Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-06
HUNT RAILROAD BILL
 BEFORE LEGISLATURE
Measure Provides for Commission of Three ', Members to Be Appointed by Gov
 ernor to Regulate Carriers
COMMISSIONERS DRAW s25oo PER YEAR; MAY EMPLOY HELP

pots, buildings, switches and side-tracks for the receiving, hauling and deliver ance of freight.
 Section 10 provides that cars shall be furnished shippers upon reasonable notice and railroads shall use all pos ,sible diligence in moving freight. In case of insufiiciency of cars at any time to meet all requirements, such cars as are available shall be distributed among the several applicants in pro requirements; provided, that preference may be given to shipping livestock and perishable goods.
 The commission shall have the power to enforce reasonable regulations for furnishing cars to shippers and for switching the same and for loading and unloading thereof.
 Section II. Railroads shall afford proper facilities for the interc hange of traffic between their respective lines and for forwarding and delivering pas sengers or property, The commission
 hall have control over private tracks insofar as the same are used by common carriers in connection with any railroad.
 Section 12 provides that any patron of railroad may complain at any time to the commission of alleged over charges or unjust discriminations and that the commission shall give the rail road complained of ten days notice, after which time the commission will proceed to investigate tho case. Before proceeding with the investigation ten days notice shall be given to plaintiff and defendant of the time and place of the inquiry, and both parties shall have opportunity to be heard and shall have process to enforce the attendance of witnesses.
 The commission has power to insti- ute proceedings upon its own initi- ative if at any time 1t shall deem any rate exhorbitant or that any unjust dis erimination is in effect, and may pro ceed to investigate upon ten da,s
 tice to offending railroad.
 Upon complaint of any municipality or by five or more freeholders of any municipality that public highway and railroad cross one another in such municipality at the same level, and that .such crossing is dangerous to tray elers, it shall be the duty of the com mission to give notice to the railroac and order hearing thereon. If the commission at the hearing find such crossing to be unsafe, it may order that proper safety appliances be pro- vided by the railroad to safeguard the public.
 Section. Each of the commission CTS snail have the power to administer oaths, certify to official acts, issue sub poenaes, compel the attendance of wit nesses, and the production of docu- ments in evidence. A full and complete record of all proceedings of the com mission shall be kept and stenographer employed to take down all testimony at hearings of the commission.
 Section II. Whenever, upon an in- vestigation made under the provisions of this act, the commission shall find any existing rates, fares, charges or classifcations, unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, or any service is mad equate, it shall determine and by order fix reasonable rate, fare, charge, class ifieation to be imposed, observed and followed in the future in lieu Of that found to be unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, and it shall determine and by order fix reasonable regulation, practice or service to be imposed. ob- served and followed in the future, and it shall cause certified copy of each such order to be delivered to an officer or station agent of the railroad affected thereby, which order shall of its own force take effect and become operative twenty days after the service thereof.
 Where the order relates to service, and the same can not, in the judgment of the commission, be complied with within twenty days, the commission may pre- scribe such additional time as in it's judgment is reasonably necessary.
 The commission may at any time, upon notice to the railroad, and after opportunity to be heard, rescind, alter or amend any order fixing any rate or rates, fares, charges or classification, or any other order made by the com mission.
 Whenever the rate ordered substi- tuted by the commission shall be joint rate or charge, and the railroads party therto shall fail to agree upon ,the apportionment thereof within twenty days after the. service of such order, the commission may, after hearing, issue a supplemental order declaring the ap- portionment of such joint rate or charge.
 Whenever the railroads shall refuse or neglect to publish joint rate or rates for the transportation of persons or property, the commission may, upon notice to the railroads and after oppor- tunity to be heard, fix and establish such joint rate or rates, and if the railroads party thereto shall fail to agree upon the apportionment thereof within twenty days after service of such order, the commission may, upon a like hearing, issue supplemental order declaring the apportionment of such joint rate or rates and the same shall take effect of it's own force as part of the original order.
 Section Is. All rates, fares, charges, classifications and joint rates fixed by the commission shall be in force and shall be prima facie lawful, and all reg ulations, practices and service pre- scribed by the commission shall be in force and shall be prima facie reason able, until finally found otherwise in an action brou pht for that nurnosa n,,r