The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-06
HOLES 2-CENT
FARE BILL
FULL TEXT OF BILL PASSED BY
THE HousE-sHoRT BUT Of.
RECT AND POINTED.

HS t~SNt VI tWb tcuL L4kS btt1
passed by the house follows:
Be 1t enacted by the legislature of
West Virginia:
Thai sections I, II, III. " OF sec
ton sec of chapter "a of the code Of
West Virginia be amended and re-en.
"cted SO as to read as follows:
That all railroad corporations Or
rantzed or doing business in this stata
cnder the laws OF authority thereof,
shall be limitedrto rates OF compensa,
t on not exceeding two cents per mile
for the transportation of passengers
and baggage, which are herein pre-.
scribed. Except when the distance
any passenger wishes to travel is less
than five miles. suci railroad Coz.
Poration may in lie Il the ABOVE pre-
scribed rate, make a charge of ton
cents for the tran portation Of sue.
messengers and bay.= ge.
II. All railroad c. orations hall b !,
limited to compensation per mile fo-
the transportation Il any per JON with
ordinary baggage not exceeding one
hundred pounds in weigh: Provided.
That no such corp. a',tn shall charg,
demand or receive any greater compen-
sation per mile for the transportation
Of children twelve years Of age or un.
der. than half the rate prescribed;
Provided also, That charge OF fiyc
cents may be added 10 the fare OF any
passenger when the same is paid upon
the cars, II a ticket might have been
procured within reasonable time be.
fore the departure Of the traiu, and II
the failure to procure ticket was
not caused by the ticket Office be-
ing closed or without sufficient gap
ply OF tickets, or other neglect Of the
company. All railroad tickets sold
except excursion tickets, shall be good
until used and shall be received in
payment OF fare when presented by
any passengers on trains stopping at
the stations named in said tickets.
III. All railroad corporations In this
State shall keep constantly posted in
a conspicuous place, In all their ticket
offices. passengers and freight dcpots.
we'll printed copH of the fist, Sec
ond, third and fourth section OF tins
act, together with ;ection v Of sectirn
SEC of chapter 50 Of the code If IVES:
Virginia, together with q table Of lis.
tances. between each and every sta.
ton on their road, printed in legib.e
type.
". Any railroad corporation violat-
ing any of the provisions Of this act
shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and
on conviction thereof shall be fined
for each offense, not less than fifty
nor more than three hundred dollars.
The term railroad" corporation for
the purpose of this act shall be taken
to mean all corporations, companies.
public carriers or individuals now own
ing or operating, or which may here
after own or operate any railroad IN
this State.
AL dSLs vi paris VI ACTS tpLulu6
within the pnrview OF this act and in
consistent Herewith are hereby re-
pealed.
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They win surely check the cold, and
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on account OF bad weather
II H. G. BURDETTE