The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-29

company or other public service cor.
poration SHAH .ofuse 10 permit the
commissioners. or either of them. or
any person authorized thereto, to OK.
anime It's books and papers. such IA
road company ur other public service
corporation shall. Until otherwise pro
vided by law. for each offense. pay
to the state Of Oklahoma not less
than one hundred and twenty-five dot.
lars, nor more than five hundred do
lars, for each day It shall 50 fail oi
refuse, and the officer or other per
son so refusing srall he lunished as
the law shall prescribe
/ Ses. 29. The commission shall as.
certain auC enter q .ec,a, the same
TO be a guo!ic record. as early a.
pended in construction .ld equipment
per mile % oiory railroad and other
practicable, the amount of money ex.
public service CORPORATION in okla
homa, the amount Of money expended
to procure the right-of-way, and
the amount Of money It would re-
quire to reconstfuc- the roadbrl L..
track, depots, AMI iranspc itation IA.
cilities. and to iepla"o all the physi.
cal properties belonging tp the rail.
road or other public service corpor.
alton. II shall also ascCtain th
outstanding bodis, denentures. ahd
Indebtedness, and the enicunt. respec-
lively, thereof when issued and the
rate OF interes., when dre for wha.
purposes issued. how used, to whom
issued TO whom sold. acd the pr'c"
in cash. property or iaror. Il any, re
ceived therefor, what became of the
proceeds. by whom tho Indebtedness
is held, the amount purr- rting to he
due thereon, the fluating indeht. !.
ness of the company, To- whom q,
and his address, the credits due on
1t, the property on hand belonging to
the railroad company ',r other public
service corporation, and the Judicial
or other salcs of said road, its p.sp-
erty or franc lises and the amounts
purporting to have been apid. and in
what manner paid theref y. The com
mission shall also ascertain the
amounts paid for salaries TO the
officers of the railroad, or 9TH
er public service corporation, and the
wages paid to its employees. For the
purpose in this section named, the
/ commission may employ experts t.
assist them when needed, and from
/ time to time, as the Information re
quirod by this section is obtained, 1t
/ shall communicate the same to the at
torney general by report and file a
duplicate thereof with the state eX
aminer and inspector for public use
and said information shall be printed
from time to time, in the annual re
port of the commission.
Sec. 30. No transportation or trans
mission company shall charge or re
ceive any greater compensation, Ia
the aggregate, for transporting tht
same class of passengers or property
or for transmitting the same class Ct
messages over a shorter than a long
er distance, along the same line and
in the same direction-the short
er being included in the
longer distance; but this sec
ton shall not be construed as au
thorizing any such company To charg'
or receive as great compensation fSl
shorter as for longer distance
The commission may. from time q
time, authorize eny such company t
disregard the foregoing provisions o.
this section, by charging such rate.
as the commission may prescribe n
Just and equitable between such com
pany and the public, to or from am
functional or competitive points ol
localities, or where the competition
of points located without this STATE
may make necessary the prescribirs
of special rates for the protection o
the commerce of this state; but thi'
section shal, not apply to mileage
tickets. or to any special excursion
or communication rates or to specia
rates for services rendered to thi
state, or to the United States, or "
the interest of some pubic object