Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-01
AN1I-PAss LAW.
Full Text OF the New South Da.
kOta Statute prohibiting Free
Transportation.

An act to regulate, restrain ana pro-
hibit the soliciting, giving issuing and
accepting of free passes, free tickets,
franks and other free privileges, and
to prevent discrimination in the issu-
ing and selling of tickets, passes,
franks and other privileges.
BE it enacted by the legislature of
the state of South Dakota:
Section |. No person, association,
partnership, railroad company, COM
mon carrier or corporation shall issue
or give or offer to give to any person,
any free ticket, pass, frank or privi-
lege, of any kind, which is withheld
from any person, for the travelling ac
commodation or transportation OF per-
sons or property or the transmission
or communication of any message or
information, for use within this state,
nor give, issue or sell any such ticket,
pass, frank or privilege to any person,
for a less or different sum or consider
alton than is charged TO any other
person for like or similar ticket,
pass, frank, privilege or service.
Section 2. Nothing in this act shall
be construed to prohibit common car
riers from issuing and giving free per-
sonal transportation to their officers
and employees and their families or
to any officer or employee OF any other
railroad company and his family when
such officer or employee Is in good
faith upon the regular pay roll OF such
company; their regularly employed
and acting physicians; and attorneys
at law, in good faith upon their regu-
lar pay roll at salary of not less than
$500 per year: to ministers OF religion
and others engaged exclusively in re-
ligious and charitable work; to in
mates Of national homes or state
homes for disabled volunteer soldiers
and sailors, including those about to
enter and those returning home after
discharge: to necessary care-takers of
live stock in course of shipment and
return: TO employees ON sleeping cars
and express cars: line men of tele-
graph and telephone companies and
news boys on trains: persons injured
in wrecks and physicians and persons
caring for or attending such persons;
nor to prohibit the officer or employee
of any telephone or telegraph company
from communicating free of charge,
over the lines of his company, with
any member of his immediate family.
But no such free transportation shall
be issued or given to any person when
such person is member OF, employed
by, or in any way connected with any
political committee or a candidate for
or an incumbent of any office or posi-
tion under the constitution or laws or
any ordinance OF any municipality of
this state: Provided that common car
riers shall not be prohibited from car
rying persons free to provide relief
from storm. food, epidemic or other
calamity.
Section 3. Nothing in this act shall
be construed TO prohibit railroad com
panies from issuing excursion, commu-
tation or long distance tickets, for
transportation OF persons, at special
rates: but any such tickets shall be Of
fered and sold at uniform price, to
all persons alike. without discrimina-
tiOn.
Section A. No person other than
those excepted in this act, shall solic-
1t, accept or use any free ticket, pass,
frank or privilege as defined herein
wheter the same shall have been is
sued before or after the passage and
approval of this act; and no person,
association or corporation or repre-.
sentative or agent thereof, shall ac-
cept for the transportation of persons
or property or the transmission or
communication Of any message or in
formation nor recognize as valid, nor
honor in any manner, any such free
ticket, pass, frank or privilege.
Section 5. Any person association,
co-partnership, common carrier, or
corporation, issuing or giving any free
ticket. pass, frank or privilege per-
mitted to be given by this act, shall
on or before the 10th day of July and
the 10th day of January of each year
file with the board of railroad COM
missionerS a statement sworn to by
the person. or an officer, agent or at
torney of the corporation making it,,
giving list of all such free tickets,
passes, franks or privileges, issued or
given under the provisions Of this act
during the six months preceding the
first day OF the month in which such
statement is made, with the date OF
issue, name of the person to whom is
sued. and kind of free ticket, pass,
frank or privilege issued: which state
ment the board of railroad commits
sioners shall include and publish in
their annual report.
Section 6. Any violation of any of
the above provisions shall be punished
by fine of not more than one thOG-
sand dollars, nor less than two hun
dred dollars: or by imprisonment in
the penitentiary not more than five
years nor less than one year or by
both such fine and imprisonment.
Section I. No person shall be privi-
legged from testifying in relation to
anything herein contained, butno such
person shall thereafter be prosecuted