The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

railroad shall be deemed guilty of unlaw- full discrimination, which Is hereby pro- hibited and declared unlawful and shall forfeit to the State and pay into the State Treasury not less than five hundred lars for each offense.
 Sec. IS. It shall be unlawful for any person. firm or corporation knowingly to accept or receive any rebate. concession or discrimination in respect to transporta- tion wholly within the State of any prop erty CT for any services in connection herewith whereby any such property shall by any device whatsoever be trans ported at less rate than that named in the published tariffs in force as pro Nided herein, or whereby any service or advantage is received other than is pro Vided by law. Any person. firm or cor poration knowingly violating the provis- ions of this section shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor. and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for each offense
 Sec. l9. 1t shall be the duty of every railroad company subject to the provisions of this Act and the Railroad Commission may require it, to provide and maintain adequate depots and depot buildings at its regular stations for the accommoda- tloh Of passengers, together with a suffi- elent force of employees at each of said depots to transact efficiently the business and traffic thereat, and to maintain q tieket oHiee at each of said depots for the sale of tickets, and said depot build lngs shall be kept clean, we'll lighted and warmed, With such other reasonable com forts, necessities and conVeniences as may De prescribed by the Railroad Commits sion for the comfort and accommoda tlon or the traveling public. All railroads snail keep and maintain adequate and suitable depots, buildings switches and sldetracks. for the receiving, handling and delivering of freight transported or to be transported by such railroads, pro- Vlded that this shall not be construed as repeating any existing law on the subject not in conflict herewith.
 Sec. 20 Every railroad in this State on the order of the Railroad Commission IS required to provide, construct. and maintain adequate depots and depot buildings for the accommodation of mas sengers, and for receiving and handling freight where public nee eassity demands u anu the revenue received at such point will be sufficient to justify it, together with d sufficient force of employees at each of said depots to transact efficiently the business and traffic thereof.
 sec 2l Every railroad in this State is required to construct and maintain spur tracks and side tracks to industries al ready established, under such reasonable rules and orders as may be made by the commission.
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 Which now or may hereafter enter any city or town are hereby required when practicable or when the necessities of the case in the judgment of the Railroad commission demand it, to have and main- tam one common or union passenger depot, for the security, accommodation and convenience of the travelling public. ana to unite in the joint undertaking and expense of erecting constructing and maintaining such union passenger depot commensurate with the business and reve- nues of such railroad companies or cor porauons, on such terms, regulations, pro visions and conditions as the Railroad Commission may prescribe.
 Sec 3. All railroad companies shall on demand issue duplicate freight re- ceipts to shippers, in which shall be stated the class or classes of freight shipped and the rate to the point of des- tination and aggregate charge made for the transportation.
 Sec 24. Every railroad or other com mon carrier. subject to the provisions of this Act, it's agents or officers whose duty il is to receive freights, shall re- ceive all articles of the nature and kind received by said company for transporta- tion whenever rendered at a regular de- pot or station at proper hours and in good shipping condition, according to req sonable rules prescribed by law or the Railroad Commission and every loaded car rendered at side track or any ware house connected with the railroad by a siding and shall forward the same without delay and within reasonable time to point Of destination, under and in compli-. ance with such reasonable rules, regula- tions, and requirements as may be pre- scribed by the Railroad Commission or by law. Upon the failure of any such railroad company or other common car rier doing business in this State to trans port goods, merchandise or property of any description, delivered to it for ship ment to and from any points within the State in such reasonable time as the Rail- road Commission or the law may pre- scribe unless otherwise agreed upon be- tween the company and the shipper or unless such property be burned. stolen or otherwise destroyed, such railroad or other common carrier shall forfeit to the party aggrieved such sum as may now or hereafter be prescribed by law for such delay. and, in addition, shall be liable to the party aggrieved for such damages as he may sustain by reason of said delay.
 Sec. 20. All common carriers doing bus mess in this State shall settle their freight charges according to the rate stipulated in the bill of lading. provided the rate stipulated therein be in conformity with the classfieations and rates made and filed with the interstate commerce com mission, in case of shipment from with out the State, and with those filed with or established or approved by the Rail- road Commission of this State or those established by statute. in case of ship ments wholly within the State, by which classification and rates all consignees shall ir all cases be entitled to settle freight charges with such carriers. and it shall be the duty of such common carriers to inform any consignee or con signees of the correct amount due for freight according to such classification an rates. and upon payment or tender of the amount due. according to such classification and rates. on any shipment which has arrived at it's destination. such carriet shall deliver the freight in ques- ton to the consignee.
 Sec. 26. Whenever any freight of any kind shall be received by any common carrier In this State to be delivered to any consienee within this State, and a DOT ton of the same shall not have been re- ceiyed at the place of destination, 1t shall be unlawful for the carrier to de- mand any part of the charges for freight or trarsnortation due for such portion of the shipment as shall not have ar rived ar the place of destination. The car
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