The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-20

home after discharge: to necessary
care-takers Of live stock, poultry.
milk. fruit and vegetables; to en-
ployes on sleeping cars, express cars
and to linemen Of telegraph and tel-
ephone companies II operated in con-
nection with said common carriers:
to railway mail service employees.
postonice inspectors, custom inspec-
tors and immigration inspectors;t to
newsboys on trains. baggage agents.
witnesses attending any legal inves-
tigation In which the COMMON carrier
10 Interested: to persons injured in
wrecks and physicians and nurses at
tending such persons.
Provided further, that the provisions
Of this act shall not be construed to
prohibit or make unlawful the trans
portation of city policemen, hremen.
mail carriers and postmen on the
street railways In the cities Of this
state.
Provided further, that the provis-
sions of this act shall not be con-
strued to make unlawful the granting
of reduced hoMeseekers' rates or the
granting of round trip excursion
rates to any class Of persons, provided
that all persons of that class shall
be allowed equal privileges In respect
to such homeseekers' Of excursion
rates. but excursion rates shall not
be allowed any persons or repre-
sentatives Of any political party to
enable them to attend any political
meeting either as a delegate or 9TH
erwise.
Provided further, that the provi-
vions of this act shall not be con-
strued to make unlawful the granting
of free transportation to persons en-
gagged in the state geological survey,
farmers institute lecturers and per-
sons rendering service on good farm
ing special trains.
\ Provided further. that this provi-
sion shall not be construed to prohibit
the interchange Of passes for officers,
agents and employees Of common car
riers and their families; nor to pro-
hibit any common carrier from carry
ing passengers free with the object of
providing relief in cases Of, general
epidemic, pestilence or other calami-
tous visitation; and
Provided further, that this provi1
sion shall not be construed to pro-
hibit the privilege Of passes or franks
or the exchange thereof with each
other for the officers, agents, employees
and their families Of express COM
panies, and their officers, agents, en-
ployes Of other common carriers sub
ject to the provisions of this act.
Provided further, that the term "em-
ployes" as used in this paragraph,
shall include furloughed, pensioned
and superannuated employees, persons
who have become disabled or inflrm
in the service of any, such common
carrier, and the remains of q person
killed In the employment Of a carrier,
and the ex-employes travelling for the
purpose Of entering the service Of
any such common carrier; and the
term families" az used In this para
graph, shall include the families Of
thosa4 persons named In this provision
also the families Of persons killed and
the widows during the widowhood,
and minor children during minority,
Of persons who died while in the SER
vice Of any such common carrier.
Section Q. (Penalty)-Any common
carrier violating any Of the provisions
of this act shall be deemed guilty Of
a ndsdemeanor and shall. upon con-
viction thereof in any district court
In this state Of competent jurisdiction,
be subject to fine of not more than
five hundred ($500) dollars for each
offense: and any person other than
the persons excepted. in this act who
used any such free ticket, free pass
or free transportation, shall be sub
ject to like penalty.