Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-03-02

no such free transportation shall be
placed or given to any person while
such person is member Of, employed
by, or in any way connected with any
political committee or a candidate for
or any 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 carry
ing persons free to provide relief from
storm, flood, epidemic or other calam
ity.
Section g. Nothing in this act shall
be construed to prohibit railroad com
panies from issuing excursion, Commut-
alton or long distance tickets for trans
portation of persons, at special rates, but
any such tickets shall be offered and
sold at uniform price, to all persons
alike, without discrimination
Section L. No person other than those
excepted in this act, shall solicit, ac-
cept or use any free ticket, pass frank or
privilege, as defined herein whether the
same shall have been issued before or
after the passage and approval of this
act; and no person, association or cor
poration, or representative or agent
thereof, shall accept for the transporta-
ton of persons or property or the trans
m lesion pr no ~, ~, n N ipatipn of anv mos
sage or information nor recognize as
valid, nor honor in any manner, any
such free ticket, pass, frank or privi-
lege.
Section 5. Any person, association,
co partnership, common carrier, or cor.
poration, issuing or giving any free tick
ct, pass, frank or privilege permitted 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 commissioners state.
ment sworn to by the person, or an Off
Ger, agent or attorney Of the corporation
making it, giving a list of all such free
tickets, passes, franks, or privileges, is
sued or given under the provisions OF
this act, during the six months preced.
ing the first day of the month in which
such statement is made, with the date OF
issue, name of person to whom Issued,
and kind of free ticket, pass, frank or
privilege issued; which statement the
board of railroad commissioners shall
include and publish in their annual re-
port
Section 6. Any violation of any ofthe
above provisions shall be punished by a
fine of not more than one thousand dol
lars, nor less than two hundred dollars
| or by imprisonment in the penitentiary
not more than five years nor less than
one year or by both such fine and im'
prisonment.
Section 7. No person shall be privi
legged from testifying in relation to any
thing herein contained, but no such
person shall thereafter be prosecuted fol-
any offense concerning which he ma,
have been required to testify, and the
testimony so given shall not be used il
the prosecution of any such person il
any criminal action whatever, excep
in actions for perjury in giving such ties
timony.
Section s. All acte and parts of act
exception section 463 ofthe Revised 20
litical Code of 1908, in conflict with thi
act are hereby repealed
Section 0. Whereas there is now NJ
adequate provision of law to prevent tn
giving or use Of free tickets. passes
franks or privileges, as provided herein
an emergency is hereby declared to eS
ist and this act shall take effect and b
in force from and after its passage AM
approval.
Approved February 9th, 1907.
Cor /. CRAWFORD,
Governor.