, 1885-01-09
STATE COMMERCE.
Provisions Under Whichit May
Be Regulated.
Text of "a Bill Which Has
Passed the House.
Some Regulations Conducive to
the Public Good.
inter stete commeroe Rill.


ing is the text of the Inter State Com
MERGE bill as it passed the House to-day:
Be it enacted, etc. That it shall be un-
lawful for any person or persons to be en-
gagged alone or associated with Others in
the transportation of property by railroad.
or by pipe line, or lines from one State or
Territory to or through one or more other
States or Territories Of the United States,
or to or from any foreign country directly,
Or indirectly, to charge to or receive from
any person or persons any greater or less
rate or amount of freight corporations
or reward than is by him or them charged
to or received from any other person or
persons for like and conteuporaneous ser
vice in carrying, receiving, delivering,
storing or handling the same. All charges
FOR such services shall be reasonable. and
any person or persons having purchased a
ticket for passage from mi State 70 sn-
other, o. paid tbs required fare, shall re-
ceive the same treatment and be afforded
equal facilities and accommodations as are
furnished all other persons holding a
ticket Of the same class without discrimi-
nation, but nothing in this act shall be
construed to deny to railroads the right 10
provide separate accommodations for pass
engers as they may deem best for the pub
lie comfort and safety, or to relate to
transportation relating to points wholly
within the limits of one State. Provided,
That no discrimination is made on ac-
count of race or color, and hat furnishing
separate accommodations with equal ia
c%ilities and equal comforts at the same
charges shall o be considered a discrimi-
nation. Nor shall any railroad company
or its officers charge to, or receive from.
any person who is to be conveyed
from one State or Territory into another,
any sum exceeding three cents per mile
for distance to be travelled by such per
son, and all persons engaged as aforesaid,
shall furnish without discrimination the
same facilities for carriage, receiving, de-
livering, storage and handling all property
of a like character carried BY him or them
and shall perform with equal expedition
the same kind Of services connected with
contemponneous transportation thereof
as aforesaid No break, stoppage or in
terruption, nor any contract agreement or
understanding shall be made to proven
the carriage of any property from being
treated as one continuous carriage in the
meaning ofthis act from the place ofship-
ment to the place of destination. unless
such stoppage, interruption, contract
agreement or understanding was made in
good faith for some practical and neces-
sary purpose, without any intent to avoid
or interrupt such continuous carriage orto
eyade any provisions ofthis act,
SECTION 2. That it shall be unlawful
for any person or persons engaged in the
transportation of property as aforesaid,
directly or indirectly to allow any rebate,
drawback or other advantage in any form
upon shipments made or services rendered
as aforesaid by him or them.
ObCliON D. 4Hhti IL nuhi W uulhMlul
for any person or persons engaged in car
riage, receiving, storage or handling prop
erty as mentioned in the first section of
this act, to enter into any combination,
contract or agreement by changes in the
schedule for carriage In different cars or
by any other e with intent to prevent
the carriage of such property from being
continuous from the place of shipment to
the place of destination, whether carried
on one or several railroads. And it shall
be unlawful for any person or persons
carrying propery as aforesaid to enter into
any contract, agreement or combination
for pooling freight or to pool freights on
different and competing railroads. or to
divide between them the aggregate or net
proceeds or earnings of such railroads or
any portion of them.
SECTION 4. That it shall be unlawful
for any person or persons engaged in the
transportation of property as provided in
the first section of this act, e charge OF
receive any greater compensation for a
similar amount and Kind Of property for
for carrying, receiving, storing, forward
ing or handling the same for Il shorter
than for a longer distance. which includes
shorter on any one railroad or pipe, and
road Of corporation shall include all road
or pipe line in use by such corporation
whether owned or operated by it under
contract, agreement or lease by such cor
poration.
SECTION 5, That all persons engaged il
carrying property as provided in the frs
section Of tins act shall adopt and keel
schedules posted up which shall plainly
state, first, the different kinds and classes
Of property to be carried; second, the
different places between which such pro
perry shall be carried; third, the rate o
freight and prices of carriage between
such places and for all services connected
with receiving, delivery, loading, unload
ing, storing or handling the same, and &C
counts for such service shall, in the frs
section Of this act, and compensation
therefor, whether such property be car
ried wholly on one railroad or partly OIL
several railroads. or wholly by one pip
line or partly by several pipe lines, an
whether such services are performed o
compensation paid or received by. or to on
person alone, or in connection with an
other or other persons. The railroad @
pipe line and road Of corporation shall il