Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-01

and for such purpose it is authorized to employ
trainmen. telegraph operators and such other
agents and employees as may be necessary, and
pay them such salaries and wages as they may
deem just and reasonable
Sec 13 The state board shall hx all such
rates for freight and passenger fare, and all
fees and charges for kilograms as to them shall
seem just and proper, and shall make all neces-
sary arrangements for the collection Of the
same, and shall keep a faithful record and
make just and correct report annually OF all
their doings
Sec. Il All moneys received by said railroad.
or telegraphs for services rendered by them
shall be applied, first. to pay the necessary
operating expenses Of the railroads and tele-
graphs: second. to the payment Of interest on
the bonds and mortgages against such roads
The residue shall be turned into the state
treasury at such intervals as the board may di-
rect, to be at least as often as once year.
Sec. Is. No free passes or other special priv
ileges shall be granted to any person on any
railroad constructed under the provisions of
this act, and no discrimination between any
citizens or persons or towns shall be allowed.
Provided, That the state board, when ON any
duty pertaining entirely to said roads. and all
officers and employees of said roads. may have
free transportation when so employed.
Sec. 16 In negotiating the sale of first mort
gage bonds hereinbefore mentioned the
state board shall have full power to act and
whatever contract 1t shall make, not inconsis-
tent with the provisions Of this act shall be
binding and effective for all time to come
Sec L. The state board shall have full power
to make their own rules and regulations, to
establish boards of directors. and to do any and
all things consistent with this act that may be
necessary to fully and effectively carry out its
provisions
Sec. 1s Any agent, employe or other person
chargeable with any funds belonging to such
railroads or telegraphs, who shall fail or refuse
to pay over to the proper person authorized to
receive the same. such moneys as they may
| have received, when required so to do, shall be
deemed guilty OF a felony, and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be imprisoned at hard labor in
the state penitentiary for not less than FIVE
years nor more than 20 years
Sec. 19. This act shall take effect and be In
full force from and after its passage.
Approved June "a, 1897.
This bill became law on June "a,
1897 and the governor is now earnestly
engaged in making provisions for its
practical operation and enforcement,
| fully believing that in its working
| development it will prove to be a solu-
tion of the convict labor question and
also of the railroad question.
Gov. Jones believes that if the state
would build two trunk lines running
in north and south and east and
west direction supplemented by branch
| lines the cost of railroad building and
operation could be demonstrated and
rates regulated to a fair and proper
basis by the competition of the state
railroads.
The state board has issued the fol.
lowing proclamation:
Notice is hereby given to the people OF the
| state of Arkansas. that by virtue of the power
| vested in US by the act OF the general assem-
| bly,, entitled, AN act to create a state board L
| locate, establish survey. build, equip anC
| operate state railroads and telegraphs: to pro
| vide the manner for raising the revenue TO
such purposes; to provide penalty for mis-
appropriating money and for other purposes,
approved June "a 1897, we will open subscrip
tion books for donations OF land and money q
aid in the construction of railroad and tele
graph lines in the state OF Arkansas
| When in the judgment of the board sum
cient sum Of money has been raised to justif,
the work Of construction. the board will out
| line the proposed road to be built and will pro
ceed to locate the same, giving preference u
such line as shall be most profitable to tn
state in the way Of development Of the state
resources and giving accommodation to sucl
| parts OF the state as are not traversed by rail
| roads, as well as to the contributions offered
and the probable amount Of business to b
done by such road
The people are admonished that the boar
has no manner Of appropriations for incurrin
any expense so that it will be compelled to re
quire donations of money in sufficient amour
from any proposed line OF road to enable 1t Z
bear the expense of locating the road and othe
needful expenses Whenever a proposal shal
be sent to the board to build road along an
given line subscription books may be opene
by the people interested in such proposed lin
and forwarded to the board at Little Rock
Communications seeking information as to tn
rules and regulations adopted by the board, 4
addressed to the governor. will receive promp
attention.
Whenever the people desire q railroad to b
built under the provisions OF this act and it ca
be demonstrated that such proposed road vii
| be profitable investment to the state, it vii
be built If the people themselves will affor
suitable assistance to the board for that pur
| pose Inasmuch as the board must act withou
! partiality towards any locality, proposals vii
be taken up and considered in the order Il
which they are received.
DAN w. JONES' Governor,
| CLAY SLOAN. Auditor,
E b KIESwoRTHY, Attorney General,
State Board.
The experiment undertaken by Ar
kansas will be watched by populist
all over the nation with great inter
est. GEORGE g. WARD-