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

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the passage of this act, If any
railroad corporation, organized
or doing business in the Stat,
under any act of incorporation
or general law of this State now
i'll force, or which may hereaf
tet be enacted, or any railroad
corpora .ion organized, or whicl
may hereafter be organized, un
der the laws of any other STATE
and doing business i'll this State
shall charge, collect, demand ol
receive more than d fair anG
reasonable rate Of toll or com.
pensation for the transportation
OF pass ngers or freight Of any
description, or for the use and
transportation of any railroad
Car upon its track, or any of the
branches thereof, or upon any
railroad within this State which
it has the right, license or per.
mission to use, operate or con.
troll, the same shall be deemed
guilty Of extortion and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be
dealt with as hereinafter pro
vided.
SEC. 4. That if any railroad
corporation as aforesaid shall
make any unjust discrimination
in its rates or charges of toll or
compensation for the transpor-
tation of passengers or freight
OF any description, or for the
use and transportation of any
railroad car upon its said road
or upon any of the branches
thereof, or upon any railroads
connected Herewith, which it
has the right, license or permis-
sion to operate, control Or use
within this State, the samn shall
be deemed guilty sf having vi
olated the provisions of this act.
and upon conviction thereof
shall be dealt with as hereinaf-
ter provided.
Sec. 5. That the commits
sioners appointed as hereinbe-
fore provided, shall, as provided
i'll the next section of this act,
make reasonable ard Just rates
OF freight and passenger tariffs,
to be observed by all railroad
companies doing business in
this State Oh the railroads there
OF, and in making said rates
they shall consider the actual
value Of the employed capital
OF the corporation, the earnings
of the railroad, and the cost of
operating the same, and any
and all other matters proper to
be considered by them; shall
make reasonable and just rules
and regulations, to be observed
by all railroad companies doing
business in this State, as to
charges at any and all points
for the necessary handling and
delivering of freight; shall
make such just and reasonable
rules and regulations as may be
necessary for preventing unjust
discrimination in the transpor-
tation OF freight and passengers
on the railroads in the State;
shall make reasonable and Just
rates of charges for use of rail
road cars carrying any and all
kind Of freight and passengers
on said railroads, no matter by
whom owned or carried; and
shall make just and reasonable
rules and regulations to be OBJ
served by said railroad com.
panies on said roads, to prevent
the giving or paying Of any
rebate or Bonus, directly or in
directly, ard from misleading
or deceiving the public in any
manner as to the real rates
for freight or passen-
gers; and said commissioners
shall have full power, by rules
and regulations, to designate
aud fix the difference in rates of
freight and passenger transpor-
tation, to be allowed for longer
and shorter distances on the
saline or different railroads, and
to ascertain what shall be he
limits Of longer and shorter
distances: Proeided, that moth
ing in this act contained shall
be taken as in any manner
abridging or controlling the
rates for freight charged by any
company in this State
for conveying freight which
comes from or goes beyond the
boundaries Of the State, and on
which freights less than local
rates on any RAILROAD carrying
the same are charged by such
railroads, but said railroad COM
panies shall possess the same
power and right to charge Such
rates for carrying such freight
as they possessed before the
passage of this act: P,orided
Further, Howerer, that upon the
complaint of any person or
persons, corporation or corpora
tions to said commissioners, OF
any unjust determinations in
freight which comes
from or goes beyond the bounda-
ries of the State, by any rail
road company whether organi-
zed under the laws of this
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