Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-05-24

An act 10 amend an act entitled An
Act 10 Regulate Commerce" approved
February 4, 1887, and all acts amenda-
tory thereof, and to enlarge the powers
OF the interstate commerce commission.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives OF The United
States of America, in Congress assem-
bled that section Of an act entitled
IAN Act to Regulate Commerce" ap-
proved February 4, 1887, be amended
40 as to read as follows:
Section l. That the provisions OF this
act snail apply TO any corporation or any
person or persons, engaged In the trans
portation OF oil or other commodity, eN-
cePt water and except natural or artih
cial gas by means OF pipe lines or partly
by pipe lines and parity by railroad or
partly by pipe lines and partly by water,
who shall be considered and held to be
common carriers within the meaning and
purpose OF this act, and TO any common
carrier or carriers engaged In the trans
ly by railroad Cor partly By railroad and
parity by water when both are used un-
ger common controil manasenent OF
ARRANGEMENT Tor continuous carriage or
SHIPMENT from one state or territory of
the ULited States or the District OF Co
lnmb,a, to any other state OF territory
TO another place In the same territory, or
from any place in the United States to
an adjacent foreign country, or from any
eign country to any other place In the
United States, and also to the transporta-
ton IN liAe manner Of properly shipped
from am place in the United States to
foreign cJuntry and carried from such
place to a port OF tranBshipment, OF ship
In the United States and Carried 10 such
place from a port OF entry either In the
.n.ttd states or an adjacent foreign
''. = ate Commerce Is ExemDt.
krsSidsd. however, that the proyis!oas
OF tnIs at snall not apply 10 tne uans-
pO-tattoa OF passengers or property, or
a. tas- re 5etyiEg. usnS ering, STORAGE or
han~I.g VI Property Whony Within o44e
state I'D not shipped to or from a tor
elsn country from or 10 any state or tea
r4toly as a.o. esaid.
1nS t-rm common carrier" as used In
this act snail include express eompdni-s
end slseIiag car companies. The term
.rtilroau" as used In this act shall In
clude all bridges and ferries used or OPP
erhte d in connection with any railroad.
ana also the road In use BY any corpora
ton operating q railroad. whether owned
or operated under a contract, agreement
switches spurs, tracks and terminal ia
cilities OF every kind used or necessary In
the transportation Of persons or properly
depOts, yards and grounds used or nee
essay In the transportation or delivery
"tranBpoi talon thali include cars and
other vehicles and all instrumentehties
ana facilities OF shipment OF carriage, tr-
trait express or implied, for the use
there of, and all services in connection
with the receipts, delivery. elevation and
transfer In transit, ventilation. refriger-
atioa OF icing, Storage and nanqllng OF
property transported, and II shall be the
duty of every carrier subject to the pro-
vis:ons OF this act to provide and furnish
such transportation upon reasonable re-
guest therefor and to establish through
routes and Just and reasonable rates APP
ANY charges made for. amy service
rendered or to be rendered In the trans
D. Ftat on OF, passengers or property as
afort s1ll or In connection Herewith shall
be just and reasonable, and every unjust
and ui-reaso enable charge tor sueh service
or any part thereof Is prohibited and de-
clared Il be unlawful
Giving of Passes Forbidden.
No carrier subject TO the provisions OF
thug art snail hereafter directly or indt-
teltly, issue or give any Interstate Tree
Atcget, nee pass or free transportation
TOR passengers, except to its officers,
actual ana BONA ftdle attorneys and mems
beers OF their immediate familiesi 70 min
listers OF religion, local and travelling Sec
retartes OF Dung, Men s Christian asso-
Citations, inmates OF hospitals and charl-
table and ,eleemosynary institutions 70
and to such persons whom transported by
charitable societies or hospitals, and the
necessary agents employed IN sucn trans;
homes or state homes for disabled Yolu-
teer soldiers and of scldiers and sailors
and those returning home after discharge,
under arrangements with boards OF man
ayers, and female nurses that serYet, DUR
ing the civil war; to eX-Union toldiers
and sailors and ex-confederate soldiers,
and to owners and caretakers 81 live
stock when travelling With such sock or
turning from point OF delivery.
Provided that this provision stall not
o G Gsases for ~ n acers, asents snd em-
pioyes of carriers and menbere OF their
Immediate families. nor TO prohibit any
with the object Of providing relief In
cases OF general epidemic, pea1lenee or
crther calamitous visitations, nor pres
rsdncsd transportation to iaboi3rs trans
ported TO any place for the Hurpose Of
supplying any demand Tor iAbsF at such
Any carrier violating tidi provision
shall be deemed guilty OF utsdemeanor,
and shall for each onensa pay 70 the
United states q penalty Of hot less than
800 nor more than 5000, cad any per-
son other than the persons excepted "a
this provision, who uses o. who soieits
COR accepts for himself or other person
any such Interstate free tic&et, free pels5
or free transportation, Shall be subject
70 q like penalty ana hn& Jurtedicton
OF offenses under this precision shall BE
the same az that provt1fu for QfLerSes
n an act entitled IAN Set to H'irs5ier
tons and Among the States" apppcAed
February 10 1906 and any amendment
Cannot Carry Osya Prodnots.
From and after May l, 1908, L thall
De unlawful for any coInmon carTLlr 20
transport from any eIltes territot1 or
district OF the United states to any other
state. territory or district OF the ls.alted
States, or TO any foreign country, any
article or commodity, other than Timber
and the manufactured products thereof,
manufactured, mined cr produced by u
or under It's authority. or which 4 may
own IN whole or IN Tart, Of In which Il
may have any interett, direct OF Indirect,
except such articles or commodities 90
may be necessary and intended for its
ewn use n the conduct OF IL business
as q common CARRIER.
II shall be the duty Of carriers en-
gagged IN Interstate commerce 70 give
equally good service and accommodations
10 all persons paying the same compenaa-
ton for Interstate transportation OF pas
All TARIFFS 10 Be Public.
Sec 2. That section 6 Of said act,
IS amended March 2. 1889, be amended
so as to read as follows: