Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-27
MORE RAILROAD
LEGISLATION DUE.
Col. E. A. Wall Has an Amend
meat Preventing Ore Rate
Discrimination.
ANTI-pAss BILL UP TODAY.
Prohibits the Giving OF Free Truns-
porratlon Except to Certain Per.
sons Specifically Mentioned.

Railroad legislation is coming in
thick and fast upon the legislature
these days from uncN pectcd sources.
While the house railroad committee was
fixing up report To kill the railroad
commission bill. Col. E. a. wan APP
peared this morning before the special
investigating committee en- rates, with
an amendment to the existing laws pre-
vomiting discrimination in rates IN Utah.
~ ~ aimed at conditions IN mining
camps, where big producers ship at y
half and y quarter 1T the price charged
10 the small producer.
In the senate this afternoon still an-
other bill came up. II is AN anti pass
blu and was brought 10 by Gardner.
u passed It WIN put an end ~ the free
passes at present issued within the
state, thus tending 10 nullify tbs work
or the Interstate commission IN this
territory.
The bill prohibits the giving Of free
transportation except to certain pcoplc
who are specifically mentioned,
ANTI-PAss BILL,
The text ~ as follows;
Re it enacted by the legislature Of tn.
state of Utah:
Section /. No common CARRIER. rail-
road II transportation company that
may now OF hereafter own operate,
manage Of control any railroad on part
OF railroad in this state shah directly
on Indirectly issue OF give any free
ticket, free pass, or Tree transportation
for passengers, except 10 its employees
ana their FAMILIES, It's officers, agents,
surgeons, physicians aud attorneys at
law; 70 ministers pf religion, travelling
secretaries OF railroad Young Mems
CHRISTIAN associations, inmates Of hos.
pitfalls and charitable and eleumosvnary
institutions. and persons exclusively en-.
gagged IN charitable and eleomosyuary
work; TO INDECENT destitute and home
less persons. and to such persons when
transported by charitable societies or
hospitals, ana the necessary agents en-
ployed In such transportation; to in
mates OF the National Homes or state
Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
and Of soldiers aud Sailors Homes, in~
GLIDING those about TO enter ana those
returning home after discharge, and
boards Of managers of such homes; Ia
necessary care takers OF livestock. poul-
Try and fruit. 10 employees on sleeping
ears, express cars. and TO linemen of
telegraph and telephone companies, to
railway mail service employees, postofEict
Inspectors; 10 newsbuys ON trains. bag-
staN NSViAtSf WAlllbaSth attending any
legal investigation In which The com.
mon carrier ia interested, persons in
jured In wrecks and physicians and
nurses attending such persons: Provid-
I'd. That this provision shall not be COM
strued TO prohibit the interchange OF
passes for the officers. agents and cm-
ployes OF common cair.srs, and thelr
FAMILIES nor 10 prohibit ANY common
carrier from carrying passengers free
N inf IN,
cases OF general epidemic, pestilence, or
other calamltous visitation.
Sec. ?, Any common carrier violat:
ing TINS provision shall be deemed gull
" of a misdemeanor and for each Of
fence. ON conviction. shall pay fine of
not less than 500 nor more thai 81. 900.
and amy person other than the porsons
excepted In this act. who uses any such
free ticket, free pass or free Transports
ton shall be guilty of mlsdemeanor.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on
and after Jan, J. 1905.