The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01
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in the issuing and selling Of tickets.
passes. franks II other privileges,
Be it enacted BY the legislature OF
the state Of South Dakota
Section l. No person, association.
co-pagtnership, railroad company.
common carrier or corporation shall
issue or give or OFFER TO give TO any
person. any free ticket. pass, frank
or privilege, OF any kind. which is
withheld from Il person, for the
travelling accommodation or trans
%portarion OF persons or property, or
the transmission or communication
OF any measure or information, for
use within this state, nor give, issue
or sell 4 such ticket, pass, frank
or privilege to any person, for a less
or different sum or consideration
than is charged to any other person
for d like or similar ticket, pass,
frank, privilege or service.
Sec. ?. Nothing in this act shall
be construed to prohibit common
carriers from issuing and giving free
personal transportation to their Of
ficers and employees and their fam
lilies, or to any officer or employee of
any other railroad company, and his
family when such officer or employee
is in good faith upon the regular pay
roll of such company; their regularly
employed and acting physician; and
attorneys at law, in good faith upon
their regular pay roll at a salary of
not less than $500 per year; to min
listers of religion and others engaged
exclusively in religious and charit-
able work; to inmates of national
homes or state homes for disabled
volunteer soldiers and sailors, in
Guiding those about to enter and
those returning home after dis
charge; to necessary care-takers of
live stock in course of shipment and
return; to employees on sleeping
cars and express cars; line men of
telegraph and telephone companies
and news boys on trains; persons in
jured in wrecks and physicians and
persons, not to prohibit the officer or
employee of any telephone or tele-
graph company from communicate
ing, free of charge, owe the lines of
the company, with any member of
his immediate family. But no such
> free transportation shall be issued or
given to any person when such per-
son is a member of, employed by, or
in any way connected with any polit-
ical committee, or a candidate for
or an incumbent of any Office or po-
sition under the constitution or laws,
or any ordinance of any municipal
= ity, Of this state; Provided, that COM
- mon carriers shall not be prohibited
!, from carrying persons free to pro-
. vide relief from storm, flood, edi-
demic, or other calamity.
8 Sec. 8. Nothing in this act shall
\ be construed to prohibit railroad
+ companies from issuing excursion,
t Communication or long distance tick
cts, for transportation of persons, at
e special rates, but any such tickets
+ shall be offered and sold at a uni.
: form price, to all persons alike, with.
out discrimination.
Sec. 4. No person other than
those excepted in this act, shall So
licit, accept or use any free ticket
. pass, frank or privilege as defined
: herein whether the same shall have
:, been issued before or after the pass
!, age n approval of this act; and
, ton, or representative or agent
Thereof, shall accept for the t%ranspor.
tation of persons or property or the
transmission or communication OF
any message or information not rec.
ognized as valid, nor honor in an,
manner, any such free ticket, pass
frank or privilege.
Sec. s.. Any person, association
co-partnership, common carrier. O,
corporation, issuing or giving any
q free ticket, pass. frank or privilege
. permitted to be given by this act
shall On or before the 10th day OF
July. and the 10th day of January
each year, file with the board of rail.
road commissioners a statemen,
sworn to by the person, or an officer
agent or attorney OF the corporation
making 1t. giving a list Of all such
free tickets, passes. franks, or priv.
ileges, issued. or given under the pro.
, visions Of this act, during the siz
months preceding the first day of the
e month in which such statement is
e made. with the date of issue, name
= of the person to whom issued, and
$ kind of free ticket. pass, frank, OF
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