Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-01-18

the penalty provided being a fine of
not less thar 800 nor more than $1,000.
The act is TO apply to rains doing an
interstate or foreign m bus
mess.
The original bill and the substitute
for it reported by the committee were
first taken up for amendment. Many
amendments were accepted and many
rejected, and then Senator Brandege
offered an entire substitutes which was
rejected.
Substitute Presented.
Senator La Toilette then presented
his substitute, which on roll call was
accepted, SO to %. 1t was then in order
to offer amendments to. this substitute,
and many were presented. Roll call
followed roll can as the amendments
came forward. But three of them were
adopted, one by Senator McCumber,
making an exception Of the time limit
in the case Of trains delayed because
Of unexpected delays in making train
connections another by Senator NAL
Tory modifying the penalty, and the
third by Senator Gallinger substituting
the words 'off duty" for the words for
rest" in the provision regarding the
rest period.
Fails on Liability.
Senator LaFollette failed i'm his en-
deavor to add a new section to his sub
stitute fixing the liability Of the roads
in case of accident.
After the bill had reached the stage
of receiving a final vote Senator Knox
discovered that it should be improved
by striking out the words carrying
interstate freight or passengers" in it's
application to trains infected and in
sert engaged in hauling interstate
trainS."
After a general demand to have the
.a,@zr-f ,..,I H. .aAaFA $500 ,~z,..
when the clerk read. trains hauling in
terstate trains
The Knox amendment was tabled
The final vote was then taken on the
bill, the full text of which follows:
Full Text of Measure.
BE it enacted, etc, That it shall be
unlawful for any common carrier, by
railroad, in any territory OF the United
States, or the District of Columbia, or
any of it's officers or agents, or any
common carrier engaged in interstate
or foreign m by railroad, or
any of it's officers or agents, to require
or permit any %ernploye engaged in or
connected with the movement of any
train carrying interstate or foreign
freight or passengers to remain on duty
more than sixteen consecutive hours,
except then by casualty occurring af-
ter such employee has started on his
KID, VI ny ulihilONh Casualty otGui tllS
before he started on his trip, and ex-
cept when by accident or unexpected
delay Of trains scheduled to make con-
nections with the train on which such
employee is serving, he Is prevented
from reaching his terminal; or to re-
quire or permit any such employee who
has been on duty sixteen consecutive
hours TO go on duty without having
had at least ten hours off duty. or TO
require or permit any such employe
who has been ON duty sixteen hours in
the aggregate in any Neutrality-suspicious.
neriod to continue on duty or to go on
duty without having had at least eight
hours off without duty within such
twenty-four-hour period.
Punishment BY Fine.
Sec. 9. That any such common car
rier or any of it's officers or agents vio-
lating any of the provisions OF this act
is hereby declared to be guilty of a mis-
| demeanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine of not less
than 500 nor more than 81 600; and it
shall also be the duty of the Interstate
Commerce commission to fully investi-
; gate all cases of the violation of this
! act and to lodge with the o p dis
trict attorneys information of such vio-
latiops as may come to it's knowledge.
Sec. 8. That to enable the commission
TO execute and enforce the provisions
of this act ii will have the power to en-
ploy such inspectors or other persons
as may be necessary. TO enforce the
provisions of this act the commission
and its agents and employees thereunto
duly authorized by order OF said COM
mission shall have the power 10 admin
lister oaths, interrogate witnesses, take
testimony and require the production
of books and papers. h commission
may also order dispositions taken before
any officer in any state or territory Of
the United States or the District of
Columbia qualified by law to take the
same.
The provisions of this act shall not
apply to relief or wreck trains.