People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-03-17
From Topeka.

Kansas legislature closed last Satur-
day and of course the people will be
anxious to see what each of their rep
resentatiyes have done in the interest
of the farmers and labOrers. The
most effective and praisewOrthy bill
of the session was one Of Senator For
ney's For the Protection of Shippers
of Grain. Seeds and Hay" This bill
is one of the few that was passed and
is of vast Importance TO the farmers
of Kansas as well as buyers and ship
pers. The maximum freight bill
passed the senate. but was killed in
the house. This shows the farmers
and labOrerS OF Kansas who their
friends were in the recent term of the
legislature. Senator FOrney cannot
be blamed by his constituents because
they did not get the benefits of this
freight bill. When a man has to
wrestle with corruption, the flesh and
the devil, he cannot always be sue
cessful, and if our representative from
Sumner has not had tussle of that
kind for the past sixty days, no man
ever had. The former bill will save
the people of Sumner county alone
thousands of dollars The following
is the bill
ANACT
For the protection Of the shippers of
grain, seeds and hay.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Kansas:
Sec. |. Thlt each and every rail
way company operating a railway
wholly or partly within this state
shall, on or before the first day of
July, A. d., 1893. construct and 100
vide, and thereafter maintain and
keep in good order, a track or Car
scale OF sufficient capacity and suit
able for weighing grain in carload
lots and in the car, at each and every
town or station upon its line of rail-
way, or the line Of railway operated
by it, from which the aggregate of
grain shipments on all railways shall be
one hundred cars or more of grain and
seeds during the year 1892.
Sec. 2. Any town or station not
now entitled to track scales under
this act, but from which there shall
hereafter be shipped in any calendar
year one hundred cars, or more, of
grain and seeds, shall be entitled to
the benefits of this act; and any rail
way company operating a railway
upon which such town or station is
located shall construct, provide, keep
and maintain 4 track or car scale at
SUCH UOWn or station, as provided by
section one, within six m InthS after
the expiration Of such calendar year.
Sec. 3. At stations not entitled to
car scales by the provisions of this
act, 1t snail be the duty of such rail-
way company to weigh, at one of the
stations nearest to such station hav-
ing no scales, such cars before and af-
Tel loading, and to give to such Ship
per ike receipt aS provided in sec
tlJn SIX (6l Of this act: Provided.
That such weighing before loading
may be on one side Of the point OF
Shipment, and after loading on the
other side Of the point of Shipment.
Sec. /. Each railway company op-
Grating railway at any town or
station in this state entitled to track
scales under This act shall correctly
weigh all cars immediately before and
immediately after being loaded With
gram or seeds, said cars to be de-
tdched from engine and other cars
Wlen weighed, and such Weighing to
De done III The presence Of the shipper
OF Sucn grain or seed, if so demanued
Oy HIM.
Sec .. Such railway company shall
oe entitled To collect aud receive from
tlle person shipping Sucn grain UrSeeu
the sum vi twenty-five cents l25l Tor
edcu car or Sucn grain or seed So
"elghed, DIS compensation for such
weighing.
Sec. =. Each railway company. op-
eratlng railway wholly or partly
"ithlh tllS state, shall be required tO
give, GO any person delivering grain or
seeu IN 0uik or In sacks tO sucu com-
pdhy lOr transportation, at any STA
tlOn entitled to track scales unde,
tnlS act, oil of ladlng, in duplicate,
which bill Of ladIng snail state the
eXdcG number Of bushels or bounds of
grain or seed delivered to sucn rail-
way company, by whom delivered and
~ WlOm consigned: and thereafter
sucn railway company shall be respon-
siole 10 the c0nSlgnee named in said
OIL OF ladlng, or 10 his heirs or AS
signs, for the full amount of such
grain or seed 50 delivered to such rail.
way company, until it shall show
Ghat IL has delivered the whole
amount OF such grain or seed to surh
cOnSllgnee, or his heirs or assign,
ana In any action hereafter brought
against any railway company, for or
on account OF any failure or neglect
10 denver any such grain, seed Of hay
70 the conSlgnee, or his heirs or as.
signs, either duplicate of such bill of
fading shall be conclusive proof of the
amount OF such grain or seed SO re-
celved by such railway company.
Sec. 1, No defense to an action for
tne recovery Of such loss or shortage
on grain or hay so weighed, by reason
ol the same having occurred ON the
une OF some other company, to which
u may have been transferred, or
winch may have received it for shin.
ment, shall be adn tilted to be made
unless all the facts and circumstances
OF sucn loss or shortage so occurring
on such other line Shall be fully SET
lOrth In written pleadings, filed by the
shlpplng company, and affirmatiyeIy
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