Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-09

political committee or any member or
employee thereof, or delegate to any
political convention or to any candi-
date for, or incumbent of an office or
position under the constitution or laws
or under any ordinance of any town
or municipality of this state, or to
any person at the request or for the
advantage of all or any of them, any
free pass or frank, or any privilege
Withheld from any person, for the
travelling accommodation or transporta-
ton of any person or property, or the
transmission of any message or COM
munication.
Section 2. No political committee.
and no member or employee thereof, or
and no candidate for and no incumbent
of any office or. position under the
constitution or laws. or any ordinance
of any town or municipality of this
state, shall ask for, or accept from
any person, association, co-partner-
ship or corporation, or use In any man
ner or for any purpose. any free pass
or frank, or any privilege withheld
from any person for the travelling ac-
commodatien or transportation of any
person or property, or the transmits
sion of any message or communica-
ton
Section 3. Any violation of any of
the above provisions shall be punish
ed by imprisonment in the state pris-
on for not more than five years nor
less than one year, or by fine not eX-
ceeding one thousand dollars nor less
than two hundred dollars
Section 4. No person and no agent
or officer of any corporation within the
purview of this act shall be privileged
from testifying in relation to anything
herein prohibited; and no person hav
ing so testified shall be liable to any
prosecution or punishment for any Of
quired to give his testimony or pro-
duce any documentary evidence. The
term free pass" shall include any
form of ticket or mileage emitting the
holder to travel over any part of the line
or lines of any railroad issued to the
holder as a gift or in consideration or
partial consideration of any service
performed, or to be performed by such
holder, except where such ticket or
mileage is used by such holder in the
performance of his duties as an en-
ploye of the railroad issuing the same.
The Turner Bill.
Following is the Turner anti-pass
bill:
Section L. 1t shall be unlawful for
any railway or railroad company,
street railway or interurban railway
company, doing business within this
state, or any officer. agent or repre-
sentative thereof, to issue. give, or Of
fer to any person or persons whom
soever free pass or free transporta-
tion over any line or lines of railway,
street railway or interurban railway
within this state. except as provided in
section hereof.
1t shall also be unlawful for any
such company or any officer. agent or
representative thereof, to issue, sell,
offer or give transportation in any
form to any person or persons whom
soever at any less rate than are open
to all who may desire to buy the same
under substantially the same condi-
lions, except as provided in section 3
hereof.
Section g. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person or persons to solicit or use
any free pass, free transportation, or
TRANSFORMATION which under the pro-
visions of section 1 hereof it is unlaw-
full for said companies, their officers,
agents or representatives, to issue, give,
offer or sell.
(Corfip,1o6 nm Fifth Pagan