The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20

| with the Railroad Commission on or be-
 fore the last day of each month an ab-
 stract or list of all such vouchers or re- ceipts covering all disbursements for the l month preceding. Such abstract or list
 to be filed with the Commission, shall be
 sworn to by the auditor or comptroller of the corporation, or such other officer
 as may be designated by the Railroad
 Commission and shall show the follow | ing facts with respect to each receipt or
 voucher; CD the number; CD the date;
 t3) amount; (D to whom paid; (5) for
 what purpose expended; (6) to what ac- count charged. When the commission
 makes demand for the same, 1t shall be | the duty of such corporation, within the
 time specified In the demand to furnish l to the Commission a copy of any par | ticular voucher or receipt. together with all Inducements thereon, verified by the
 affidavit of the person making said copy. lThe time for filing such abstract of vouch-
 CTS or receipts may be extended by the
 Commission for a period not exceeding
 fifteen days. If any such corporation | shall fail to make and file said abstracts 1 or lists of vouchers or receipts within the
 time above specified or within the time as extended by the Commission, or shall fail to furnish the Commission with a l sworn copy of any particular voucher or ] receipt when demanded as aforesaid and
 within the time specified In the de-
 mand, such corporation shall forfeit
 of one hundred dollars for each and
 default with respect to such abstract or | list of vouchers or receipts and such | copy of particular vouchers or receipts
 demanded. Such forfeiture shall be re-
 covered in an action brought by the com
 mission in the name of the State of Ala l bama in the Circuit Court or court of
 like Jurisdiction of Montgomery county,
 and the amount recovered in such action
 shall be paid into the State treasury and
 credited to the general fund.
 Sec. S. It shall be the duty of every
 common carrier subject to the supervi-
 sion of the Railroad Commission to file 1 with the Commission, within thirty days | after any such contract agreement shall be made, sworn copies of every con- tract, agreement or arrangement with any other common carrier or railroad corpor- | ation and of every special contract or
  per or with any logging or lumber road
 relating in any way to the transporta | tion of passengers, freight or property, and shall within sixty days after the pas | sage of this act file with said Commits
 sion sworn copies of all such contracts, I agreements or arrangements of such
 character as had been executed and were
 in force at the time of the passage of this Act
 Sec g. Copies of all official documents l and reports filed or deposited according | to law In the office of the Railroad Com | mission, and all records of its office, cer- ! tified by the Commission or any mem
 Der thereof, or by the clerk or secretary | of the Commission to be true copies of the | originals, under the official seal of the
 commission, shall be received in evidence l in any court in like manner as the orig | inal.
 Sec. 10. The Railroad Commission shall
 have the power and authority to make
 rules and orders relating to and regulat- l ing the bulletining by all railroad cor | porations operating in this State, of the | arrival and departure of all regular pas | senger trains over ten minutes late, and
 to prescribe rules and make orders re-
 lating to and regulating the changing of
 the time schedules of regular passenger | trains and the public notices to be given
 of such changes; and 1t shall be the duty | of every such railroad corporation, their l agents and employees, to obey observe
 and comply with said rules, orders and | regulations.
 Sec. Il. Every railroad corporation,
 street railroad corporation, or common | carrier, subject to the supervision of the
 railroad commission, and all officers,
 agents and employees of the same, shall
 obey, observe and comply with every or | der made by the Railroad Commission, | under the authority of this act and of
 any acts heretofore passed. Any rail- l road corporation or street railroad cor l poration, or other common carrier, sub | ject to the supervision of the Railroad Commission, which shall do or cause to be
 done or permit to be done any matter, l act or thing in this act prohibited or de- clared to be unlawful, or shall omit to 1 do any act. matter or thing required to | be one by it, shall fail, refuse, neg lect or omit to perform any duty by this | act required to be performed, for which l penalty has not been provided, or shall l fail, refuse. omit or neglect to obey any 1 lawful order or requirement. of the Rail l road Commission, for which a penalty | has not been provided, shall forfeit to the l State of Alabama a sum not exceeding l two thousand dollars for each offense. to be fixed by the court or judge trying the | case; and every such violation failure, l refusal. neglect or omission, shall consti- | ute separate and distinct offense, and, 1 in case of a continuing violation, each 1 and every days continuance thereof shall
 be, and be deemed to be, a separate and l distinct offense. In construng and en- l forcing the provisions of this act the l act, omission, or failure or refusal, of | any officer, agent or other person acting l for or employed by any such common 1 carrier, acting within the scope of his of- l ficial duties or employment, shall in every l case be, and be deemed to be, the act, | omission, failure or refusal of such com 1 mon carrier. Every officer, agent or | employe of any, such common carrier or | corporation who shall violate, or who | procures, aids or abets any violation of | any provision of this act, or who shall 1 fail to obey, observe or comply with any l order of the railroad commission or any | provision of any order of the commis- l sion, or who procures, aids Or abets any 1 such common carrier or corporation in its | failure to obey, observe and comply with 1 any such order ,Ur provision shall be | guilty of a Tnisdemeanor, and upon con l viction shall be fined a sum not exceed | ing five hundred dollars for each offense, l to be fixed by the court or judge trying 1 the case. Any officer, agent or 'employe
 shall be subject to indictment or prose 1 cution in any county in which subor- 1 dinate agent or employe of the carrier | violates any of the provisions of this act | or any rule or order of the railroad com l mission, by the direction or in conse- l quence of the direction of such officer, | agent or employee and the agent or em- l ploye who locally in any county violates I any of the provisions of this act or any | of the rules or orders of the railroad | commission in pursuance of the direc- | tion or. authority of his superior officer