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Section 10. Unless the commission
otherwise orders, no change shaiI De
made by any public utility In any rate
fare, toll, rental, charge or classiilca-
tion, or in any rule or regulation re-
lating to or affecting any rate, rare,
service, except AFTER thirty 900 days
notice to the commission and to the
public as herein provlded. Sueh NOTICE
shall be given by filing with the CON-
Inspection new schedules stating plain
ly the change or changes TO be mace
In the schedule or schedules then IN
force and the time when the change
or changes will go into effect. me
commission. for good cause shown.
may allow changes without requiring
tho thirty days notice herein provided
for, by an order specifying the changes
SO to be made and the time when they
shall take effect, and the manner IN
which they sha, e es eo is a proposed
in any rate. fare, toll, rental, charge
or classification. or In any rule or reg.
ulation relating to or oh any
ification or service, attention shall be
directed to such change on the sched-
ule filed with the commission, by some
mission. Immediately preceding or FOL
section 1s. The names Of the .,ivs
erai pyo3 s,n at tart wn nate a fare toll
Classification or charge shall be spe-
Gifted in the schedule or schedules
showing the same; Unless osn ,.eeI,ie
sh owing such joint tariff, rate, fare.
toll. classification or charge need be
filed with the commission by only one
there is also filed with the commission
in such form as the commission may
require a concurrence In such JOINT
tariff, rate fare, toll. classification or
charge by each of the other parties
thereto.
Section IT,. ta) 1. No common carrier
subject to the provisions of this act
shall continue in the transportation of
persons or property, between points
within this state. longer than said
ninety days allowed for filing It's
schedule as aforesaid, unless its sched-
ules of rates, fares, charges and classi-
fications shall have been filed and pup
lished in accordance with the provi-
sions of this act.
q No common carrier shall charge.
demand. collect or receive greater or
less or different compensation for the
transportation of persons or property
or for any service in connection there
with, than the rates. fares and charges
applicable to such transportation as
specified in its schedules filed and In
effect at the time. nor shall any such
carrier refund or remit In any manner
or by any device any portion of the
rates, fares or charges so specified, eX-
cept upon order of the commission as
hereinafter provided, nor extend to any
corporation or person any privilege or
facility in the transportation of pas
sengers or property except such as are
regularly and uniformly. extended to
all corporations and persons, provided,
that common carriers may make spe-
cial shipment of perishable products
and live stock, and handle the same
accordingly; and, provided, further.
that the commission may by rule or
order permit such exceptions from the
operation of this prohibition as it may
consider 1t just and reasonable as to
each public utility.
3. No public utility, subject to the
provisions of this act shall, directly or
indirectly. issue or give or grant any
free ticket, free pass or free transport
tation for passengers or property. be-
tween points within this state, or free
passes or franks or service by tele-
graph or telephone companies, except
to its officers, employees, agents. at
torneys. surgeons, physicians and
members of their families: to the Of
ficers. agents, employees. attorney,
surgeons and physicians of other COM
mon carriers. and telephone and tele-
graph companies. and members of
employees. post office inspectors. news
boys on trains, baggage agents. per-
sons injured In accidents or wrecks,
and physicians attending such per-
sons. and to the carriage, free or at
reduced rates. of property or persons.
or messages for the United States or
state governments. or for charitable
of general epidemic, pestilence or other
calamitous visitation, and property to
and from fairs or expositions for ex-
hibit thereat; also contractors and
their employees, material or supplies
for use or engaged in carrying out
their contracts with said carriers. for
construction, operation or maintenance
work or work incidental thereto on the
line of the issuing carrier, to the ex-
tent only that such free or reduced
rate transportation Is provided for In
IN NUh oh he
contract is based and In the contract
itself; provided. that nothing In this
act contained shall be construed to
prohibit the issue of passes or franks.
or to give free service by telegraph
or telephone corporations to their Of
ficers. agents, employees, attorneys.
OF their families, or the exchange of
passes or franks or free service be-
tween such telegraph and teleph one
corporations and common carriers, for
their officers, agents, employees, attor-
neys, physicians and surgeons, and
members of their families, nor to pre-
vent common carriers to make excur-
sion rates, and telephone and telegraph
companies to make reduced rates tenn
porarily. II extended to all corporations
and persons alike.
OBJ Except as in this act otherwise
provided. no public utility shall charge.
demand. collect or receive a greater or
less or different compensation for any
product or commodity furnished or to
be furnished, or for any service rem
dered or to be rendered, than the rates,
tolls, rentals and charges applicable to
such product or commodity or service
as specified In its schedules on file
and In effect at the time. nor shall any
such public utility refund or remit d.
rectly or indirectly, in any manner or
rates, tolls, rentals and charges so spe-
Gifted, nor extend to any corporation
or person any form OF contract or
agreement as to rates, tolls, rentals
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except such as are regularly and uni
formly extended to all corporations and
persons; provided. that messages by
telegraph, telephone or cable, subject
to the provisions OF this act, may be
classified by the utility Into day. night,
repeated. unrepeated, letter, CONNER