Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-05-31
THE RAILWAY
! RATE BILL
Full Text Of the Measure as
Passed BY the House and
Amended by the Senate.
OF FAR REACHING IMPORT

Puts Express and Sleeping Car Com
panes Under Authority of ln.erstst
Commerce Commission-Publieit o
Tariffs and Accounts Obligatory
Commissions Orders-Fines and In,
prisonment For Givers and Takers o
mission to Determine, on Complaint
% Shippers, What Rates Are Jus,
and Reasonable to Be Thereafter OBJ
served as Maximum Charges Sub
jeet to Review by the Federal Courts.
IN act TO amend an act entitled An
act 10 regulate commerce" approved
Feb. I. 1887. and all acts amendatory
thereof. and 10 enlarge the powers OF
the interstate commerce commission.
BE il enacted 10y the senate ami house
or representatives of the United states
OF America in congress assembled that
section l Of an act entitled An act
10 regulate commerce. approved Feb.
1. lS>7. be amended So aS TO read %
follows:
Makes Pipe Lines Common Carriers
Sec. l. That the prov Sions Of this
act shall apply To any corporation or
any person or persons engaged in the
transportation of oil or other commod-
ity. except water and except natural or
artificial gas by means OF pipe lines o.
partly by pipe lines and partly by rail
road or partly 10y pipe lines and partly
by water. who shall be considered and
held 10 be common carriers within the
meaning and purpose of this act. aud
TO any common carrier Or carriers en-
gagged in the transportation of pasScn-
gers or property wholly 10y railroad Tor
partly 10y railroad and partly 10y water
when both are used under a common
control. management. or arrangement
for continuous carriage or shipment1.
from one state or territory OF the Unit
ed States. or the District OF Columbia.
to any other state or territory OF the
United States. or the District OF Colum-
bla' or from one place in territory
10 another place in the same territory.
or from any place in the United States
TO an adjacent foreign country. or from
any place In the United States through
foreign country to any other place In
the United States. aud also To the
transportation in Ike manner of prop
erty shipped from any place In the
United States to foreign country aud
carried from such place to a port OF
ransshipment. or shipped from a for
eign country TO any place in the United
States and carried TO such place from
port Of entry either in the United
States or an adjacent foreign country.
PROVIDED, however, thar the provisions
OF this act shall not apply TO the trans
poriation OF passengers or property. or
TO the receiving. delivering. storage. or
handling OF property wholly within one
state and not shipped to or from
Foreign country from or to any state or
territory as aforesaid
includes Express and Sleeping Cars.
The term common carrier as used
In this act. shall include express com.
panies and sleeping car companies.
The term railroad as used In this act
shall include all bridges and ferries
used or operated In connection with
any railroad. aud also all the road ia
use by any corporation operating a
, railroad, whether owned or operated
under a contract, agreement. or lease.
and shall also include all switches.
spurs, tracks. and terminal facilities of
every kind used or necessary in the
transportation OF the persons or prop
erty designated herein. and also all
freight depots, yards, and ground. used
or necessary in the transportation or
delivery Of any of said property: and
the term transportation shall include
cars and other vehicles aud all instIu-
mentalities and facilities Of shipment
or carriage irrespective of ownership
or of any contract express or implied.
for the Use thereof and all services i'm
connection with the receipt. delivery.
elevation, and transfer in transit. ven
tilatiOn. refrigeration or icing. storage.
and handling Of property transported;
and il shall be the duty of every carrier
subject TO the provisions of this act TO
provide and furnish such transporta-
ton upon reasonable request therefor.
ami TO establish through routes and
Just and reasonable rates applicable
thereto.
'All charges made FOR any service
rendered or to be rendered. I'm the trans
portatiOn of passengers o. property as
aforesaid. or IN connect on herewith.
shall he just and reasonable: ana every
unjust ana unreasonable c.iarge for
such service or amy pant thereof is pro
hibted and declared TO he unlawful"
Restrictions on Passenger Passes.
mo carrier subject To the p"ori lions
OF this act shall hereafter. directly or
indirectly. issue o. give any Interstate
free ticket. free pass. or free trlpSpor
tation for passengers except TO us oil
GERS, agents. employees, surgeons. ply.
sicians, actual ana bona f - attorneys.
and members OF their immediate fam.
lies: to ministers of religion local ana
travelling secretaries Of Young Men,