Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06

be used and the highest charged to be made
in the state of Kansas. II any company
they shall make the same lesser rate to all
persons for like and contemporaneous serv-
ice in the transportation of like kinds of
traffic under substantially similar circum-
Section I. That the board of railroad
commissioners shall select an assistant at
commissioners. who shall hold office con-
temporaneously with the said board and un-
til his successor is elected and qualified.
subject to removal by the executive coun-
Gil. The said attorney for the board shall
receive salary OF 5 per annum. payable
monthly, and shall take oath to support the
uphold its laws and attend to the duties
of his office. 1t shall be his duty to prose-
cute all complaints fled before the said
board unless. in his judgment. the said COM
plants are frivolous and without any just
cause. 1t shall be his duty upon the order
of the board or of his own volition to file
with the said board a statement OF facts
and request for an investigation of the
same whenever in his judgment or In the
the methods of any railroad company doing
business in the state of Kansas shall be
necessary Such statement and demand
shall be brought In the name of the state
of Kansas on relation of the said attorney
for the said board of railroad commissions
ers. 1t shall be his duty 10 counsel and ad
wise the said board of railroad commission
erS on all legal propositions concerning
which they may desire his counsel and ad-
wee In case Of appeals from the judg
ments or decisions of said board of rail-
road commissioners to the supreme court
of Kansas, he shall assist the attorney gen.
erai In the supreme court and shall assist
the attorney general in all other legal mat
ters in which said board of railroad COM
mlssioners is interested in any way where
1t IS made the duty OF the attorney gen.
eral to attend TO the same. 1t shall be the
duty OF the attorney for the said board of
railroad commissioners TO represent the
said board of railroad commissioners in all
la caiI Il hn1 rl of
railroad commissioners may become in
VOWED IN actions in any court except where
the attorney general is already required to
appear. in which cases he shall assist the
attorney general.
Receivers Must Toe the Mark.
Section s. That all thep rovislons Of this
act shall apply to all receivers or trustees
in charge of or operating any railroad In
the state OF Kansas by virtue of any an
thority from any source. to the same ex-
tent as to a railroad company.
Section .. That any officer, agent or
employe OF any railroad company who shall
knowingly demand, collect or receive a
greater compensation for the transporta-
ton OF any property than that fixed by law
or by the board of railroad commissioners.
or who shall discriminate for or against
any shipper or conSignee in tho classifca-
ton OF property, in the charges for trans
portation, or in any way. shall be deemed
guilty OF q misdemeanor and punished by
| line of not more than 81, 600 or by impris-
onment in the county Jail for not more
than one year. or by both such fine and
Imprisonment, and any person who shall
violate any provisions of this law or who
Shaii w!lfully obstruct the execution of any
order or judgment of said board shall be
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor. and on
| conviction punished above provided.
Any railroad company which by any of its
officers, agents, employees or otherwise shall
violate any provision of this act or shall
neglect or refuse to obey any Judgment or
| der or ruling of the board Of railroad COM
| miSs.onerS for more than ten days after
| notice thereof, or which shall discriminate
in favor Of or against any shipper or con-