Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08

under the provisions of the foregoing sec
zion shall be commenced in the circuit
complained of is unlawful, or unreasonable,
court for Dane county. 600
Section 6. Section Is of chapter ooz,
laws of 1905, as amended by section 4,
chapter IS, of the laws of the special ses-
sion ofs19O5, is amended by adding thereto
a new subsection to reau: "e. Every
corporation. foreign or domestic, author
lied to transact business in Wisconsin
SHALL on request of the railroad commits
sion, furnish complete list OF its stock
holders and a statement or the amount OF
stock held in the corporation by each such
stockholder, duly verified by the president
or secretary of such corporation. ANY
uish such list of stockholders for period
Of twenty days after request therefor is
made in writing shall be Liable to the
penalties provided for IN section 70 Oh
chapter 362, laws of 1905.
Section z, Subdivision of section ~
chapter 362 of the laws of 1903, is amend
ed to read "a,' Every railroad shall
on the first Monday in February In each
year. and oftener. if required by the com
mission, file with the commission a verified
list of all railroad tickets, passes ana
than actual bona fde money consideration
at full established rates during the pre-.
ceding year, together with the names OF
the recipients thereof, the amounts re-
ceiVed therefor and the reasons Tor issuing
the same This provision shall not apply
to the sale of tickets. at reduced rates
open to the public nor to tickets, passes
or mileage books issued to persons not
residents of this state, and the
railroad commission, in its discretion, may
exempt any carrier from furnishing a state
ment of trip passes issued to persons fegu.
larly and exclusively in its employ, DuC
such carrier shall preserve record OF all
such passes which shall be open to the
inspection of the railroad commission 1or
a period of two years after the issuance
thereof.
Section s. There is added to the stat
utes of 1898 two new sections to READ
Section 1797-37m. Within six months
freight at destination any person aggrieved
may complain to the commission that tne
charge exacted for the trans
portation of such freight between points in
thereupOn the commission shall have power
to investigate such complaint, and to near
the same and to decide upon the merits
thereof, in the manner provided by sectlon
-, chapter 362, laws of 1903. II upon
such hearing the commission shall DECIDE
that the rate or charge exacted is unusual
or exorbitant it shall find, what in Its
judgment, would have been a reas9 ninnS
of. If the rate or charge so found
shall be less than the charge exacted the
carrier shall have the right to refund to
the person paying such charge the amount
so found to be excessive. In case of the
refusal of the carrier to make such re-
fund, the party aggrieved thereby may
maintain an action IN the courts OF luIs
state to recover the amount of such ex-
cessive charge, as found by said commls
sion and in the trial thereof the ind
ings of the commission shall be prlma
facie evidence of the truth Of the facts
found by it and no carrier shall be per-
United to avail itself of the defense IN
such action that the shipment involved
was in fact made on the published tarln
rate in force at the time such shipment
was made, but no carrier making refund
upon the order Of the commission or pur-
suant to a Judgment of court as herein
provided, shall be liable for any penalty
or forfeiture, or subject to any prOsecu-
ton under the laws of this state, on ac-
count of making such refund.
p Section 1797-37n. Said railroad COM
mission is hereby authorized to print and
publish for distribution in bound volumes
of convenient size, its opinions and decl-
sions which shall be suitably indexed, for
convenient reference to the subjects treated
therein. Not to exceed twenty-five hundred
copies of any volume shall be so pub
Iished. Said commission is likewise au-
thOrized to print for distribution IN pam
inlet form a suitable number OF its opln-
ions and decisions as the same are from
time to time announced. The commission
SHALL on or before tile first Monday in
December, in each year, make report to
the governor for the preceding year con-
tanning such information, suggestions or
recommendations as they may deem proper.
Approved July IL, 1907.