The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-17
Bill to Abolish
Rail- oad r asses
DELEGATE HOLE WOULD in
POSE a FINE OF $500 FOR
EACH VIOLATION OF
Law.

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CHARLESTON, Jan. TIA bill de.
timing who the railroad corporations
of the State shan give free tickets.
free passes and free transportation has
been introduced in the House by Del.
egate Hole and fixes a penalty of not
less than $500 for violation of the
provisions and both the giyer Of the
pass or transportation and the receiv.
er of the same are. subject to the same
penalty. #
With much other railroad legis.
tation the bill asks that It be en-.
actedAby the legislature Of the State
OF West Virginia that it shall DO
unlawful for. any railroad corpora
ton. public carrier company or In.
diyidaal now owning or operating;
or which may hereafter own or OPP
crate. any railroad in this State, to
issue or give. directly or Indirectly,
any free ticket, free pass, or free
transportation for any passenger.
over any railroad line In this State.
except to It's employees and their
families. its officers. agents, sur
geons, physicians, and attorneys al
law: to ministers OF religion. tray,
cling secretaries of railroad Y. NJ.
G. A.. inmates of hospitals and
charitable and elemosynary instl-
tattons, and persons engaged exciu-
sively in charitable and elemosy.
nary work; to INDECENT destitute
homeless persons, and such persons
when transported by charitable so
cieties and hospitals, and the nee.
essary agents employed in such
transportation; to inmates of the
National Homes or State homes for
disabled volunteer soldiers. and OF
Soldiers and Sailors. Homes, in.
cludlug those about to enter and
those returning home after discharge
and boards of managers of such
homes: to necessary caretakers OF
live stock, poultry and fruit; to EN-
tpfoyes on sleeping cars, express cars
and to linemen OF telegraph and
telephone companies; to railway ser.
vice. mail employees, postofice in.
spectors, customs. inspectors and
Immigration inspectors: to news
boys on trains. baggage gents, wit.
nesses attending any legal investi-
CATION in which, the public carrier is
interested. persons Injured In wrecks
and nurses and physicians attending
such persons: provided, that this
provision shall not be construed to
prohibit the interchange of passes
for the officers, agents and employees
of public carriers and their FAINT.
lies; nor to prohibit any public car.
rier from carrying free with the, oh.
ject of providing relief in cases OF
general epidemic. pestilence or 9th.
err calamitous visitations.
Any railroad corporation, public
carrier. company or individual en-.
gagged in the transportation Of pas.
sengers within this State. violating
the provision OF this act shall he
deemed guilty of misdemeanor
and shall pay fine to the State
treasury of not less than $500 and
not more than $4,000 and the per.
son who uses said ticket, with those
excepted in the act are subject to a
like penalty and 1t snail be the duty
OF the attorney general OF the State
as well as the prosecuting attorneys
of the county to see that the provt.
sions of the act are carried out.
The snap and go of Eva Tanguay
stand out prominently In her new