The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-11

business in this State shall by said act
itself be revoked and shall cease.
Sec. .. II such foreign corporation des-
ignated in Section l of this act shall re-
move or cause or procure to be removed
to any Federal court any suit, action or
proceeding of any kind instituted or COM
menced in a State court by or on behalf
of the Railroad Commission of Alabama,
or the State of Alabama, or by any per-
son, firm, company, association or cor
poration doing business In this State au-
| thorized to institute such suit, to compel
obedience to or the observance or en-
| forcement of any order of the Railroad
Commission of Alabama, or any pro-
vision of any law or statute of this
State relating to or connected with or
prescribing any rate or charge or COM
pensation for the transportation of
| freight or passengers by transportation
companies or common carriers, or any
rule, regulation, practice, service, act
| or duty to be observed, done or per-
formed by such companies, or any suit,
| action or proceeding of any kind insti-
| tuted in State court by or in behalf
of said Railroad Commission of Ala
| bama, or the State of Alabama, or by
any person, firm, company. association or
| corporation to recover for the breach
| of any bond or other undertaking given
| by such foreign corporation in pursu-
ance of any law of this State to procure
the suspension of any rate or charge for
the transportation of freight or passen-
! gers, or classification of freight, how
ever established or prescribed or any
| order relating thereto or of any rule,
regulation, practice, service or act or
, duty, prescribed by law or by the Rail-
| road Commission, or any order relating
thereto or given to procure the issue of
| any order enjoining or restraining or
suspending of such rate, charge, classif-
cation, rule, regulation practice, service,
act, or duty, or order relating thereto, or
given by it on any appeal by it from
any order or judgment of any court
granting any writ or mandamus or man
datory injunction against it; or any suit,
action or proceeding to recover any eX-
cess rate or charge or rate or charge
| over and above the lawful rate for the
| transportation of freight or passengers,
or to recover any penalty or forfeiture
| for which it has become liable, under
the provisions of any law of this State,
to any person, firm, company, associa-
| ton or corporation or to the State of
Alabama; or If said foreign corporation,
| after having instituted or commenced in
State court any suit. action or proceed
ing for any of the purposes in this act
specified, shall remove said suit, action or
| proceeding, or cause or procure the same
| to be removed to a Federal court; said
acts. or any of them, of said foreign
corporation in so removing or causing or
| procuring the removal any such suit, &C
ton or proceeding from the State court to
a Federal court, shall ipso facto cause a
! forfeiture of, and by reason thereof said
foreign corporation shall ipso facto for
felt all its rights or license to engage
| in or carry on the business of the trans
! portation originating and terminating
within this State of freight or passen-
gers, and Its right or license to engage
| In or carry on such business I'm the State
of Alabama shall by said act be revoked
and shall cease.
Sec. g. That this act shall not be so
| construed. nor shall the revocation of
such foreign corporations right or license
to engage in such business in this State,
be so construed as t9 interfere with
any of the rights of such foreign corpora
ton relating to interstate commerce
guaranteed by the constitution and laws
of the United States.
Sec. 4. That this act shall go into effect
immediately upon its passage and APP
proval.
Approved March 6, 1907.
Official:
Frank N. Julian,
Secretary of State.