The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-17

Section il Corporation Commission is hereby created be
composed q three persons who saN c elected by e people gen
cfa election State officers and their of office shall
Provided Cooperation Commissioners first elected under This
Constitution shall hold office follows enc Shall serve until thc
second Monday ~ an0ary nineteen hundred and nne onc until e
second Monda JANUARY nineteen hundred and eleven and one n
hc second Monday Nv January nineteen hundred and thricen eF
IN ot vacancy ~ said Office ih Governor Of te Siac sm ~
gch vacancy by appointment until hc general eocon when
successor shall bc elected e i out any nncSped term
Section The qualifications oi such commissioners shall be as
follows DC resident citizens 81 hs State for two years nest
preceding The election and qualified socrs under The Constitution AMI
laws and not less n thirty years Of age non shall such
either Of them be- directly indirectly interested N any
railroad street railway traction Nc canal slcan boat pms lpc caf
zinc Sleeping Inc association express line telephone q iee
ond mortgage security earnings o any sch aroad street rail
way traction Inc canal steam boat pipe line line sleeping car
press elevator companies and such commissioner sal voul
af become Interested his Office shall beconc vacant and any
voluntarily he shall within reasonable time dscs himself o. susa
interest and failing do this his office shall become vacant Nor
Shall any such commissioner hold aus other office under he govern
nen Of tie United Sies 81 OF gus state or amy oae state govern
ucn AMI shall not whe snc Commissioner amy occupa-
ion business inconsistent with DIS duties such Commissioner
Section 7 Before entering upan the duties Of his office each
said commissioners shall abc al subscribe % e cath Of office
prescribed in tis Constitution AND alt % addition thereto swear
da he is directly indirectly Interested 10 any railroad street
fine association express line telephone telegraph line IL
the bonds stocks mortgages securities contract or earnings q anR
We sleeping car tne car aoeap eNpess Ns eeNoae q 'es
graph line and ai he will 10 c best OF his ability, faithfully ar
Justly aud cnoiee the provisions u lls NesNNq A d
the laws q bs State concerning railroads street railways acioa
lines canals boats pine lines lines sleeping er lnes eaf
associations eSpess lines telephone ana telegraph lines compress and
elevator companies and all other corporations over which said Com
mssiof has Jurisdiction which oath shall c filed with hc Secretary
J1f State.
Section is The Commission shall have The power and authority
and be charged with the duty ~ supervising regulating and controlling
al transportation and tfansusot companies doing mncs b ts
State in a matters relating ic performance Of lf public dpi
and their tiaees ctcfo and vi correcting abuses and preventing
unjust discrimination and eSoion w such companies AND q la cn
The Commission shall from ine q ine prescribe and enforce again
such companies. m the nnnncr hereinafter authorized suth rates
charges eacalion II traffic d rifles and REGULATIONS and sl
require llem establish and nmnaat 81 su iHhe service facilities
and convenience may he reasonable and JUST which said rates.
charges qratons rules regulations end requirements the Conn
Emission NAV from time e time alcf amend All charges.
easscaons rules aud regulations adopie acted upon bg arr
nch company inconsistent with those prescribed hg the tonnna
within the oi rs authority shall be unaWll and void The
Commission shall also have the ri ~ times inspect tc books
rand papers ii AL transportation ana transmission companies doing
business in tins State ard 70 require from such companies FROM time
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