Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-02-24

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!. Oh passengers or of like kind of prop
orty, under substantially similar cir
cumstances and conditions, for ,
shorter chan for q longer dists.s,
over tAe same line, in the Same al
fec,ion, the shorter being inoluded
within the longer Distance; but thi.
shall not be Construed as author;z
Jug any Common carrier, within the
ofms OF this act, to charge and rc
ceive as great compensation for
shorter as for longer distu.,ce; no,
shall 1T DE lawful for any corporation
or person subject to the provisions
OF this act to chotge a higher com
pehs@tion for the carriage of any
passenger Or freight from ono point
III Nhe otH.e to another than is chare.
GIL IN Interchangeable for a like trans.
ro. ."''on IRON any point beyond the
limits Of this State. to a point within
"ie 'otate, the cal riaso being in the
same direction over the same line
una the df'stir alton being tho same;
Pro'iaed. however, that upon appIi.
c"ssf'n { f, tho railroad commission
ofeaters by this act, such common
o''rrier. may, in special cases, after in
lion by tho commission, be
lied to charge less for longer
't'e'n for shorter distances for the
'''An' Sportatiou of passengers or prop.
,A@ and the commission may from
N" to time prescribe tho extent
- which such designated common
rrier may be relieved from the OPP
alton of CHS section of this act.
Ibis bill foa',ids tho pooling of
freights of different competing roads.
The proposed law prohibits the
entering into any combination or
agreement, expross or implied, to
prevent by change of time, schedule,
carriage an different cars, or by other
menns or devices, the carriage of
freights from being continuous from
the place of shipment to the place of
dcstiiation; and no break of bulk,
steppsge or interruption shall pre-
vent The carriage of freights from be-
ing treated rs one continuous car.
riage from the place of shipment to
tho place Of destination, unless made
IN good faith for some necessary
purpose. For failure to comply will.
this law, such common carrier shall
be liable TO the person or persons
injured thereby for the full amount
of damago sustained, together with
reasonable counsel or attorneys fee,
to DO fixed by the court in every
case of recovery, and be taxed and
collected as part of the costs.
Other sections Of this bill author
ize The commission, TO be appointed
under the law, to take up and ex-
amino complaints made by any per
: son, firm, corpoi alton, OF any associa-
ton, or any mercantile, agricultural,
or manufacturing society, or anybody
polite, or municipal ganization, and
make thorough investigation of the
same, and the report or findings of
the commission shall, in all judicial
proceedings, BIO deemed arina fi,cie
evidence ms to every fact found 1t
Is made the duty of the commission
to order the road violating the law
to correct tho evils complained of,
and if this is done, it shall be the
commission to apply in summary
; way, by petition, to the Circuit Court
of the State, sitting in the judicial
circuit in which the company has n
principal Office, or in which the vic
lation happened, and the court has
the power to hear and determine the
matter on short notice, and if iudg-
ment is rendered against the road, it
has 10 bear, in addition to the usual
legal charges, a reasonable attorneys
fee. The burden of proof is.also
, upon the road to show it has com
piled with the law. 1t will be seen
that the State virtually steps in and
conducts the fight i'll behalf of her
own citizens, before her own courts,
SO that the poor man who has suffer
ed an injury, is, by this commission,
placed upon an equal footing with
these mighty corporations, who have
to show that they are obey ing the
laws of the State-a practical reyer-
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