The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-21
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section one of this act which shall
receive from connecting railroad
company one or more cars of freight
consigned to any point on or beyond
its line within twenty-four hours af-
ter such car or cars are offered to it
or are placed on its tracks, shall for
ward said car or cars over its rail-
road towards its destination
and for every delay of twenty-four
hours or fraction thereof on the part
of said railroad company in forward
ing said car or cars beyond said al
lowed period of twenty-four hours,
said railroad company shall become
indebted and upon demand shall pay
to the consignee the sum Of one dol
lar for each and every car so re-
ceived and not forwarded upon it's
lines within the time above allowed.
When any railrad company in this
state shall have received from any
shipper or a connecting railroad, for
shipment over its railroad one or more
cars of freight, it shall be the duty of
such company receiving such car or
cars of freight within forty-eight
hours thereafter to start the same
forward from place Of shipment
towards the place of destination and
after being started forward, such car
or cars of freight shall be continued
in transit towards the destination
thereof at rate of not less than
the average speed of forty miles per
day; and upon the failure of such
railroad company to transport such
car or cars at the speed herein indi-
Gated such railroad company shall
become indebted and on demand shall
pay to the consignee one dollar for
each and every car for each twenty
four hours or a fraction thereof con-
sumed in the transportation Of said
car or cars in excess of the time here
in prescribed; and in ascertaining the
time consumed in the shipment of
such car or cars, the time shall begin
to run forty eight hours after the date
Of the bill of lading or receipt given
for such car or cars by said rail-
road company which bill of lading
be received by the courts of this state
as prima facie evidence of the time
when said cars were received by the
railroad company.
1t shall be the duty of every rail-
road company mentioned in section
one of this act to deliver to the usual
place of unloading by the consignee
all cars of freight hauled by it for
delivery to said consignee within for
ty-eight hours, Sundays and legal hol-
idays excepted, after the same shall
have reached the yards Of the rail-
road company at said point of desti-
nation; and for each and every delay
OF twenty-four hours or fraction there
of in not SO delivering the same after
the expiration Of the time herein pre-
scribed, the said railroad company
shall become indebted and shall pay
to the consignee the sum of one dol
lar for each and every car not 30 de-
livered within the time herein al
lowed.
1t shall be the duty of any shipper
In compliance with whose request any
railroad company mentioned in Sec
ton one of this act has placed one
or more cars at the usual loading
place of said shipper to fully COM
plete the loading thereof ready for
re-delivery to said RAILROAD company
within forty-eight hours after the
same shall have been placed at such
loading point, Sundays and legal
holidays excepted. which full period
Ii allowed the shipper free from de-
murrage charges; and for every
twenty-four hours or fraction there
OF Of delay beyond said period in 30
loading said cars or cars such shipper
shall become indebted and ON demand
shall pay to said railroad company
the sum Of one dollar for each and
every car 80 placed and not loaded
and ready for re-delivery within the
timsallowed herein.
II shall be the duty OF the consiR-
nee of each and every car delivered
by any railroad company mentioned
In section ono of this act, at the u.s.
tial place of unloading by the con-
signee to fully unload such car or
cars within seventy-two hours for b.
luminous coal, bulk lime. fruit or veg
stablss. or lumber shipments and for.
ty-e'ght hours for other shipments
from tho time the same shall be
placed at tho usual unloading point
of the conslknse. which full periods
are allowed tho c0nsignss for unload
Ink free from dsmnrrags charges: and
Tor sssh and every delay Of twenty.
four hours. or fraction thereof. on tho