The Grit-advocate., 1906-06-29
Synopsis of the Important Pro.
visions of the New Law.

and publish the tariffs or rates and
charges as required by said acts, or
strictly to observe such tariffs until
changed according to law, shall be a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof the corporation offending shall
be subject to a fine of not less than
81 .O00nor more than $50, 900 for each Of
fense; and it shall be unlawful for any
person, persons or corporation to offer,
grant or give, or to solicit, accept or
receive any rebate, concession or dis
| elimination in respect to the transDor-
tGtion of any property in interstate or
foreign commerce by any common car
rier subject to said act to regulate
commerce and the acts amendatory
the reto whereby any such property
shall by any device whatever be trans
ported at a less rate than that named
in the tariffs published and fled by
such carrier, as is required by said act
| to regulate commerce and tie acts
| arlendatory thereto, or whereby any
other advantage is given or discrimin-
stion is practiced.
| Every person or corporation who
shall offer, grant or give, or solicit, ac-
cept, or receive any such rebates, con-
ccssjon, or discrimination shall be
deemed guilty or a misdemeanor, and
Or conviction thereof shall be punished
by fine of not less than 81 900 nor
more than $4,000: Provided, that any
person, or any officer or director of any
corporation subject to the provisions
OF this act, or the act to regulate com
| ruerce and the acts amendatory there
or, or any receiver, trustee, lessee,
agent or person acting for or employed
ty any such corporation, who shall be
convicted as aforesaid, shall, in addi-
| tior to fine herein provided for, be liza
BILE to imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary for a term of not exceeding two
years, or both such fine and imprison-
ment, in the discretion of the court.
! Every violation of this section shall be
prosecuted in any court of the United
States having jurisdiction of crimes
within the district in which such vio-
lation was committed, or through
which the transportation may have
fense is begun in one jurisdiction and
completed in another it may be dealt
with. inquired of, tried. determined,
ard punished in either jurisdiction in
the same manner as If the offense had
beer actually and wholly committed
therein.
Authorized to Eix Rates.
Section Is authorizes the interstate
commerce commission to fix rates as
follows:
Sec. 4. That section Is of said act be
amended so as to read as follows:
Sec. Is. That the commission is au-
t!iorized and empowered, and it shall
he its duty, whenever, after full hear
ing upon complaint made as provided
in section IL of this act, or upon COM
plant of any common carrier. it shall
be of the opinion that any of the rates,
or charges whatsoever demanded,
charged, or collected by any common
carrier or carriers. subject to the pro-
| visions of this act, for the transporta-
ton OF persons or property as defined
in the first section Of this act, or that
| any regulations or practices whatso-
ever of such carrier or carriers affect
| ing such rates, are unjust or unreason-
| able, or unjustly discriminatory, or un-
duly preferential or prejudicial, or 9TH
erwise in violation of any of the pro-
visions of this act, to determine and
prescribe what will be the just and
| reasonable rate or rates, charge or
! ChGrges, to be thereafter observed in
such case as the maximum to be
charged; and what regulation or prac-
| tico in respect to such transportation is
| just. fair and reasonable to be there
| after followed; and to make an order
that the carrier shall cease and desist
| from such violation, TO the extent to
| which the commission find the same to
exist, and shall not thereafter publish,
| demand, or collect any rate or charge
| fer such transportation in excess of the
maximum rate or charge so prescribed,
and shall conform to the regulation or
practice so prescribed. All orders OF
| the commission, except orders for the
| payment of money, shall take effect
within such reasonable time not less
I
force for such period of time, not ex-
ceeding two years, as shall be pre-
soribed in the order of the commits
sion, unless the same shall be suspend
ed or modified or set aside by the COM
mission or be suspended or set aside
by court of competent jurisdiction.
Any person, corporation, or company
who shall deliver property for inter-
stotc transportation to any common
c:rrier, subject to the provisions OF
this act, or for whom as consignor or
consignee, any such carrier shall trans
port property from one state, territory
o: district of the United States to any
other state, territory or district of the
I United States or foreign country, who
shall knowingly and willfully, by en-
ploye, agent. officer or otherwise, Gi-
rcctly or indirectly, by or through any
means or device whatsoever, receive or
accept from such common carrier any