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

| OF nearing. line QeClSIOU OF the cOmLuiSSlOn
| shall be based upon its examination of all
| testimony and records. The recommended
| tons made by such agents shall be advisory
only and shall not preclude the taking of
! further testimony If the commission SO
order nor further investigation.
Section 1797m--42. 1. Every public util-
| ity shall furnish to the commission all In
| formation required by it to carry into effect
the provisions of this act, and shall make
| specific answers to all questions submit
| ted by the commission
2. Any public utility receiving from the
| commission any blanks with directions to
| fill the same, shall cause the same TO be
properly filled out as to answer fully
and correctly each question therein pro-
| pounded, and in case it is unable to answer
any question, it shall give good and SUN,
cient reason for such failure ana SAID
answer shall be verified under oath by the
president, secretary, superintendent OF gen
eral manager of such public utility and re-
turned to the commission at it's office with
in the period fixed by the commission.
3. Whenever required by the commission.
every public utility shall deliver to the
commission any or all maps prohles, con-
tracts reports of engineers and all docu-
ments. books, accounts, papers and records
or copies of any or all of the same, with a
complete inventory of all it's property, in
such form as the commission may direct.
Section 1797m-43. Upon a complaint
made against any public utility by any
mercantile, agricultural manufacturing
society by any body polite or municipal
organization or by any twenty-five persons,
firms, corporations or associations, that
or any joint rate or rates are in any respect
unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, or
that any regulation, measurement, practice
or act whatsoever affecting or relating TO
the production transmission, delivery or
furnishing of heat, light, water or power
or any service in connection Herewith or
the conveyance of any telephone message
or any service in connection Herewith is
in any respect unreasonable, insufficient or
unjustly discriminatory, or that any service
is inadequate or cannot be obtained, the
commission shall proceed, with or with
out notice to make such investigation as
1t may deem necessary or convenient But
no order affecting said rates, tolls, charges,
schedules, regulations, measurements, prac-
tice or act complaint of shall be entered
by the commission without formal public
hearing
Section 1797m-44. The commission
shall, prior to such formal hearing, notify
the public utility complained of that
after such notice has been given the COM
mission may proceed to set a time and
place for g hearing and an investigation
Section 1767m-45. The commission
shall give the public utility and the com
plainant, If any, ten days notice of the
ing and investigate will be held and such
matters considered and determined. Both
the public utility and complainant shall be
entitled to be heard and shall have process
to enforce the attendance of witnesses.
Section 1707m-46 1. If upon such in
vestigation the rates, tolls, charges, sched-
uleS or JOINT rates, snail De IOunu 10 De uu-
just. unreasonable, insufficient or unjustly
discriminatory or to be preferential or
otherwise in violation of any of the pro-
visions of this act, the commission shall
have power to fix and order substituted
therefor such rate or rates, tolls charges or
schedules as shall be just and reasonable.
2. If upon such investigation it shall be
found that any regulation, measurement,
practice, act, or service complained OF Is
unjust, unreasonable, insufficient, preferen-
tlal, unjustly discriminatory. or otherwise
II, r-fot re anu Of +ha n
act, or If 1t be found that any service is
inadequate that any reasonable service
cannot be obtained, the commission shall
have power to substitute therefor such other
regulations, measurements, practices, serv-
Ice or acts and to make such order respect
ing and such changes in such regulations,
measurements, practices, service or acts as
shall be just and reasonable.
Section 1797m-47. If upon such in
vestigatiOn 1t shall be found that any rate.
toll charge, schedule or joint rate or rates
is unjust, unreasonable, insufficient or un-
justly discriminatory or preferential or
otherwise in violation of any of the pro-
practice, act or service complained OF Is
unjust unreasonable, insufficient, preferen-
tial or otherwise in violation Of any of the
provisions of this act, If 1t be found
that any service is Inadequate or that any
reasonable service cannot be obtained, the
public utility found to be at fault shall pay
the expenses incurred by the commission
Section 1707m-48. The commission
may, in its discretion. when complaint Is
made of more than one rate or charge
order separate hearings thereon, and may
consider and determine the several matters
complained of separately and at such
times as it may prescribe. No complaint
shall at any time be dismissed because Of
the absence of direct damage to the COM
plainaDt
Section 1797m-49 Whenever the COM
mission shall believe that any rate or charge
may be unreasonable or unjustly discrim-
inatory or that any service is inadequate
tion of any matter relating to. any public
utility should for any reason be made, 1t
may on Its own motion, summarily investi-
gate the same with or without notice.
Section 1797m-50. IT, after making
such investigation, the commission becomes
satisfied that sufficient grounds exist to
warrant a formal hearing being ordered as
to the matters so investigated, it shall
furnish such public utility interested a
statement notifying the public utility Of the
matters under investigation. Ten days
after such notice has been given the com
mission may proceed to set time and
place for a hearing and an investigation as
Section 1757m-51 Notice of the time
and place for such hearing shall be given
to the public utility and TO such other in
terested persons as the commission shall
deem necessary as provided In section
| 1707m-45. and thereafter proceedings shall
be had and conducted In reference to the
though complaint had been filed with the
commission relative to the matter invest-
gated, and the same order or orders may be
made In reference thereto as II such investi-
cation had been made on complaint.
Section 1797m-52. ANY public utility
may make complaint as to any matter
affecting its own product or service with
like effect as though made by any mercan-
| tile agricultural or manufacturing society,
| body polite or municipal organization or
! by any twenty-five persons, firms, corpora
Section 1797mw5S. /. Each of the COM
missOners and every agent provided for In
section 1797m-41 of this act for the pur-
! poses mentioned In this act, shall have
| power to administer oaths, certify to official
acts, issue subpoenas, compel the attend
ance Of witnesses and the production of
books, accounts, papers, records, documents
2. In case of disobedence on the part of
any person or persons to comply with any
order of the commission or any commits
sloner or any subpoena, or, on the refusal
| of any witness to testify to any matter re-
! garding which he may be lawfully interro-
! gated before the commission its agent
! authorized as provided In section 1797m--
! Al, 1t shall be the duty of the circuit court
| of any county or the judge thereof, on APP
! plcation of commissioner to compel
| obedience by attachment proceedings for
/ contempt as In the case Of disobedience Of
! the requirements of subpoena issued from
such court or q refusal to testify therein.
Section 17e7m-54. /. Each witness
| who shall appear before the commission or
| its agent by it's order, shall receive for his
! attendance the fees and mileage now pro-
| vided for witnesses in civil cases In courts
/ of record, which shall be audited and paid
/ by the state in the same manner as other
! expenses are audited and paid, upon the
! presentation of proper vouchers sworn to
| BY such witnesses and approved by the
chairman of the commission.
2. No witness subpoenaed at the instance
of parties other than the commission shall
| be entitled to compensation from the state
for attendance or travel unless the COM
mission shall certify that his testimony was
! material to the matter investigated.
/ SpptfOO 1707m-S6 The commission Or