Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24

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ui TINS section snail appiy 10 ala tfatnc,
transportation ana facaliues uenneu iii
section / or this act.
Any common CARER subject to the
provisions OF this act receiving 1relgAt
IN the unlted STATES 10 be carIleu through
a foreign cou1try to any pace In Inc
Uniteu States, snail also IN Lac manner
PRINT anu he-p eEelI to pupIlc INSPECTION
at every Depot or ofLGe MheIe sueh
freight Is received for shipment schedules
showing the through rates established
and charged by sucn common carrier 10
all points III the United states beyond the
foreign country to when IL accepts
freignt for shipment; ana any Irelgnt
st. from the United states through
& foreign country into the tinted States,
the through rae or which shail not pc
made pubic as required by this act, SHAH,
before it is adn.itteG INTO the Uniteu
States from said foreign country, be sub
ject to customs duties as II SAID freight
were of foreign production.
Notice OF Charges Required.
No change shall be made in the rates,
fares ana charges or joint rates, fares
ana charges which have been flied and
published ny any common tafiler IN COM
lance with the requirements OF TINS
section, except after thirty Gays nodee
to the commission and 10 the public pub
lished as aforesaid, which shall PLAINLY
state the changes proposed to be maze
in the schedule tnen al force and the tlme
the changed rates, fares or charges VIII
go into effect, ana the proposed nangs $
shall be shown by printing new schedules,
or shall be plainly inoIcated upon the
schedules in force at the time ana Kept
open to public inspection.
That in time of war or threatened war
preference and precedence shall, upon the
representation by the president OF the
United States of the nead thereof, be
given over all other traffic to the trans
portation of troops and material OF war,
and carriers shall adopt every means
within their control to facilitate and eX-
pedite the military traffic.
Terms of Penalty Provision.
That section l of the act entitled An
Act to Further Regulate Commerce
with Foreign Nations and Among the
States" approved February 10, 1903, be
amended SO as to read as follows:
That anything lone or omitted to be
done by d corporation common carrier
subject to the act to regulate
and the acts amendatory thereof, when,
ii done or omitted to be done by any d.
rector or officer thereof, or any receiver,
trustee, lessee, agent or person actlng Ior
or employed by such corporation, would
constitute a mSIemeanor unaer SAID aus
or under this act, shall also be held to
he a misdemeanor committed by. such
corporation, and upon convict on thereol
it shall be subject to like penaltles as
are prescribed in said acts or by this act
with reference to such persons, except as
such penalties are herein changed.
The willtul failure upon the part OF
any carrier subject to said acts to ME anu
publish the tariffs or rates and charges
as required by said acts, or strictly to
observe such tariffs until changed ac-
cording to law, shall be a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof the corpora
ton offending shall be subject to a flne
of not less than LOCO nor more than
$40, 900 for each o~ffense; and it shall be
unlawful for any person, persons or
corporation to offer, grant or give, or 10
| rnl;,i+ attach ar rppcjVn nnU rebate. con-
cession or discrimination in respect 10
the transportation of any property in in
terstate or foreign by any COM
mon carrier subject to said act to regu-
late onlne.c a.G the acts amendatory
thereof whereby any such property snail
by any device whatever be transported at
a less rate than that named in the tariffs
published and fled by such carrier, as Is
required by said act to regulate COM
merce and the acts amendatory thereof,
or whereby any other advantage is given
or discrimination is pract cedi
Any person, corporation or company
who shall deliver property for interstate
Transportation, to any common carrier,
subject IL the provisions OF this act, OF
form whom as consignor or cons4gnee any
such carrier shall transport property from
one state, territory or distltct OF the
United States to any other state, terri
tory or district of the United states, or
foreign country, who shall knowingly ana
willfully, by employee, agent. officer or
otherwise, directl yor Indirectly, by or
through any means or device WhatsoeNeI,
receive or accept from such commoa car
rier any sum OF money or any other val
us BILE Consideration as a rebate or OFFSET
against the regular charges for trans
portation of such property, as liked py
the schedules of rates provided FOR IN
this act, shall, in addition to any pen
atty provided by this act, forfeit to the
United States a sum of money three times
the amount of money SC, received or ac-
cepted and three times the value OF any
other consideration so received or &C,
cepted, to be ascertained by the trial
court; and the encouragement OF the
United States is authorized and directed,
wherever he has reasonable GROUNDS TO
believe that any such person, corporation
or company has knowingly or Willfully
received or accepted from any such COM
mon carrier any sum OF money or other
valuable consideration as a rebate or on
set as aforesaid, to institute in any court
of the United States of competent Jurls-
diction a civil action to collect the said
sum or sums SO forfeited as AFORESAID,
and in the trial of said, action all such
rebates or other considerations SO re-
ceived or accepted for IA period OF SIX
years prior to the commencement OF the
action may be included therein. and the
amount recovered shall be three times
otherwise, directly or indirectly. by or
the total amount of money, or three
times the total value of such ccnsldera-
ton so received or accepted. or both, as
the case may be.
Full Reports by Commission.
Sec. 5. That section IA of said act,
as amended March 2, 1889, be amended
SO as to read as follows:
Sec. IA. That whenever an investiga-
ton shall be made by said commission
it shall be its duty to make a, report IN
writing in respect thereto, which shall
state the conclusions of the commission,
together with its decision. order or re-
quirelnent in the premises; and IN case
damages are awarded. such report shall
include the findings of fact on which the
award is made.
All reports of Investigations made by
the commission shall be entered or record,
and a copy thereof shall be furnished to
the party who may have complained and
to any common carrier that may have
been complained of.
Power to Grant Rates Fixed.
Sec. 4. That section Is of said act be
amended SO as to read as follows:
Sec. Is. That the commission is author
lied and empowered, and 1t shall be It's
duty, whenever, after full hearing upon a
COMPLAINT made, as provided in ct on
13 0f this act, Or upon complaint of any
common carrier, it shall be of the opinion
that any of the rates or charges WhatSo-
ever den Mded, charged or collected by
any common carrier or carriers, subject
to the provisions of this act. for the
transportation Of persons or property as
defined in the first section of his act, OF
that any regulations or practices what
soeved of such carrier or carriers AFFECT
ing such rates. are unjust or unreason-
able, or unjustly discriminatory, or un-
duly preferential or prejudicial, or other
wise in violation of any of the provisions
of this act, to determine and prescribe
what will be the Just and reasonable rate
or rates, charge or charges, to be there
after observed in such case as the max
imun, to be charged and what regulation
or practice in respect to such transports.
ton is just, fair and reasonable to be
. thereafter followed, and to make an or.
/, der that a carrier shall cease and desist
which the commission find the same t.
: exist. and shall not thereafter publish
demand or collect any rate or charge fol
such transportation in excess Of the max.
, imum rate or charge SO prescribed, ant
shall conform to the regula tion or prac.