The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-02

Senate Bill No. 2os, the bill do- mesticating foreign railroad corpora tions. and prohibiting tAem from ap- pealing any case brought against them to the Federal courts or from be- ginning any suit in the federal courts, under penalty of the revocation of their right to engage in bushes in the State of Alabama, commonly known as the "outlaw" bill. Is now ready for the Governors signature. after having passed the House yester- day. =.
 The bill, which applies only to rail- road companies, was urged to be un- constitutional, but was passed not withstanding The full text of the measure follows:
 IA bill, to be entitled an act, to pro- vide for the revocation of the license or right to engage in or carry on the business of the transportation, origir hating and terminating in this state, of freight or passengers. of any for- eign corporation which is now engag- ed or which may hereafter engage Tn such business or the transportation or common carrier fin this State in the of the purposes specified in this act, institute in any federal court any suit to a proceeding, or shall remove or cause to be removed to any federal court any suit or proceeding institu- tetd in any State court for any of the purposes specified in this act.
 ~section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Alabama; That 1t any foreign corporation. or corporation or sanized under and serving it's exis- tence from the laws of another State. government or country, owning, oper- ating, managing or controlling as common carrier any railroad Tn Wnoie or in part in this State, or which may hereafter own, operate, manage or con trol such railroad, or any such 1oreisn corporation which is now, or wnicn may hereafter be engaged in or carry on as common carrier in this State the business of or relating to the transportation of freight or passengers over which business or corporation the railroad commission of Alabama has, under the laws of the State. any su- pervision or control, shall institute or commence in any federal court any suit, action or proceeding of any Kind. or having instituted said suit or pro- cseding in a State court. shall re- move or cause the same to be remov- ed to federal court. for the purpose of having annulled, or suspended, or enjoined, or restrained, or in any way affected or interfered with, any rate or charge, or any order establishing or prescribing any date or charge, for the transportation by any common car- Tier of freight or passengers or any classification of articles of freight. made by the railroad commission of Alabama, or any such rate or charge or classification established or pre- scribed by statute, or any rate or charge which has been made maxi mum rate or charge by statute, or any order of said railroad commission or provision of any law or statute or this State establishing or prescribing any rules, regulations, practice or service, or acts or duties, or relating thereto. to be observed. done or per formed by transportation companies Tn this State, of the enforcement or such rates, charges, classifcations, orders, rules, regulations, practice, service acts, duties. or provisions of law; or for the purpose of having any statute or law of this State prescribing any such rate, charge, classification, rule, regulation, practice, service, act or duty, or any provision of such statute or law, declared invalid or inoperativei the act of said foreign corporation in so instituting or commencing or re- moving said suit, action or proceeding shall ipso facto cause a forfeiture or and said foreign corporation shall ipsc facto forfeit, all its right or license to engage in or carry on the business of the transportation, originating and terminating in this State, of freight or passengers. and it's right or license to engage in or carry on such business In this State shall by said act itself be revoked, and shall cease.
 Sec. g.. If any such foreign cor poration designated in Section of this act shall remove or cause or procure to be removed to any federal court any suit, action or proceeding of any kind instituted or commenced in a State rourt by or on behalf of the railroad commission of Alabama, or by any per son. firm, company, association or cor poration doing business in this State authorized to institute such suit to $ compel obedience to or the observance or enforcement of any order, of the