St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-05-10

SdA0L CdIi u CdlS rOVcI,AlSs 1dAlOdO1 SOWoAN
destination: and for every delay Of TWEEN
ty-four hours or fraction thereof on the
part Of said railroad company in forward.
period Of twenty-four hours, said railroad
company shall forfeit to the party injured
by such delay the sum of one dollar for
ferWa nIs upon upon It's iar lines IN within Within tie aao time mo
above allowed together with all damages.
he may. have sustained.
this SIS state al shall shail h haye ra receiHed f mpan n II:
for shipment ~ its railroad one Of
of ofot s3,c cars co 1n dle,sn rsc ii Snall s ne the e.. GUY y
cars of freight within twenty-four hours
thereafter to start the same forward
p ffe@ te of pld]a sst,a Of ienipm nad t tessrd b.t the
started onward. such car OF. cars OF
freight, shall be continued in transit to-
not less than an average speed of fifty
miles per day Of twenty-four hours;
upon the failure of such railroad COM
f Rany zn to tTSa srsE1 tnd such car r,,e or e cars Ct
company shall forfeit to the consignee
thereof one dollar for each n every car
TOR Srre each twenty-four. hours or fraction
said car or cars in excess Of the time
herein prescribed: and, in ascertaining
the he time consumed in the shipment Of
to run tWenty-four hours after the date
Of ef,t the bill OF lading or receipt given for
salo car OF cars by SAID railroad COM
be received by the courts Of this state as
prima facie evidence Of the time when
said car or cars were received by such
company. l.. .as:t.
Sec. 8. It shall be the, duty Of every
railroad company mentioned In section I
Of this act, to deliver at the usual place
Of freight hauled by it for delivery to
sundays ana lega5 HOLIDAYS exeepted: af..
l 6r.fh GO ma h I. IoTyN chad - a
Of destinations; and for each and every
delay of, twenty-four hours Or fraction
thereof IN, not 50 delivering the same
prescribed, said railroad company shall
forfeit the sum Of one dollar for each and
s;yery car not 50 delivered within the
Sec: 6. 1t shall be the duty of any ship
per In compliance with whose. request
any railroad company mentioned in sec
cars at the usual loading point. Of said
shipper, to fully complete the loading
thereof, ready for redeliyery to said rail
after the same shall have been placed at
such loading point, Sundays and legal
holidays, excepted; which; full period for
iGaa1ng Is all eHareet 5ne a shipp fer free eSer fro N
hours. or fraction thereof of delay beyond
said period in so loading said car or cars
on demand shall pay. to said railroad
company the sum. Of one dollar for each
and every car so placed and not loaded
and ready for redelivery within the time
Sec. T.. It shall be the duty of the CON
signee of each and every car delivered by
any any 7ai nf 4f1ts company mn mentioned IN sec,
unloading by the consignee to fully un-
load such car or cars withinf72 hours for
bit9minous coal, bulk lime, fruit; or vege-
tables, or lumber shipments, and 4S hours
for other shipments, from the time the,
same shall be placed at the usual unload
ing. point OF, the ,consignee, which full
periods are allowed the constgnee for I'M
loading free from demurrage charges:
and for each and every delay of "a hours
or fraction thereof. on the part of the
beyond the said above periods respective
ly, the consignee shall become indebted.
and on demand shall pay, to the railroad
company delivering such car or cars, the
sum. of one dollar for each and every car
not SO unloaded within the time herein
Sec. $50 all shipments of freieht.i in
carload lots on the railroads mentioned
in section l.. of this act: roper bills OF
such railroad Company, the weights and
the marks and numbers of each car so
shipped, shall be issued by, the railroad
the time Of receiving such car or cars:
which bill of lading when offered by any
party In any cause pending IN, any curt
mitted II, evidence by such court as nrima
facie evidence of the time. when delivery
of such car or cars was made by the con-
t{gn ewe to fgc an faii tSs ce1 mpf t a',a ct
when so delivered to such company. and
such railroad company shall be subject
to. a penalty Of one hundred dollars for
shippers such bill of lading for each car
so received by it.
Sec. g. Railroad companies shall within
twenty-four hours after arrival of any
car or cars give notice to the consignee'
Of the arrival of such car or cars. to:
getler with the amount Of freight
may be either actual or constructive. When
the consignee or agent is personally
cars at or before 6 p. M. of any day. free
time shall begin at Z a., m. of the day
after u notice shall have been given:
notice by mail to c~onsignee: When this
method Of notice is adopted there shall
be "a hours additional free time:
company Of demurrage provided in this
act, shall in no way invalidate or offset
any claim any shipper or consignee may
by delay on the part Of, such, railroad
company, or other, cause, but shall be a
further remedy and in addition tosany al
in contained be held to lessen the duties
Of live stock or other -p%erishable property
movement Of freight or furnishing cars
is suspended on account Of strikes. pub
lic calamities. accident, or any cause not
g within to the grg goMsfr OF of t dnrih E2ilT TSich eG fP5e
loading or unloading Of freight by ship.
per or consignee is delayed by reason Of
Indictment. weather which would. make
loading or unloading impraetlcable,, or
any cause not in the power Of said ship
per or consignee to prevent. shall pc add
ed to the free time allowed in this act:
and counted as additional free time. -
Sec. u. It h be the duty Of every
state of Minnesota. to- make at the enc OF
each month a sworn detailed report Of, all
l%penalties paid and collected as demur-
rage during the. previous month, showing
ceiyed: this report shall be filed with. the
| railroad and warehouse commission. >
Sec. -13. When suit is brought to collect
any of the damages. forfeltures or de-
said suit may be brought in any court in
this state having jurisdiction OF the sub
iect matter and parties under the then
existing cause; and If the plaintiff. there,
in recover judgment such hih 14far n sh fee
| for bringing such suit. to be taxed as.
costs in other cases and paid as other
costs by defendant in such suit: ~ 80:
Sec. ia. This act shall take erect aon ana
be i'm force from and a1ter july lrf1eo'.f =
Approved April II, 1907. ~
CHAPTER 2AS. F.. NO. co. FL .
AN ACT, entitled an. act creating "A
fund. and providing for the disburse-
ment thereof, for pensions and reheI py
having a population of more than fifty
thousand inhabitants. $500.
Relit enacted by. the Legislature OF
State of Minnesota: - -
Section 1. Every freman,s reller asso-
oit,,V IN this state having a paid fire de-.