Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-02-09
dltion ia lmnroYement.


The state highway commissioner o.
inspector shall make OF cause to be
made tests OF materials found within
the variods counties suitable for road
construction ard it IS made the duty
Of the chemical and engineering de-
partments of the West Virginia Un-l
ixersity to make such tests whenever
requested by the highway commits
sion. The state board Of agriculture
are called upon to reader all the as
sistance possible to the state high,
way commissioner without any neg
lect OF their own official duty.
BY and with the corsent of the
governor the commissioner may from
time TO time cause to. ne printed and
distributed throughout the state, bull.
letins containing useful Information
concerning the construction and
maintenance of highways All state,
county aud district officers are re.
quired to render. free of cost. TO the
commissioner any information which
he may require,
Text Of the TWO Cent Fare Bill
The text Of The two-cent fare bin
passed by the house Saturday follows:
| Be it enacted by the legislature Of
West Virginia. That sections !, II,
I'm. ~, OF section SIC Of chapter 54 Of
/ the code OF West Virginia be amend
ed and re-enacted so as 10 read as fol
lows:
That all railroad corporations or
gained or doing business. in this
state under the laws of authority there.
\ OF, shall be limited to rates Of com
\ pensation not exceeding two cents per
mile, for the transportation of passen-
4 gers and baggage, which are herein
prescribed, except when the distance
any passenger wishes 10 travel is less
than five miles, such railroad corpora
ton may in lieu of the above prescrib.
ed rate, make a charge of ten cents
for the transportation OF such passen-
Il gers and baggage
!. II. All railroad corporations shall
be limited to compensation per mile
. for the transportation OF any person
with ordinary baggage rot exceeding
/. one hundred pounds in weight, proyid
ed that mo such corporation shall
{ charge, demand or receive any greater
compensation per mile for the trans
| portation OF children twelve years o
!, age or under, than half the rate pre-
scribed; provided also that charge
: of five cents may be added to the fare
t of any passenger when the same Ii
| have been procured in a reasonable
{ time before the departure of the train
and if the failure to procure a ticke
| was not caused by the ticket Office be
) ing closed or without a sufficient sup
!, ply of tickets, or other neglect of the
: company. All railraod tickets sold, ex
cept excursion tickets, shall be goot
until used and shall be received in pay
J ment of fare when presented by any
: passengers on trains stopping at the
stations named in said tickets.
: III. All railroad corporations in this
, state shall keep constantly posted il
} a conspicuous place in all their ticket
t Offices, passenger and freight depots
, well printed copy of the first, second
, and third sections of this act, together
with section V of section S2c of chap
ter "a of the code of West Virginia, to
gether with table of distances be
: tween each and every station on their
{ road, printed in legible type.
4 Nv. Any railroad corporation yiolat
ing any of the provisions of this act
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
ON conviction thereof sLall be fined
I for each offense, not less than fifty nor
Z more than three hundred dollars. The
4 term railroad" corporation for the
! purpose of this act shall be taken to
mean all corporations, companies. pub
4 lie carriers or individuals now owning
or operating, or which may hereafter
own or operate any railroad in this
4 state.
4 All acts or parts of acts coming
ing within the puryiew Of this act and
+ inconsistent Herewith are hereby re-
pealed