Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-21
No. $50. Al Published June IL. 1909.
CHAPTER 1886, LAWS OF 1909.


AN ACT to amend subsection of section
1914 Of the statutes and TO create
subsection e Of section 1901 of the
statutes, relating to changes In schedules,
Including schedules OF joint rates, and In
classification, and providing for an In
vestigation of the same by the commits
sion upon complaint prior to their taking
effect.
The people Of the State Of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly. do enact
as follows:
Section i. Subsection a Of section 1897
4 Is amended to read: Section 1877 a.
No change shall thereafter be made In any
schedule, including schedule Of joint rates,
or In any classification, except upon
thirty days notice to the commission, and
all such changes shall be plainly indicated
upon existing. schedules. or BY fling new
schedules in lieu thereof thirty
days prior to the time the same are to take
effect; provided, that the commission upon
application of any railroad, may prescribe
q less time within which such
scedules shall be fled as hereinbefore pro-
pived in every depot, station and of1ce OF
such railroad at places to or from which the
rates In such schedules apply, thirty
days prior to the time the same are to take
effect unless the commission shall pre-
scribe less time.
1907 Of the statutes new subsection to
read e. Whenever any person, firm, COT
poration, or association. or any mercantile,
agricultural or manufacturing society or
any body polite or municipal organization,
lodges complaint with the commission be-
fore any change or changes in any schedule,
including schedule Of joint rates, or In any
classification, rule, regulation or practice.
become effective as IN this section provided
to the effect that such change or changes
are unreasonable or unjustly discrimina-
tory. 1t shall be the duty of the commission
to give notice to the railroad or railroads
complained Of that complaint has been
made, and to proceed to investigate the
same and to order hearing thereon In the
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1797--12; and the commission may, In its
discretion, stay such change or changes
pending such Investigation and the determi-
nation Of the matters investigated by issu-
ing an order to that effect at any time be-
fore said change or changes shall take effect
INVESTIGATION the change or changes com
planned of shall be found unreasonable or
unjustly discriminatory, such change or
changes shall not take effect II the same
have been stayed as herenbefore provided
and in case no such stay has been ordered
and such change or changes have be-
come effective pending such investigation
the discontinuance of such change or
changes. The commission shall also have
power upon such investigation to fix and
order substituted for any such change or
changes such rate or rates, joint rate or
rates, fares charges, classification, rule,
regulation, practice or service. as the case
may be, as it shall have. determined to be
just and reasonable and which shall be
charged, imposed or followed In the future,
and shall also have power TO make sucn
orders respecting such rule, regulation. prac;,
to be reasonable and which shall be OBJ
served and followed In the, future. The
granted 1t by this section, Of its own motion
without formal complaint being hled BY
anyone yont;or This act shall, take effect and
be in force from and after Its passage and
Approved June 0, 1909.