The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-07-17

II bring said complaint befor,
: lAe Interstate commerce com
mission for redress. in accord
aEce with the provisions of the
: act of Congress cstabl. siliny
: said lnter-Stat- commerce com.
mission.
, SEC. 6. That the said railroad
commissioners are hereby au
thorized and required to make
= for each Of the railroad CORPORA
tions doing business in this
State, is soon Is practicable
inst and reasonable rates of
charges for the transportation
, of passengers and freights aud
: cars on each of said railroads
and said schedule shall, in suits
brought against any such rail
road corporations wherein is
involved the charges of any
such railroad corporation for
the transportation Of any pas
senger or freight or cars, or un-
just discrimination in relation
thereto, be deemed and taken
in all courts OF this State As
sufficient evidence that the rates
therein fixed are just and rea-
sonable rates of charges for the
transportation of passengers and
freights and cars upon the rail
roads, and said commissioner.
shall from time to time, and as
often as circumstances may re-
quire, change and revise said
schedules. When any schedule
shall have been made or revised
as aforesaid, it shall be the duty
Of all such railroad companies
to post at all their respective
stations i'll conspicuous place q
copy Of said sched lie for the
information Of TIE I ople. All
such schedules, as aforefaid
shall be received and held in
all such suits as pri0.a tacic the
schedules of said commissioners.
without further proof than the
production Of the schedules
desired to be used as evidence.
with certificate of the Rail
road COmmissio toner's that the
same is a true copy Of the
schedule prepared by them for
the railroad company or corpora
ton therein named: Proridtd.
that any corporation may ap-
peal to the Superior Court and
thence to the Supreme Court,
from any determination of the
Board fixing the 1ates OF freight
or fare; but before such cor
pOration shall be allowed to
exercise this right of appeal it
shall, within ten days after
notice OF the rates fixed by the
commits !ioners, file with the
Board exceptions to the particu-
lars that it objects to, and the
grounds thereof, and within ten
days after filing such excep-
tlonS the commissioners shall
hear the same, and if they shall
overfule any one Of said excep-
tions then such corporation, if
1t desires to appeal to the Supe-
rior Court, shall, within ten
days thereafter, give notice of
appeal to the Superior Court,
and the said commissioners
shall thereupon transmit to the
Superior Court of same county
through which or into which
the road Of the corporation eX-
tends record of their deter
limitations of the rates for said
corporation, with the excep-
tions Of the corporation, ana
their decision thereon. The
said cause shall be placed ON
the civil issue docket of said
court, and shall have prece-
dence Of ether civil actions, and
shall be tried under the same
rules and regulations az are
prescribed for the trial of other
civil causes, except that the
rates fixed by the missiners
shall be prima facie just and
fair: Provided, the appeal may,
by the consent Of the
commissioners and the cor
|poratiOn be heard and
determined in Chambers, before
any Judge of a district through
or into which the railroad may
extend, or any judge holding
courts therein. The cause shall
be entitled State of North Caro-
lima on the relation of the Rail
road commissioners VS.. such cor
poration. Either party may ap-
peal 70 the Supreme G ,urt from
the judgment of the Superior
Court under the same rules and
Ie9uldtlouS d. presented by law
for appeals except that the State
Of North Carolina, if il shall ap-
peal, shall not be required to
give an undertaking or give any
deposit to secure the cost of such
appeal, and such court may ad-
vance the cause Oh their docket
SO As to give tie same q speedy
hearing; provided that the rates
of freight and of fare fixed by
the commission shall be and re-
main the established rates and
shall be observed aud regarded
by sucn corporation until the
same shall be chan. ed, reversed
or modified bv the final iudo