The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-11

| passea or franks or free service be-
corporations and common carriers. for
their officers, agents. employees, attor-
membsrs Of their families nor % to pre- M
vent common carriers to make excur-
sion rates, and telephone and Telegraph
porariiy. II extended TO all corporations
and psrsons alike.
| provided. no public utility shall charge.
demand, collect or receive a greater
prod1ct or commodity fSrnished or ans 70
be furnished. or for any service rem
dered or TO be rendered. than tho rates,
tolls. rentals and charges applicable TO
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
pStes tolis rentas ANY ana Sar9es 90 90 spe
cified. nor extend to any corporation
or person any form OF contract or
and charges or any rule or regulation
except such as are regularly and uni
| persons; provided. that messages by
| telegraph, telephone or cable. subject
TO the provisions Of this act. may be
repeated, unrepeated. letter. CONNER
cial. press. government and such other
classes as are just and reasonable. and
different rates may be charged for the
| different classes of messages; and, pro-
vided. further. that nothing In this act
telephone And cable companies from
entering into contracts with. commsn
carriers for the exchange of services
at rates common to all common car
riers OF like class.
telephone corporation shall print and
file or cause to be filed with the COM
mission sshedn,ss shSwins sgar all shs
classifications for the transmission OF
messages or conversations between all
points within this state upon its lines
and between all points within this
state upon every line leased. operated
or controlled BY IL. and between ali
leased, operated or controlled by II
within this state and upon the line of
any other telegraph or telephone cor
poratfon whenever through line and
Joint rate shall have been established
Section 10. Except as In this act pro-
vided. no public utility shall. as to
respect, make. or grant any preference
or advantage to any corporation or per-
son or subject any corporation or per-
No public utility shall establish or
maintain any unreasonable difference
as as b between efi i ioeaiities " or ' as between
classes OF service provided, that as to
telegraph teleplhone' heat; water, water,
panies uniformity OF rates as to ex-
changes and plants In different local
service ss'psl "q between t% different i iocaiities
need not be observed. and geographical
plants may be considered in fixing
rates by telegraph. telephone, heat. wa
ter. power. electric light and gas COM
Section 20. Nothing In this act shall
be taken to prohibit any. public utility
mitted by the commission, from any
economies. efficiencies or improvements
which It may make, and from s distribut.
disposins Of. the profits to which 1t
may be so entitled. -
be taken to prohibit corporation or
person engaged in the production, gem
sratop or pows te,o ol
graph or telephone service. from es-
tabiishing a sliding scale of charges;
scale OF charges shall first have been
filed with the commission and such
ps SS zach % Nosss sst n Gp tss therein ss1
shall, be taken to prohibit any such
| corporation or person from entering
| for the automatic adjustment OF
charges for heat. light. water or power,
relation to the dividends to be paid to
| ockhoders of such corporation, or the
eo to be Sy tsaf seh
| ule showing the scale of charges under
such arrangement shall first have been
| schedule and each rate set out therein
approved by 1t.
Section 22. Every common carrier
shall afford all reasonable. proper and
ficient interchange and transfer OF pas
sengors, tonnage and cars, loaded or
| ated. controlled or leased by 1t and the
ana ns' shall & make sn such fa i1terchanse frd and
| transfer promptly without discrimina-
tion between shippers. passengers or
afforded. Every railroad corporation
| corporation at any point of connection,
freight cars Of proper standard and
same either to destination. II the desti-
nation be upon a line owned, operated
or controlled by such railroad corpora
to route billed. If the destination be
upon the line of some other railroad
construed as requiring any common
carrier to give the use of its tracks
or terminal fas,ss to another
| Nothing In this section contained
| shall be construed as in any wise lin
mon carrier to establish joint rates.
| fares and charges for the transporta-
| tion of passengers and property over
/ or leased by 1t and the lines of other
| common carriers. nor as In any man
| the commission to require the estab-
lishment of such joint rates. fares and
| charges.
| Section 23 (a) No common carrier.
| or any officer or agent thereof, or any
| person acting for or employed by 1t,
| shall. by means of known false billing.
| classification, weight. Weighing. or re-
| port of weight, or by any other device
| or means assist. suffer or permit any
Cooperation or person 10 OBTAIN trans-
| portation for any person property
| between points within this state at less
| than the rates and fares then estab
| lished and In force as shown by the
| schedules filed and in effect at the
| time. No person. corporation, or any
officer, agent or employee of cor
| poration shall. by means of false bill
| Ing, false or incorrect classification,
| false weight or Weighing. false repre-
| sentation as to contents substance
| of n package. or false report or state
| ment of weight, or by any other de-
| vice or means, whether with or with
| out tho consent or connivance of a
| common carrier or any of its officers.