The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-01-21
SOME IMPORTANT BILLS
One Regulating Railroad and Telegraph
Charges-Another Prohibitin Free
Railroad Pa sses-CorporationsR Required
to File Charters,

One Regulating Railroad and Telegraph
Charges-Another Prohibiiin Free
Railroad Passes-CorporationsR Required
to File Charters.
Senator E. 7. Clark, Of Halifax,
is proving an active member of the
legislature, and is doing much to bring
out matters, the discussion of which
will result in information and benefit
the people. Among the bills he has
introduced are the following:
To PROVIDE THE MANNER IN WHICH
RAILROAD COMPANIES INCORPORATED
UNDER THE LAWS OF OTHER STATES
OR COUNTRIES sMAY BECOME MOOR
PORA1ED IN TEIs STATE.
SEC. /. That each and every rail-
road company or railroad or other
corporation created or organized or by
virtue of any government other than
that of the State desir ing to own prop
erty or carry on business, or exercise
any corporate franchise in this State
of any kind whatever, shall first file in
the office of the Secretary of State a
copy Of its charter, paying therefor
such fees as may be required by law,
and cause copy of such charter to be
recorded in the office of the Register
| of Deeds in each county in which
such company or corporation desires
or proposes to carry on its business or
to acquire or own property. Such
copy Of the charter shall be authenti-
| Gated in the manner directed by law
| for the authorization of the statutel
of the State or country under whose
| laws such corporation is chartered or
organized.
SEC. 2. That If any such charter or
any part thereof, filed as aforesaid in
the office Of the Secretary of State
shall be in cOntravention or violation
of the laws of this State, such charter
or such parts thereof so ID conflict
with the laws of this State shall be
null and void.
SEC. s. That when q foreign cor
poration complies v 18th the provision:
and requirements of this act it shall
ips0 TGct0 become domestic corpora
ton; it mayS sue and be sued in tn,
courts Of this State, and shall be sub
ject to the jurisdiction Of this State a.
fully as if it were originally created
under the laws of the State of NOrtl
Carolina.
| 10 PROHIBIT The USE OF FREE PASsK
BY PUBLIC OFFICERS.
: !. NJ PtTsOl
ele cted or appointed to public office
. rectiy or indirectly ask, demand, &C
cept, receive or consent to receive TO
| his own use or benefit, or for the US
or benefit of another, any free pas;
free transportation, ranking privileg
: or discrimination in passenger. tele
= graph or telephone rates, from an
= person or corporation, or make use o
I the same himself or in conjunction
with another. A person who violate
any provision of this section, shall b
= deemed guilty of misdemeanOr, an
> shall forfeit his office at the suit of th
: General Assembly. Any corporation
;. or officer or agent thereof who shall Of
fer, or promise TO a public officer, G
person elected or appointed to q put
). lie Office, any such free pass, FIRE
:. transportation franking privilege {
discrimination, shall be deemed guilt
>, of a misdemeanor and liable to pun
= ishment except as herein provide
y No person, or officer or agent of CO
poration giving any such free pas
< transportation, Thanking privilege
y Discrimination hereby prohibite
shall be privileged from testfying
|, relation thereto, and he shall not
liable to civil or criminal prosecute
), thereafter if he shall testify to the 81
- ing of the same.
ne ESTABLISHING JUST AND REAsONABI
a PASSENGER, TELEGRAPH AND TEL
PHONE RATES.
ic SECTION l. 1t shall be unlawful
u any railroad or steamboat company
lie charge or receive for transpOrtati
be of a passenger between any T.