The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
GENERAL L AW s
Enacted By the Legislature of Alabama

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 Sec. 9. It shall be unlawful for any railroad to demand, charge. collect. or receive from any person. firm or cor poration a less compensation for the transportation of property, or for any ser vice rendered or to be rendered by said railroad in consideration of said person. firm or corporation furnishing any part of the facilities incident thereto.
 Sec. 10. Whenever passengers or prop erty are transported over two or more connecting lines of railroad between points In this State, and the railroad companies have made joint rates for the transporta- ton Of the same. such rates and all charges in connection herewith, shall be just and reasonable. and every unjust and uni easonable charge is prohibited and declared to be unlawful provided, that less charge by each of said railroads for it's proportion of such joint rates than is made locally between the same points on their respective lines shall not for that reason be construed as a viola tion of the provisions of this Act nor render such railroads liable to any of the penalties thereof.
 Sec II, Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent concentration, com modity, transit and other special con tract rates, but all such rates shall be open tc all shippers for like kind of traffic under similar circumstances and conditions, and shall be subject to the provisions of this Act as to the print ing and filing of the same: provided all such rates shall be under the su- pervison and regulation of the Railroad Commission.
 Sec. 12. When two or more railroad companies have roads running to or through the same town or city, or near enough thereto to receive freight traffic from said town or city, it shall be the duty of said companies, when re- quired by an order of the Railroad Com mission to make and maintain a phy- sical connection between their respective tracks, where the tracks are of the same gauge, at such point in or near said town or city as the commission shall require, so that cars may be transferred from the one read to the other and there may be an interchange of traffic between them, where such connection, in the judgment of the Railroad Commission, Is reasonably practicable and can be put in with safety, and will furnish suffi- cient business to justify the construction and maintenance of the same where rights of way can be obtained by con demnation or otherwise, on terms deemed reasonable by the Railroad Commission. And it shall be the duty of each com pany to afford reasonable and proper facilities for such interchange of traffic the ono with the other.
 Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of every common carrier operating a railroad sub ject to the provisions of this act and the Railroad Commission shall have au- thority to require such common carrier, upon the application of any other rail road or of any shipper rendering freight traffic for transportation, made either to the Commission or to said common carrier, to construct maintain and oper- ate upon reasonable terms, switch con nection with such other railroad or with any private side-track which may be constructed to connect with it's railroad, where such connection in the judgment of the Railroad Commission, is reason ably practicable and can be put in with safety and will furnish sufficient business to justify the construction and mainten- ance of the same and to furnish cars for the movement of such traffic to the best of it's ability without discrimination in favor of or against any shipper.
 Sec 14. All common carriers subject to the provisions of this Act shall provide at all points of connection, crossing or intersection at grade, where it is prac- ticable and necessary for the interest of traffic ample facilities by track connec- tions for transporting any cars used in the regular business of their respective lines of road from their lines or tracks to those of any other common carrier whose lines or tracks may connect with cross or intersect their own and shall provide equal and reasonable facilities for the interchange of cars and traffic between their respective lines and for the receiving, forwarding and delivering of passengers, property and cars to and from their several lines or on freight coming over such lines; but this shall not be construed as requiring any com mon carrier to furnish for another com mon carrier it's track equipment or ter minal facilities without reasonable com pensation Each O. said connecting lines shall pay its proportionate share Tor the building and maintenance of such tracks all switches as may be necessary to fur nish the transfer facilities required in this section.
 Sec. b. All railroads shall afford all reasonable and proper facilities for the interchange of traffic between their re- spective lines for forwarding and deifv- ering passengers and property, and shall transfer and switch for reasonable com pensation, and deliver without unreason- able delay or discrimination any freight or cars loaded or empty, destined to any points on it's tracks or any connecting lines; provided, that precedence over other freight shall be given to live stock and pershable freight.
 Sec 10. Every railroad shall. when with in IS power so to do and upon reasonable notice, furnish suitable ears to any and the transportation of any and all kinds of freight in car load lots. When the owner, manager or shipper of any freight of any description shall make application in writing to any superintendent, agent or other person in charge of transporta- tion of any railway company or re- ceiyer or trustee operating any railroad. at the points where the cars are de- sired i.nop which to shin any freisht