St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-03-21

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By Mr.. Fayrot. Senate Bill No.
SUBSTITUTE BY THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE
FOR SENATE BILL No, /.
A joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to Article 286 of the Constitu
ton of the State of Louisiana.
Section l. Be it resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State Of Louisiana
two-thirds of all members elected to eacl
House concurring, that Article 2s6 oil
the Constitution of the State of Louisi
ana be amended SO as to read as follows
Article ESQ. If any railroad, express
telephone, telegraph, steamboat, or 9th
er water craft, or sleeping car company
subject hereto, directly or indirectly, OF
by any special rate, rebate, or other
device, shall Intentionally charge, de
mand, collect or receive from any per-
son, firm or corporation, a greater or
less compensation for any service rem
dered by it, than it charges, demands
or receives from any other person, firm
or corporation, for doing like and con-
temppraneous service, or shall violate
any OF the rates, charges, orders, rules
or decisions of said Commission, such
railroad, steamboat or other water craft,
express, telegraph, telephone, or sleeping
car company, shall forfeit and pay to
the State not less than One Hundred
Dollars, nor more than Five Thousand
Dollars, to be recovered before any court
of competent jurisdiction, at the suit of
the State, at the domieiIe of the Com
mission.
Provided, that every order or decision
OF the Commission, fixing and establish
ing rate or charge for the transporta-
tion of passengers or freight, or for the
transmission of messages or converse
lions by telephone or telegraph, within
the State, shall go into effect at such
times as may be fixed ~ the Commission,
and shall remain in effect and be com.
piled with unless and until set aside by
the commission, or by final Judgment
of court of competent jurisdiction,
rendered on final trial in a suit to set
aside and annul the same.
Provided, that, whenever any rate.
charge, rule, regulation, order, or deci-
sion, of the Commission, is contested in
court, as provided by this Constitution.
or by any amendment thereto, and the
same is maintained on final trial, bv a
court of competent jurisdiction, the
railroad, express, telephone, telegraph.
steamboat or other water craft, or
sleeping car company, or corporation,
contesting the same, shall forfeit and
pay to the State of Louisiana, the sum
of not less than Ten $4,000 Dollars
nor more than Fifty (S50.e0) Dollars,
per day, for each day that the putting
into effect and operation of the rate.
order, charge, rule, regulation, or deci-
sion, of the Commission may have been
by such suit, to be found and
adiudged by the court in which such
suit may be brought and, in all such
cases, the said court shall, in its iudg-
ment, maintaining the said rate, charge.
rule, regulation, order, or decision, en-
ter up decree and judgment against
the plaintiff therein, eondemning such
plaintiff to pay to the State of Louisi-
ina the amount of the said penalty or
forfeiture SO found and adjudged by it,
which amount, after dedueting therefron
he attorneys fees provided by Article
2sS of this Constitution, shall, when |
be paid into the State Treas
Try, for account of the General School |
Fund of the State.
The power and authority of the Com |
mission shall affect and include, not only
he transportation of passengers, freight,
Express matter, and telegraph and tele
,hone messages, between points within |
his State, and the use Of such instru.
nents within this State, but shall also
fleet and include all matters and things
connected with and concerning the ser
ice to be given by railroad, express, tel
phone, telegraph, steamboat and other
Eater craft, and sleeping car companies
nd corporations, in the State, and their
peration within the State.
Sec. 2. Be it further resolved etc