The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-01-17
ARTICLE TX.
CORPORATIONS.

CORPORATIONS.
Section /. The term corporation as
used in this article includes all associa-
tions and Joint stock companies having
powers and privileges not possessed by
individuals or partnerships and ex-
cludcs municipal corporations.
Sec. .. No charter of incorporation
shall be granted, changed or amended
by special law, except in the case OF
swch charitable. educational, penal or
reformatory corporations as may be
under the control of the State, or may
be provided for in this Constitution
but the general assembly shall provide
by general laws for changing or amend.
ing existing charters, and for the or
ganization of NIL corporations here
so passed, as well as all charters now
existing or her reafter created, shall be
subject to future repeal OF alteration
provided. that the general assembly
may by two-tnirds vote of each house
on concurrent resolution allow bill
for a special charter to be introduced,
and when so introduced may pass the
same as other bills.
Sec. 3. All railroad, express, canal
aud other corporations engaged in
transportation for hire and all tcle-
graph and other corporations engaged
In the business OF transmitting intelli-
gence for hire are common carriers In
their respective lines of business, and
are subject to liability and taxation as
such. 1t shall be unlawful for any
such corporation to make any contract
relieving it of its common law inbil-
ity or limiting the same, in reference
to the carriage of passengers.
Sec. 4. Every corporation organized
or doing business In this State, other
than religious, educational or benevo-
lent dissertations, shall have and maintain
ut least one agent in this State upon
whom process may be served, and at
least one public Office for the transac-
tion of its business. Provided, This
section shall not apply to mercantile
corporations: Provided, That nothing
contained in this section shall be con-
strued to prohibit the general Assem-.
bly, from providing for the service OF
process on any agent OF corporation
so as to bind such cooperation.
Sec. 5. No discrimination in
charges or facilities for transportation
of the same classes of freight or pas.
scngcis, or for the transmission of in
telligcnce within this State, or coming
from or going to any other State, shall
be made by any railroad or other
transportation or Transmission compa.
ny between places or persons.
Persons and property Transported
by any railroad or any other transpor-
tation or transmission company or cor.
poration, shall be delivered at any
station, landing or port at charges not
exceeding the charges for the trans
portation of persons and property o.
the same class, in the same direction
to any more distant station, landing
or port. Excursion and Communication
tickets may be issued at special rates
This section shall not prevent the rail
road commission from making sucl
competitive rates as shall, in their iudG
ment, be just and equitable between
the railroads and the public, at al
functional and competive points or n
points where water competition con
trolls the traffic or at points where tn,
competition Of points located in Other
States may make necessary the pre-
scribing of different rates for the pro
lection of the commerce Of this State
Sec. 6. Any railroad or other trans
portation corporation, and any tele
graph or other transmitting corpora
ton, organized under the laws of thi