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


boards Of manager and female nurses
that served during the civil war; to 1
eS-Union soldiers and sailors and ex-55
Confederate soldiers; and to owners
and care takers Of live stock when
travelling with such stock or when going
to point of shipment or returning from
point of delivery: Provided, that this
provision shall not be construed to pro-
hibit the interchange Of passes for the
officers, agents, and employees Of car
riers, and members Of their immediate
families, nor to prohibit any carrier
from carrying passengers free with the
object of providing relief in cases Of
general epidemic, pestilence or other,
calamitous visitations, nor prevent
such carrier from giving free or re-
duced transportation to laborers trans
ported to any place for the purpose Of
supplying any demand for labor at
such place. Any carrier violating this
provision shall be deemed guilty Of a
misdemeanor and shall for each offense
pay to the United States penalty of
not less than one hundred nor more
than two thousand dollars. and any
person, other than the persons excepted
In this provision, who uses, or who
solicits or accepts for himself or 9TH
er person, any such interstate free
ticket, free pass, orafree transportation
shall be subject to q like penalty and
fine. Jurisdiction of offenses under this
provision shall .be the same as that pro-
Yided for ofenses in an act entitled AN
act to further regulate commerce with
foreign nations and among the states,',
approved Feb. : 10; 1903, and any
amendment thereof. - D..
3 Railways Must Not DeaIsIn@coal.
/ "From and after May 1, 1908, it
shall be unlawful for any common car
rier to transport from any state, ter
ritory, or district Of the United States
to.any other state, territory, or district
Of the United States for osany foreign
country any article or commodity, 9TH
or than timber and the manufac tured
products thereof, manufac tured, min.
ed, or produced by it-or under Its au-
thority or which it may own in whole
{ or In part or In which it may have any.
interest, direct or indirect, except such
articles ORC commodities as may be nee
essary and Intended for its own use
Ii the conduct of its business as a COM
mon carrier. a& }sS$ a>sE-55,s 9=.5 !
Must Provide Switches For All Shippers
ttAny common carrier subject to the
provisions of this act shall promptly,
upon application of any shipper tender
Ing interstate traffic for transportation,
construct, maintain, and operate upon
reasonable terms q switch connection
with any private side track which may
be CONSTRUCTED to connect with its rail
road, where such connection is reason
ably practicable and can be put in
with safety and will furnish sufficient
business to Justify the construction
and maintenance of the same; and
shall furnish cars for. the movement Of
such traffic to the best of Its ability
without discrimination in favor Of or
against any such shipper. II any COM
mon carrier shall fail to Install and
operate any such switch or connection
as aforesaid, on application therefor
In writing by any shipper, such ship
per may make complaint to the COM
mission, as provided in section 10
Of this act, and the commission shall
hear and Investigate the same and
shall determine as to the safety and
practicability thereof and justifca ton
and reasonable comp ton therefor,
and the commission may make an or
der, as provided in section Is of
this act, directing the common carrier
to comply with the provisions Of this
section Id accordance with such order,
and such order shall be enforced as
hereinafter provided for the enforce
ment of all other orders by the COM
mission, other than orders for the pay
ment of money. vi. "a. III
1T shall be the duty Of carriers en-
gagged in interstate commerce to give
equally good service and accommoda-
lions to all persons paying the same
comp for interstate Transports
tion Of passengers" Il sjs5 s.. &
All Tariffs Must BE Published.
Sec. Q. That section 6 of said act,
!, as amended March 2, 1889, be amended
SO as to read as follows: &
Sec 6. That every common carrier
subject to the provisions of this act
shall file with the commission created
by this act and print and keep open to
public inspection schedules showing oil
the rates, fares and charges for trans
Iportation between different points on
Its own route and between points on
Its own route and points on the route
Eof any other carrier by railroad, by
pipe line or by water when through
route and joint rate have been estab-3
Ilished. The schedules printed as afore-
said by any such common carrier shall
plainly state the places between which
property and passengers will be car
iried, and shall contain the ssif1cation
OF freight In force. and shall also state
separately all terminal charges, storage
charges, icing charges, and Gil other
charges which the commission may re-