The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-06-09
Vessels Affected By
Public Service Act

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fbrth the main points of tae law en-
ected by the last legislature and
which went into effect yesterday
providing for the regulation of cum
non carriers and public utilities.
~ porti,n Of section 8 of this act
reads as follows: ''The term vessel,
when used in this act. includes every
species of water craft, by whatso-
ever power operated, for the public
use in the conveyance of persons or
property for hire over and upon the
waters within this state (excepting
row boats and sailing boats under
twenty gross tons burden, open
steam launches of five tons gross and
under, and vessels under five gross
tons propelled by gas, fluid, naptha
or electric motors)." The term
common carrier" includes vessel.
Section IA prov .des that Every
common carrier shall file with the
Commission and shall print and keep
open to the public inspection sched-
ules showing the rates, fares,
charges and classification for the
transportation of persons and prop
erty within the state between each
point upon its route and all other
points thereon; and between each
point upon its route and all points
upon every other route leased,
operated or controlled by it; and be-
tween each point on its route or up
|on any route leased, operated or
CONT oiled by it and all points upon
the route of any other common
carrier, whenever through route
and joint rate shall have been
established or ordered between any
two such points. So Such sched-
aufe shsll be plainly printed in large
type, and a copy thereof shall be kept
by every such carrier readily access
sibfe to and for inspection by the
public in every = office of such
carrier were passengers or property
are respectively received for trans
portation when such office is
in charge of any agent =. The
Commission may, in its discretion,
suspend the operation of this section
in whole or in part as applied to
vessels engaged in jobbing business
not operating on regular routes"
The act provides for charging only
the published rates and prohibits
changing rates except after 80 days
notice filed with the Commission.
1t also provides penalties for a
violation of any of its provisions.
Another important section of the
law reads as follows:
No common carrier shall charge,
demand, collect or receive greater
or less or different compensation for
transportation of person or property
or for any service in connection
herewith, than the rates, fares and
charges applicable to such transpor-
tation as specified in it's schedules
filed and in effect at the time; nor
shall any such carrier refund or re-
nit in any manner, or by any device
any portion of the rates, fares. or
charges so specified excepting upon
order of the Commission as herein
after provided, nor extend to any
shipper or person any privileges or
facilities in the transportation of
passengers or property except such
as are regularly and uniformly ex-
tended to all persons and corpora
tions under like circumstances. No
common carrier shall directly issue
or give any free ticket, free pass or
free or reduced transportation for
passengers between points within
the State, except to its employees and
their families, its officers, agents,
attorneys, etc."
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