Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-05-26

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Following is the railroad rate bill
as it passed the United States senate
where many amendments were added
after it's passage by the house The
Dill is now before the conference com
mittees OF both houses. No measure
IN recent years has attracted more
national attention than this and it will
doubtless interest Tribune readers.
This bill will not become a law until
sthe senate amendments to the house
/ bill have been concurred in by the
house and the act has been signed by
Sthe president. While there will un-
4doubtedly be an agreement, some
changes may be made. i T.: e S s
IAN act to amend an act entitled IAN
act to regulate commerce." approved
Feb. 4, 1887, and all acts amendatory
/ thereof, and to enlarge the powers of
II.
Be 1t enacted by the senate and house
Of representatives of the United States
of America in congress assembled, that
section Of an act% entitled can act
to regulate commerce. approved Feb.
4 4, 1887, be amended SO as to read as
follows: sss 5ss5 q.
Makes Pipe Lines Common Carriers.
!: See. 1. That the provisions, Of this
act shall apply to- any corporation or
any person or persons engaged In the
transporta ton Of oil or other commod-
ity, except water and sexceptsnatural or
artificial gas by means Of pipe lines or
partly by pipe lines and partly by rail
roadsor 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 en-
gagged inEthe transpo rtation of passen-;
gers or property wholly by railroad Tor
partly by railroad and partly by water
when both are used under, a common.
control, management, or arrangement
for continuous carriage or shipment),
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 Column
obia, or from one place In a 4territory;
to another place in the same territory,
or from any place in the United States
to an djacent foreign country, or from
any place IN the United States through
a foreign country to any other place in
the United q States, and also to the
transportation in like manner Of prop
erty shipped from any place in the
United States to a foreign country and
carried from such place to port Of
transshfpmeRt, or shipped from a for
eign country to any place in the United:
States and carried to such place from al
port Of entry either in the United
States or an adjacent- foreign country:
Provided, however, that the provisions
of this act shall not apply to the trans
portation of passengers or property, or
to the receiving, delivering, storage, or
handling of property wholly within one
state and not shipped to OF from q
foreign country from OF tosany stateIor:
territory as aforesaid. ssg Is. 5s s5S +
Includes Express and Sleeping Cars.
1.-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, and also all the road in
use by any corporation operating a
railroad, whether owned or operated
under 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 grounds used
or necessary in the transportation or
delivery Of any CT said property; and
the term 'transpor ton shall include
cars and other vehicles and all 5instru-
mentalities and facilities Of shipment
or carriage, Irrespective Of ownership
or of any contract, express or implied,
for the use thereof and all services In
connection with the receipt, delivery,
elevation, and transfer In transit, ven
tllation, refrigerat ton or icing, storage.
and handling Of property transpo rted;
and IT shall be the duty Of every carrier
subject to the provisions Of this act to
provide and furnish such transporta-
\ tion upon reas onable request therefor,
and to establish through routes and
3 Just and reasonable rates applicable
y thereto N.
"All charges made for any service
q rendered or to be rendered In the trans
portation Of Passengers or property as
aforesaid, on IN connection erewith,
q shah be just and reasonable; and every
h unjust and llnreas onable charge for
such service Or any part thereof is pro
/. hibited and declared to be unlawful. ~
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