The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-07-06

Commission TO Fix Rates.
Washington. following 10 n
synopsis Of the important sectiOnB OF
the railroad rcte bill.
Section one makes the law apply TO
corporations or persons engaged In
the transportation OF oil or other COM
modlties, except water. by pipe line. to
those engaged In transportation OF
passengers or property by railroad or
partly by railroad and partly by wa
tar, between states.
Common Carriers" Defined.
The term common carrier Is de-
scribod as follows
The term common carrier" as used
In this act, shall include express COM
pJL!es and sleeping car companies The
term railroad" rs used In this act.
shall include all bridges and ferries
used or operated In connection with
amy railroad, and also all the road In
use by any corporation operating a
rGiroad. whether owned or operated
under a contract agreement or lease,
and shall also include all switches,
spurs. tracks and terminal facilities 81
every kind used or necessary in the
transportation OF the persons or prop
erly designated herein.
All charges made for any service rem
dered or to be rendered In the trans
por,ation OF passengers or property as
aforesaid or in connection Herewith.
shall be Just and reasonable. and every
unjust and unreasonable charge for
such service or any part thereof is
prohibited and declared to be unlaw-
1ul
What Passes May BE Issued.
The section relative 10 IN, issuing
of railway passes is as follows
4 No carrier subject tD me prOyIs-
ION Of this act shall hereafter, d,rcrr-
" OF indirectly Issue or give any in.
tCrstaatc free ticket free pass or Tree
transportation for passengers, except
II its officers. agents, employees, SUI
geons. physicians, actual and bona iile
attorneys. and members Of their I'M
mediate families; % ministers ct rcO-
F,on local and travelling secretaries Of
Young Mems Christian associations. In
matns OF hospitals and charitable ana
e.comosynary institutions, 10 indiro"',
destitute and homeless persons, aud o
such persons when transported ~
charitable societies or hospitals, AMI
TIE necessary agents employed IN such
transportation to inmates OF the na-
tlUHal homes or state homes for dis
allied volunteer soldiers and OF sol
dlers' and siliOrH homes. 'u0lUdi7C
those about to enter ana those return
inr home after discharge. under nv
rrnroWnnts with boards -! maHaCcTS
anu female nurse that served during
tho civil war, to Cx-uuiun soldiers ana
sailors and eX-touicdcratc soldiers;
and to owners and Csrp'Th"rs OF live
tlock when travelling with such stoch
OF when going to point of shipment or
returning from point Of delivery.
Exceptions to the Rule.
Provided. that this provision shall
rnl be construed to prohibit the inter-
change of passes for the officers agents
ord employees Of carriers. and members
az their immediate families, nor to
prohibit any carrier from carrying
passengers free with the object Of pr
viding relief In cases OF general epi-
dcmic, pestiIencc or other calamilous
Vis,tatiOns. nor prevent such carrier
from giving free or reduced Transport
s,t,p 20 4. h,rory trongu,rtnJ Ia nty
pace for the purpose OF supplying any
demand for labor at such place,
Cannot Own Coal Mines.
All common carriers are prohibited
from transporting from one state TO
another any article manufactured,
min"I or produced by the carrier or
under its authority, and owned wholly
or in part by the carrier, except that
pipe lines operated by oil companies
may transport their own commodities
gs well az those offered for transportA-
ton by competitors.
Section amends section 6 OF the
present ll-S 80 as TO mako 1t obligatory
on the part Of carriers to file with the
commission and keep open to the public
schedules showing all rates, fares and
charges between different points on
dts own route and points on other
goutas, when a through rate is made,
and Lo change should be made in
these rates without giving 30 days no
tice of change. II also provides for the
filing Of all contracts and agreements
between different lines.
Penalties Are Provided
The penalties provided for violation
OF these rates are as follows:
That section OF the act entitled IAN !
act to further regulate comemrce with |
foreign nations and among the states"
approved February 10. 1903. be amend
ed SO as to read as follows:
The willful failure upon the part OF
any carrier subject to said acts to file !
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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