Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-12-12

ODDITIES IN RAILROAD LAWS.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun. 81:
Montana requires its railroads to
maintain q station at plotted town
sites Of 100 inhabitants or more.
Thirty States have State railroad
commissions, twenty Of which have
power to fix rates on purely State traf-
fc.
Intoxication while on duty is mis-
demeanor for a railroad employe in
California, and if death results, fel-
ony.
California makes the wrecking of a
train or an engine a felony punish.
able by death or life Imprisonment, at
the option of the jury.
Railroads running within three
miles of county seat in Oklahoma
must build line through the county
seat and establish station.
In South Carolina it is a misde-
meanor for the conductor of a trolley
car to refuse to separate negroes and
white people.
California has made it a misde-
meanor to transport cattle, sheep, or
swine in carload lots for more than
thiry-six hours without stopping for
ten hours rest.
Virginia has found it necessary to
pass law declaring that for all legal
purposes the words railroad" and
railway" are to be considered syn
onymous.
In Massachusetts, the illegal sale Of
street railway transfers is made pun
ishable by a fine not exceeding $50,
or imprisonment for not more than 80
days.
The legislature Of Washington at
it's latest session passed law making
the maximum railroad fare for adults
3 cents mile and for children 1 1-2
cents.
A trolley company in Vermont
whose cars fail to come to full stop
and display signal at grade rail
road crossing is subject to fine Of
$25 for each ommission.
BY the forms of a new statute in
Michigan in a suit by or against d
railroad company the books Of the
company are subject to the inspection
of the Attorney General Of the State.
The State of Mississippi has effect
ed the increase Of about $12,0O0,000
in the amount of taxable property in
the State by recent readjustment in
the assessment Of railroads.
In Minnesota railway, telegraph and
express stations must bear the local
name Of the community, unless it is
likely to be confused with the names
Of other stations on the same line.
California rejoices in the law MAX
ing the circulation Of fraudulent re-
ports regarding the value Of the stock
Of corporation formed in the State
a felony punishable by two years i'm.
prisonment of $4,000 fine, OF both.
Down in Georgia the Supreme
Court has concluded that an engineer
is not justified in acting on the pre-
sumption that a child of tender years
on railroad track will appreciate its
danger and use the discretion of an
adult in getting out of the way Of an
approaching train.
According to recent act Of the
Legislature of that State, Florida rail
roads failing to pay a claim for loss
or damage within ninety days must
pay 25 per cent on the judgment OBJ.
tained by the claimant in excess, Of
the amount offered by the railroad in
settlement of the claim.
The mere fact that a great many
people have been in the habit of using
railroad trestle as footbridge and
that the railroad company had made
no complaint, says the court of ap.
peals of Kentucky, does not give the
people any special rights on the
bridge or compel the railroads com
pany to exercise special degree Of
care for their safety.