The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-02-21

pSny doing business as a sommon
| Garner OF passengers In the State Of
| North Carolina shall charge, demand
or receive for transporting any pas
scnger and his or her baggage, not
exceeding in weight two hundred
| pounds, IN excess of the following
charges:
(a) All railroads whose gross pas
scnaer earnings per mile of road OPP
eraIed, owped, controlled or leased by
thena, as reported to the North Caro-
lima corporation commission for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1906. are
81 $50 per mile Of road SD operated
by said companies, or in excess there
OF, two cents per mile.
tb) All railroads whose gross pas
senger earnings per mile of road OPP
Grated, controlled, owned or leased
by them, as reported To the North
Carolina corporation commission for
the fiscal year ending June so, 1906,
are less than 81 $50 per mile of road
operated bys said companies. but in
excess of 81 900 per mile or road
operated by said companies, two and
one-half cents per mile
(c) All railroads whose gross pas
scnger earnings per mile of road op-
Grated, controlled, owned or leased
by them, as reported to the North
Carolina corporation commission for
the year 1906, are $1,000 or less per
luile of road SO operated by said COM
panies, rate not exceeding three
cents per mile, to be fixed and deter
lI.lned by the North Carolina corpora
tion commission upon hearing and
investigation duly made by it.
Section 2. In the case that any
mon carrier Of passengers III the State
of North Carolina is owned, controll
ed or operated by lease of other
agreement by any other railroad
company doing business III said State
the rate for carrying the passengers
as prescribed In section / of this act
shall be determined for said railroad
by the average gross passenger re-
ceipts per mile of all roads operated
by said railroad company, whether
the same be owned or leased lines,
as reported TO the North Carolina
corporation commission for the year
1906.
See. 3. That all passenger accom-
modations on railroad trains operated
from one point IN the State of North
Carolina to any other point shall be
provided in every railroad train Sc.
parate coaches fer white persons and
solored persons: Provided, That on
roads, the business of which will not
justify the hauling of separate pas
senger coaches for the two races, the
North Carolina corporation commits
sion may allow such railroads to
place partitions in cars to provide for
the separation of the races: Provid-
ed, further, that IN every first-class
passenger coach there shall be at
least one apartment used as smok-
ing apartment, unless where there
is a separate smoking car on the
train.
Sec. 4. That mileage books Of 1000
miles III each book shall be kept on
sale at all railroad ticket offices in
North Carolina. and when such books
are purchased they shall be good in
the hands Of any person or persons
named therein on all railroads on
which the fare is the same as or less
than the fare on the road of the
company selling such mileage book;
and when the mileage is detached
from said books by any other rail-
road company than the one which
sold it. the said mileage shall be re-
deemable on demand by the railroad
company which sold it.
See. 5. That section 1105 of the
Revisal of 1905 or North Carolina be
amended by striking out the word
''nothing,'' in line 26. down to and
including the word consideration,
in line so, and inserting in lieu there
OF the following: No act regulating
the carriage Of passengers shall be
construed to prevent or restrict tran
sportation companies from contract
ing with managers, owners or pub
fishers of newspapers for advertising
space in said newspapers published
by them at the usual price at which
said space Is sold, and payment for
said advertising space by transport
tation at the lawful rate: which tram
sportation may be issued to the edi-
tor, manager or publisher of said
newspaper. or any bena fide employe
of said newspaper, or any member Of
the family Of the said editor, pub
Usher or manager dependent on him
for support.
See. 6. That any railroad company
violating any provision Of this act
shall be liable to a penalty of $1,000
for each violation. payable to the per-
son aggrieved by such violation, and
recoverable in an action to be insti-
tuted in the name of SAID person IN
any court OF the State having COM
petent jurisdiction thereof.
Sec. Z. That any perosn or persons,
except those permitted by law. who
accepts free transportation, or trans
portation at the rate other than that
permitted by law, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be fined or imprisoned, or both,
in the discretion of the court.
Sec. s. That all laws and clauses
Of laws, and especially section 261S
of the Revisal OF 1905, IN conflict
with this act. are hereby repealed
Sec. 9. That this act shall be In
force frcm and after July l. 1907
Passed Third Reading.
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