The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-11


 lating to demurrage and car serv-
 H ice and charges therefor and the respective rights, duties, obliga- tions, liabilities and remedies Of
 common carriers by rail and ship
 pers and consignecs with respect
 to the furnishing of empty cars and
 the transportation and delivery or
 freight and delay of shippers and
 consignees in the loading
 and unloading of cars and the re- A ceiving of freight and charges for such delay Be it enacted by the w Legislature of Alabama.
 Section 1. That when a shipper or consignee makes written application to a railroad company for a car or cars, to be loaded with any kind of freight embraced in the tariff of said company, stating in said application the charact- eE of the freight, and its final destina- ton, 1t shall be the duty of the rail read company to furnish the same at loading point or points if the number of cars be three or less within two days from seven o'clock AM. of the day following such application. if the number required be more than three and less than ten, within five days; and if the number be more than ten and not more than twenty five, within ten days from seven o'clock AM of the day following the date of such application, but the railroad company shall not be required to furnish more than twenty five cars to any one shipper at any one time and place. when the shipper mak- ing such application specifics a future day on which he desires to make shipment, giving uotice thereof for not less than the number of days specined above, computing from seven o'clock AM. of the day following such appli- cation the rail road company shall fur ex4r7 trb nr e days specified in such application For failure to comply with the provisions of this section the company so offend ing shall forfeit and pay to the ship per applying, the sum of One Dollar per car per day, for each day or frac- tion of day, of delay alter the expira- tipn of free time, In furnishing said cars, upon demand in writing made within sixt:- days. thereafter by the skipper; provided, the total forfeiture shall not exceed Ten Dollars for each car, the applicant may require the az ent or officer with whom the applica- tion is filed to give a written receipt for the application stating the time Of the receipt of the application, and any agent or officer who fails or refuses to give the receipt herein provided for shall be guilty of misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than Five Hundred (s500.00) Dollars. Ppoeided, that if the railroad company shall be delayed in furnishing the cars applied for by an act of God or by any accident on the road or by strike, the delay thus caused shall be added to the free time allowed herein for the furnishing of said cars.
 Sec. 2. When freight in car loads or less is rendered to railroad company and correct shipping instructions giv- en. the railroad agent must immediate f<m. -l.f and issue bills of Iading therefor. and whenever such shipments have been so received by any railroad company, they must ba carried forward at the rate of not less than Fifty (50)miles per day of twenty four hours comput- ing from seven o'clock AM. of the day following receipt of shipment. and for failure to receive and transport to their destination such shipments with in the time prescribed, the railroad company so offending shall forfeit and pay to the shipper, or consignee, ac- cording to whose interest is affected by the delay, the sum of Che Dollar per car for each day, or fraction of a day of delay beyond the free time allowed on all carload freight, and One cent per hundred pounds per day, or fraction thereof, of delay on freight in less than car loads, with minimum charge of Five (5) cents for any one package, upon demand in writing by the shipper or consignee, whose inter- est Is affected by such delay: provided, that in computing the time of freight in transit, there shall be allowed twen- ty-four hours at each point where transferring from one railroad to an other or rehandling Of freight Is in- yolved,provided further, that the total forfeiture shall not exceed Ten Dollars (s10.OO) on consignments not in excess of car load, and that the total forfeit ure for each car shall not exceed Ten Dollars ($10.0O). Provided further, that the period during which the movement of freight is suspended on account of accident, or any cause not within the power of the railroad company to pre- vent, and not due to any negligence or the railfoad company or that of its em- ployes, shall be added to the free time allowed in this section, and counted as additional free time.
 sSec 6. Railroad Companies shall within twenty four hours after arrival of shipment. give notice, by mail or otherwise, to consignee of the arrival of shipments together with the weight and amount of freight charges due thereon; and where goods or freight fin car load quantities arrive, such mo- tice shall contain the date and hour the car arrived also identifying numbers, letters and Initials of the car or cars, and if such goods or freight are trans ferred to another car or cars in trans it. the number and initials of the car in which originally shipped. Any rail- road company failing to give such mo- tice within the time required by this section shall forfeit and pay to the shipper, or consignee whose interest is affected, the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) per car per day, for each day or frac ton of a day of delay in giving such one CD cent per hundred pounds per day, for each day or fraction of a day of such delay. on freight in less than car loads, with minimum charge of five (5) cents for any one package. af ter the expiration of said twenty four hours; provided, that not more than One Dollar ($1.OO) per day and not more than a total of Ten Dollars (Sa0OO) shall be charged for any one cohsignment not in excess of a car load. and that the total forfeiture shall not exceed Ten Dollars (S1o.00) for each car
 Sec {. Railroad Companies shall de- liver freight at their depots or ware houses, or. in ease of shipment for track delivery, shall place loaded ears at an accessible place for unloading within twenty four hours after arrival, computing from seven o'clock AM. the day following the arrival of same. Ex cspt that car load shipments for track delivery at local stations having not more than one team track, shall be placed at an accessible point for un- tho oopductOr Of the train