The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-25

in said property by reason Of the pro-
visions and conditions in said deed.
Approved March ., 1907.
Official:
frank y. Julian,
Secretary of State.
No 154l AN ACT. Is. 16.
To fix and establish the maximum rates
to be charged by railroads now operat-
ing. or which may hereafter operate.
as common carriers in whole or in
part In the State Of Alabama, for the
transportation. originating and termih-
ating within the State. on certain artl-
oles. and for this purpose to classify
said articles and said railroads.
Section l. Be It enacted by the Leg
stature of Alabama, That for the pur-
pose of establishing the maximum
rates TO be charged by the railroads
now operating, or which may hereafter
onerate. in whole or i'll part as COM
mon carriers in this state, for the
TRANSFORMATION. originating and termi-
mating within the State. of certain
articles, all such railroads are herepy
divided into four classes. to be known
as Class one, Glass Two, Class Three and
Glass -Four.
Glass one Shall include the Alabama
Great Southern Railroad. the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad. the western
Railroad of Alabama, the ST. Louis ana
San Francisco Railroad and the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad.
Glass Two shall include the Southern
,F 4. IL
road the seaboard Air Line Railway
the Nashville, Chattanooga ana ST.
Louis Railway and the Atlanta and
birmingham Air Line Railway
class Three shall include the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad. the Mobile, Jackson
and Kansas City Railroad, the Chatta-
nooga Southern Railroad, the ILLINOIS
Central Railroad.
class -Four shall include the Chatta-
hoocbee Valley Railroad, the Carroll
ton short Line Railroad. the Birrnlng-
ham and Atlantic Railroad, the Union
Strings and Northern Railroad tho
Tuskeree Railroad, the Tombigpee VAL
low Railroad the Tallassee and MONT
eomery Railroad the Birmingham
Southern Railroad and the Mobile ana
nov Shore Railroad and the Atlanta'
birmingham and Atlantic Railroad.
ryther of the above mentioned classes
s,,u o,so include such other railroads,
which NAV hereafter be constructed OF
onerated In whole or in part as common
carriers in the State as the Railrodu
Commission Of Alabama may deem prop
or TO place in such class.
Goo When any railroad which is
named in either Of the classes uesle-
mated in Section / Of this act, or winch
may hereafter be placed in either VI
said classes shall own or operate any
other railraod in whole or in part OF
,his state. or shall own, directly or IN
d,.aa+,,. or control a majority of the
stool, of any other railroad in whole
or in part in this state, such rallroau
81 owned or operated. and such ran
road a majority of whose stock Is so
owned or controlled. shall, If 1t be IN
q lower class, that is. allowed to charge
a higher rate, than the railroad 80
owning or operating 1t or so owning
or controlling "A majority Of its STOCK
no considered and treated for the pur-
noses of this act as a part of, and IN
fine same class as, the railroad so own
ing or operating it or SO owning OF
controlling a majority of its stock
Sec. 8. For the purpose of establishing
the maximum rates to be charged by the
railroads now operating, or which may
hereafter operate, in whole or in part, as
comman carriers. in this state, Tor the
Transportation originating and terminal
Ing within the State. of the articles here
inbelow in this section named, the said
articles are hereby divided into the
Following classes: Glass 1, Class .,
Glass 3. Glass 4, Glass 8. Glass 6. Glass
"A, Glass E. Class c, Class d.
Glass f, Class F, Class G, Class Fl,
Glass J, Glass X, Glass l., Class M,
Glass N, Glass o, Class p and Class r.
Each of said articles shall belong to
the class to which it is assigned and
in which 1t appears in the following
schedule of classification of freight
when offered for shipment In the
manner and quantity therein specified:
See Table A.
Sec. L. The maximum rates which
shall be charged by any person, COM
pany corporation OWNING, operating,
managing or leasing as common car
rier any railroad in whole or In part In
this State for the transportation.
origina ting and terminating within the
State. for various distances of the
articles and various classes Of articles
named in Section of this act are here
nv fixed and established as shown by
the following schedule Of standard
maximum freight tariffs. and no person.
company or corporation owning, operat-
ing. managing or leasing such railroad
shall charge or receive any higher or
greater rates for such transportation OF
said articles, or classes of articles, or any
of them. than the rates named ana speci-
fed in said schedule of standard maxi
mum freight tariffs for the distances
therein specified, except as hereinafter
provided:
See Table E.
Provided, that where the shipment
shall pass over rhe whole or part Of
two or more independent roads, the maxi
mum rate TO be charged on such ship
ment shall not be greater than the sum