The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-23

Below we print section ten of the inter
state commerce law as amended. 1t is {
good thing for our merchants and shippers
to paste in their hats.
That any common carrier subject to the
provisions of this act, or, whenever such
common carrier is a corporation, any direc
tor 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 willfully do or cause
to be done, or shall willfully suffer or per
NIT to be done, any act, matter, or thing in
this act prohibited or declared to he unlaw-
full, or who shall aid or abet therein, or
shall willfully omit or fail to do any act,
matter, or thing in this act required to be
done, or shall cause or willingly suffer or per-
NIT any act matter, 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 shall be guilty Of any infrac-
ton of this act, or shall aid or abet therein,
shall be deemed guilty Of misdemeanOr,
and shall, upon conviction thereof in any
district court of the United States within
the jurisdiction Of which such offense was
committed, be subject to fine Of not to ex-
coed five thousand dollars for each offense
Provided, That if the offense for which any
person shall be convicted as aforesaid shall
be an unlawful discrimination in rates.
fares, or charges, for the transportation of
passengers or property, such person shall
In addition 70 the fine hereinb before pro
vided for, be liable to Imprisonment in the
penitentiary for a term of not exceeding
two years, or both such fine and imprison-
ment, in the discretion Of the court.
Any common carrier subject to the pro-
visions Of this act, or, whenever such com
mon carrier is corporation, any officer or
agent thereof, or any person acting for or
employed by such corporation, who, by
means of false billing, false classification,
false weighing, or false report of weight, or
by any other device or means, shall know
ingly and willfully assist, or shall willingly
sIffer or permit, any person or persons to
obtain transportation for property at less
than the regular rates then established and
in force upon the line of transportation of
such common carrier, shall be deemed guilty
Of q misdemeanor, and shall, upon convic-
ton thereof in any court Of the United
States Of competent jurisdiction within the
district in which such offense was com
mitted, be subject to a fine Of not exceeding
five thousand dollars or Imprisonment in the
penitentiary for term of not exceeding
two years, or both, in the discretion Of the
court, for each offense.
ANY person and any officer or agent Of
any corporation or company who shall de
liver property for transportation to any
common carrier, subject to the provisions of
this act, or for whom as consignor or con
signee any such carrier shall transport
property, who shall knowingly and will
fully, by false billing, false classification,
false weighing, false representation Of the
contents of the package, or false report Of
weight or by any other device or means,
whether with or without the consent or
connivance of the carrier, its agent or
agents, obtain transportation for such
property at less than the regular rates then
established and in force on the line Of trans
portation, shall be deemed guilty Of fraud,
which is hereby declared to be INSIDE
meanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof
in any court of the United States Of com
petent jurisdiction within the district in
which such offense was committed be sub
iect for each offense to a fine Of not exceed
ing five thousand dollars, or Imprisonment
in the penitentiary for term Of not ex-
oeeding two years, or both, in the discre-
ton OF the court.
II any such person, or officer or agent of
any such corporation or company, shall, by
payment Of money or other things Of value
solicitation, or otherwise, induce any com
mol carrier subject to the provisions Of this
act, or any of its officers or agents, to dis
o inmate uBiustly in his, its, or their favor
40 against any other consignor or consignee
Ia the transportation Of property, or shall
aid or abet any common carrier IN any such
unjust discrimination, such person or such
officer or agent Of such corporation or com
pany shall be d ,emed guilty of a INSIDE
meanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof
in any court Of the United States Of compe-
tent iur sdictiOn within the district in
which So h offense was committed, be sub
iecU 70 d nne of not exceeding five thousand
dollars, or imprisonment in the penltentary
for term of not exceeding two years, or
both. in the discretion Of the court, for each
offense; and such person, corporation, or
company shall also, together with said CON-
mon c arrier, be liable, jointly or seVerally,
IN an action on the case to be brought by
au onsignor or consignee Disseminated
in any court Of the United States