The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-07-25
NEW LEMURRAGE RULES.
important Action By the State Rail-
road Commits sion.

The State railroad commissioner has
made pIEit it, Ie~ storage rules.
The commission has heen working on
he matter !nr some time and has gone
over all the rules c. the southern
States. There Lave been several
| conferences with the railroad officials
and tho nGiC ers of the car service as
sociati1u Tne new rules are en-
pUGl-l in ;ac following action OF the
| l., ard:
WheTc23 an act va. passed by the
general assembly CT South Carolina
at the regular sessirn Of 1901. and
thereafter arpTuted bv the governor
of the 18th day of February, A. d.
1901, authorizing and requiring the
board of railroad commissioners, Ito
fix and prescribe schedule OF maxi
mum rates and charges for storage
! made and charged by the railroads
doing business in this State, and to
| fix what time after the reception OF
| freight at place of destination such
charges of storage shall begin" and
for other purposes. Now be it
Resolved, That we, the board OF
railroad commissioners do by virtue
Of the authority conferred by said act,
fix the following rules and maximum
rates for storage charges to apply to.
all freights stored by the railroads
doing business in this State:
l. All tre, ,ght received for delivery
| Is subject to storage regulations.
2. All package freight not removed
by owner; from the custody of the
| railway company, within seventy-two
| (72)hours after legal notice Of the ar
rival thereof has been given TO con-
signee, computed from II O'Clock or
the day following the GATE OF such
notice of arrival, shall thereafter be
subject to a charge for storage, as set
| forth in rules of these regulations.
8. Prompt notices shall be given to
consignees of the arrival Of freights,
and the said notice must show date
| of its issue, and the time allowed for
removal without charge for storage.
4. The maximum charges for the
storage of freight by the railroads
when stored in the warehouses OF the
said railroads in this State, shall be
as follows:
For five days and under, cent per
! hunQreQ POUNDS per udS
For 10 days and over 5 days, 8
cents per hundred pounds.
For 20 days and over 10 days 8
cents per hundred pounds.
For 80 days and over 20 days 10
cents per hundred pounds.
For 40 days and over 80 days l3
| cents per hundred pounds.
For so days and over 40 days, 10
cents per hundred pounds.
Each additional week and fraction
thereof thereafter, l cent per hun
dred pounds. The minimum charge
for any one shipment shall be five
cents. Not more than 81 per day
shall be charged for any one conslgn-
ment not in excess of a car load.
5. A consignee living four miles or
over from the depot, and, whose
freight is destined to his residence or
place of business so located, shall not
he subject storage charges allowed IN
the above rules until sufficient time
has elapsed after notice for said
consignee to remove said goods by
the exercise of ordinary diligence.
6. Shipments detained because
billed to order and awaiting bills OF
lading of instructions as to disposition
shipments held for want OF billing IN
structions, shipments held for inspec'
ton, change of billing or for any
other purpose, by owner or his agent
are subject to storage charges, and
if such freights are forwarded TO any
other point accrued storage Will De
added to the billing as back charges
7. The rates herein prescribed are
maximum rates, but these regulations
will not be held to be violated, If low
er rates are made by the roads pro
yided that all shippers at the same
point are assessed similar rates WIN
out discrimination. ,u
8. Legal holidays and Sundays shali
not be taken into account, in reckon
ing the 72 hours herein allowed Tor re-
moval of freight without charges,
Q. Due diligence on the part OF tne
shipper or consignee to remove frelgnl
promptly shall be deemed by the ran
roads a sufficient ground upon Whlcl
70 remit storage charges accruing Dg
reason of bad weather or impassiDf
roads. oo
10. Freight and storage charges
must be billed in seperate Items
though they may be billed on the same
J. C. WILBORN, Chairman.
c. w. GARRlS,
n DTON