Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-01-25
NO. 25.
sen. TAILoR'S K. Il. BILL.


An Abstract of the Measure Now Pending
Before the Legislature.
1t shall be deemed an unjust discrim
lnatlon, for any common carrier TO charge
or receive 8 greater rate per hundre d
pounds for the sportstion of prop,
erty shipped in carload lots, for one or
more carloads than for any grester
number of carloads, of q like commodity
from the same point of shipment to tn e
same destination, whether shipped at one
time or during any period of time.
1t shall be unlawful for any common
carrier TO make or give any undue or Tn
reasonable preference or advantage TO
any particular person, company, firm.
corporation, or locality, or any particular
description of traffic, in any respect
whatsoever, or TO subject any particular
person, company, firm, corporation, or
loesllty, or any particular description of
trafhc, 10 any undue or unreasonable
prejudice. All such common carriers are
hereby required to make such JOINT ar
rangements as may be necessary to carry
the provisions of this section into effect;
and shall make such joint through rates
for the trass sportation of passengers and
property as shall be fair and equitable.
Every common carrier shall make as
soon as practicable schedule OF reason
able rates of charges for the trans purta-
tion of passengers and property over Its
various lines within the state, with A
proper classification of freight, and also
reas enable charges for terminal f4clllties
and privileges. Such schedules prepared
ds aforesaid by any such common carrier
shall he plainly prlutea in large type,
and shall state the places upon It's rail
road between which property and passeu-
gers will be carried, and shall contain the
classification of freight in force upon
such railroad, and shall state separately
the terermlnal charges and any rules and
regulations which in anywise change, af-
feet ar determine any part of the aggre-
gate OF such aforesaid rates, fares and
charges. Copies of such schedules imme-
distely upon their being put in force,
shall be post in every depot or station
in such manner that they can be conven-
iently lns pecUed.
Any common carrier, or, whenever such
common carrier Is & cor poration, 9ny dl-
rector or officer thereof, or any receiver,
trustee, lessee agent or person acting for
or employed by such corporation, who,
alone or with any other corporation,
company, person or party, shall wilfuliy
do or cause to be done, or shall wilfully
suffer or permit to be done, any act, mat
ter, or thing in this act prohibited or de-
clared to be unlawful, or who shall aid or
abet therein, or shall wilfully omit or fail
to do any act, mat5er or thing in this act
required to be done, or shall cause or
wiltully suffer to permit any act, IL after
or thing so directed or required by this
act to be done not to be SO done, or shall
aid or abet any such omission or failure,
or shell be guilty of any infraction of this
act, or shall aid or abet therein, shall be
deemed guilty of a mis0emeanor, AMI
shall, upon conviction thereof III any
court OF this state Of competent juris-
dictioR, be subject to- fine of not TO ex-
coed i've Thousand dollars for cash
offense. hll fines recovered under the
provisions of this section shall be paid,
one-half into the state treasurer and one
half into the county treasury of the
county in which the suit is brought, to be
used for county purposes. Suits com
menoed under the provisions of this act
shall have precedence over all other
business, except criminal business.