Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04

synopsis of the importantI sections ,of
the railroad rate sbi1l. ii +
/ Section one mikes the law APPLY! to
corporations or persons engaged in
the transportation Of Oil OF othef COM
modities, except water, by pipe line, to
those engaged ID transportation tof
passengers or PROPERTY by railroad ior
partly by railroad and partly by Wa
ter, between statfs.: h.
Common CArriers'' Defined. !:
The term common lcartier is De-
scribed as follow4: /
The term ''comhon carrier" ak USED
in this act, shall Include expresd cotn-i
paEies and sleeping car Companies. The
term railroad las, used in this att.
shall include all bridges and FERRIES
used or operated lin connsction with
any railroad, and also all the rdad i'm
use by any CORPORATION operating a
railroad, whetherl owned; or operated
| under a contract3 agreement or lease,
and shall also include all switches,
spurs, tracks, and.terminall facilities Df
every kind used DR. necessary I'D the
transportation of the persons or prop
erty designated hArein.
All charges made for any;servica rea-
dered or to be readered I'M the trans
portation of passengers or property as
aforesaid, or in cbnnection therawith,
shall be just aid reasonable; and every
unjust and unre4 sonable charge for
such service or ;!ny part thereof is
prohibited and declared to- be nhlaY-
tul.
What Passes May Be Issued.
The section relftiye to the is suing
of railway passes lis as: follows;
A. No carrier subject to the p{ov.A-
ions of this act SD hll hereafter, Idirecs-
lv or indirectly, itsue or give amy III
terstaate free eket, free PASS or free
transportation for passengers, EXCEPT
to its officers, agents, emTloyes. SUI
geOps, physicians, actual and bona f16e
| attorneys, and Numbers Os tbeiH I'M
mediate families; TO ministers oflreli-
gion, local and travelling Secretaries Ct
Young Mems Christian associations, iH-
mates of hospitals and chaS itablei anI
eieemosynary Institutions. TO indiEent,
destitute and homeless pers5ns, and p
such persons when transported, Ey
charitable societies or HOSPITALS, ana
the necessary agents employed ia such
transportation; eliminates sof the na:-
tiOnal homes or state homes fOrs dis
ahied volunteer soldiers and of soil
diers' and sailorA homes. inclpdios
those about to entar and those re5urDl[
Ing home after discharge, iunderi arr
rangements with boards of managers
and female nurses that served during
the civil war; to e4-union sdldiersi and
sailors and ex-cohfederaee sold lersl
land to owners and, caretakers of aivct
stock when travelling With such stock
or when going to point of shipment OF
returning from poiat of delivery;
Exceptions 10 the Rule.
Provided, that this provision dhaI!
not be construed To probibit the inter-
change of passes fol the officers, agents
ard employees of carriers. ana members
Of their Immediate families, nGri I'd
prohibit any carSier from: CARRYING
passengers free with the obi let OF pr.
viding relief in cades; of general. epi!
aemic, pestilence OF other talanaiIous
visitations, nor prevent sueh arrieH
from giving free os reducedE ranspor-!
ton to laborers transported to any
place for the purro}e bf supplying amy;
demand for labor Il such El5ee.
Cannot Own iCoal Mines.
All common carriers ard prohibited
from transporting frdm ono stata to-
another any article msnalfactuked, );
minei or producedl BY the sarrieT or;
under its authorityJ and oWEed whblly'
or in part by the. carrier; efcept; chat
pipe lines operated by oil ahies
may transport theit own commodities
as well as those offered for:ttanspotta-
Ton by competitors.
Section amends section 6 Of 1.-THE
present law SO as to.make it bbligatbry
on the part Of carrierS to f1ld with THE
commission and keep open TO the public
schedules showing Ill rates, flares ind
charges between diferent points, on
its own route and points On ether
routes, when a Through RAE is mdde,
and 10 change shbuld be made in
these rates without giving aOl days no.
lice of change. 1t alEo 2provsd es for she
dling of all CONTRACTS and atreen.sp ats
between different lines.
Penalties ARB Provided.
The penalties provided fdr| violation
# these rates are las! follows:
That section of the lact entitled IAN
act to further regul3tei comkThrce with
foreign nations and among the stakds,"
approved February IS, 1903,, be amend
ed SO as to read as fbllpws:l
, The willful failure upon sha paftI OF
any carrier subject TO said atts I'd lille
e3~Jt,-~.s.vt ,--ts ;is-.rs
Not So foolish.
i 81 can't understand why MEN drink
whisky" she said. Does u qusllch
thirst?"
"Of course not" be Erepltea. IF it
5 Gid they wouldn't bel foolish enough to
drink it.'-Chicago DAILY News.