to extorton or unjust discrimination, shall
forfeit for every such offence, to the person,
company Or corporation aggrieyed thereby three
charges paid by the said party aggrieved, to-
gether with costs Of Buit and a reasonable at
torney's fee, to be fixed by the court, and il an
appeal is taken from the Judgment or any
part thereof, it shall be the duty Of the appel
liant court TO include in q the Judgment an
additional attorneys fee for service in the ap-.
pellant: court or courts, to be recovered in
civil action therefor. And in all cases where
complaint Is made, in accordance with the
Provislons Of section Il, hereinafter provided,
made, the commissioners shall require modi-s
lied charge or equation, such as they shall
deem reasonable, and all cases Of o failure to
comply with recommend tions Of the commits
sioners, shall be embodied with the report Of
the commissioners to the legislature, and shall
apply TO any unjust discrimination, extortion
Or oyercharge by said company, Or, other VIC
lation Of law. 8 3!s i
SEQ IA Upon the complaint OF the mayor
and alderman Of any city, or board OF county
commissiO ners, or Of the trustees or super
tariff charged or Of an injustice to the public,
growing out of any rule or regulation OF rail-.
road company, it shall be the duty of the COM
missioners, in case! they deem the easel Just and
reasonable, to proceed to make examination,
reasonable notice, in writing, Of the hme and
place OF entering upon the same. II, upon ex-
amin alton, it shall appear to said commission
ers that the complaint Of the commissioners
is well founded, they shall so fnd, and shall
road Of their adjudication, within tn days, and
shall also report their action to the governor.
as provided in this act < r 81 q -
:.A AL sleeping car companies, express compa-i
mics and telegraph. companies doing business in
this territory shall make such! reports of their
business as the railroad commissioners may re-
quire, and said commissioners shall have the
same authority over and supervision Of all 1
sleeping car companies, express companies and
telegraph companies doing business In this ter
ritory as over railroad corporations
Sec. 15. Nothing in this act shall be construed
to estop or hinder any person or corporation
from bringing suit against any railroad com.
ritory for the government Of railroads. n 2 ,sf
Sec. IL All acts and parts Of acts in CON-
fics with this act are hereby repealed. 3 4
A section! was added to the bill authorizing
the commissioners toi fix the maximum amount
of freight, but the SAME was afterwards re- !;
pealed by . supplemental bill IS /, \, e