The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-08
THE GETTY BILL
As Passed by the Senate.
The Getty bill provides that:
Section L.

road company to issue, give or Of
+, fer to issue or give any free pass.
ticket or transportation in any form
to passengers for use upon its lines
| within this state except to it's EN-
| ployes and their families; the en-
ployes of other railway companies
and their families, the employees of
express, telegraph and sleeping car
companies; representative from
each of the labor organizations of
employees of the railway companies;
railway employees incapacitated by
reason of disease or injury incurred
or received in the employ of the
company issuing such pass: ex-rail-
way employees who have been en-
gagged in the employ of a railway
company continuously for fifteen
years, also messengers and clerks in
the railway mail service; news
agents while selling papers books,
magazines, fruit, confectionery on
the train members of the state
board of railroad commissioners, to-
gether with all other officers and
employees of the said board and the
attorney for the board. Persons in
jured in wrecks and doctors, nurses
and necessary attendants in caring
for such injured persons to be used
only in visiting employees and their
families or in accompanying en-
poyes to railroad hospitals; care.
takers of destination or returning
therefrom; INDECENT. stock, poultry
or fruit in carload lots to be used
exclusively in accompanying the
same to destitute or homeless per-
certified to by mayor poor com
certified to by mayor, poor COM
missioner or chairmen of the board
of county commissioners" and 1t
shall be unlawful for any person.
other than the above excepted per-
sons to solicit, accept or use any
such free pass, ticket, or Transports
ton.
Section O.
Any officer, agent or employee Of
any common carrier or railroad
company doing business within this
state who issues, gives or delivers,
or offers to issue or give any free
pass, ticket Or transportation 10 any
person not authorized to accept and
use the same by this act shall be
deemed guilty of a msdemeanof
and punished by fine of not more
than one hundred dollars. or by i'm
prisonment in the county Jail not
more than thirty days, or by both
such fine and Imprisonment; and
any person not authorized by this
act to accept and use such pass,
ticket or transportation who solicits
for himself or others. or accepts or
uses the same. shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall
be punished by fine of not more
than one hundred dollars, or by I'M
prsonment in the county jail not
more than thirty days. or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
Section g.
The word "employe," as used in
this act. shall be construed 10 in
clude all persons who devote their
principal time, skill and enersy to
the service of the railroad COMPANY
by which they are employed and
who receive a stated and remunera-
tive salary therefor, and to exclude
all but one local attorney and ply
stefan and surgeon in any one coun-
ty. and all others who do not depend
primarily upon such employment
for livelihood
Section A.
The word family" as used in this
act, shall tie construed to include
the employe, his wife and minor
children. immediate members of his
household and dependent on him for
support. and to exclude all others.
Section s.
The terms of this act shall not be
construed as prohibiting the issu-
ance, acceptance or use of free
passes, tickets or transportation
during the prevalence of an cpl
demic, pestilence or catastrophe
when necessary to afford relief or
W iulIlSolt tut tNIl euSCtS Vi SuCH
calamitous visitation
Section g.
The provisions of this act shall
not be construed as prohibiting en-
cursion rates. open to the public
GENERALLY, reduced fare to ministers
of the gospel and those giving their
entire time TO religious, benevolent |
or charitable work, or to inmates of
soldiers homes. state or national, in
Guiding those about to enter and
those returning home after their
discharge.
Section =
Any device, subterfuge or ar
rangement by which any passenger |
receiving a concession. advantage, |
reduction or. rebate not accorded to |
all other passengers. exclusive of
the excepted classes hcreinbefcre |
enumerated shall be deemed vio- |
lation of this act. and t;:e officer. |
agent or employee of the railroad |
company granting. or Offering to
grant or give. and the person solicit |