The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-25


| passes or franks or free service be-
corporations and common carriers. FOR
their officers, agents. smpioyes. attor-
members OF their families. nor to pre-
| sion rates. and telephone and Telegraph
| companies to make reduced rates tenn
porariiy. II extended to all corporations
(b5 Except as in this act otherwise
provided, no public utility shall charge.
| less or different compensation for any
| product or commodity furnished or to
| dered or to be rendered, than the rates,
tolls. rentals and charges applicable to
as sen specified eDd' In is seHeSsies on ii file
| and In effect at the time. nor shall any
such public ntilIty refund or remit d.
rates, tolls, rentals and charges SO spe-
or person any FORM OF contract or
agreement as to rates. tolls. rentals
eacept ene enass such as are regularly % and uni.
formly extended to all corporations and
| persons; provided. that messages by
| to the provisions OF this act. may be
classified by the utility into day. night.
cial press, government and such other
classes as are Just and reasonable. and
cntes be shasgea for fne
| yided. further. that nothing in this act
shall be construed to prevent telegraph.
| entering into contracts with common
carriers for the exchange of services
at rates common to all common car
Section IS. Every telegraph and
telephone corporatisSn s shall print pt and
mission schedules showing all the
rates, fares. lolls. rentals. charges and
messages or conversations between ali
points within this state upon its lines
state stat sp%se Upon Every Inc % leased 'o operated
points on its line or upon any lines
within this state and upon the line OF
any other telegraph or telephone cor.
Joint rate shall have been established
between any two such points.
,ssS SECTION ig Eixcep; as In this act pro,
respect. make or grant any preference
son 20 or subject any corporation or per- per-
son to any prejudice or disadvantage.
aaRl'c any Stii
as between localities 9I as between
power, eiectrIc light and gas com
Changes and plants in different local
tiles, and toll charges for ,elephqne
location Of exchanges. toll stations aud
plants may be con1idered In fixing
ter. power. electric light and gas com
panies.
be taken to prohibit any public utility
from itself profiting. to the extent per
mitted by the commission. from any
which II may make, and from distribut-
Ing by way of dividends. or otherwise
ma he 40 untitled
Section 81. Nothing in this act shall
be taken to prohibit corporation or
heat, light, water or power. or telo-
tablishing a sliding scale Of charges;
provided. that a schedule showing such
ssas Of shall rTs hawe nG sssb sssb
approved by il. Nothing IN this aet
corporation or person from entering
into an arrangement for a. fixed period
Charges aPr sse for hsss sSt %aeer or powea
or telegraph or telephone service. IN
relation to the dividends to be paid to
stockholders of such corporation. or the
or corporation; provided. that sched-
| such arrangement shall first have been
filed with the commission and such
schedule and each rate set out therein
Section a2. Every common carrier
shall afford all reasonable. proper and
ficIent interchange and transfer OF pas
sengers, tonnage and cars. loaded or
or ieased by e ana the
and shall make such Interchange and
| tion between shippers. passengers or
carriers either as to .compensation
afforded. Every railroad corporation
| shall receive from every other railroad
corpcration. at any point Of connection;
same either to destination. II the desti;;
or controlled by such railroad corpora
tion. or to point Of transfer according
upon " the e', line of = some @ sGn other raiiroad %
corporation. but this. act shall not be
construed as requiring any common
mon earlier engaged in like business;
shall be Construed Isl led as siu in any wise Inn
ting or modifying the duty of a com
mon carrier to establish Joint rates
the lines owned. operated, controlled
| common carriers. nor as In any man
ner limiting or modifying the power of
the commission to require the estab,
| charges.
| Section 2s. ta) No common carrier
or any officer or agent thereof, or any
| shall. by means of known false billing,
classification, weight. weighing. or re-
| or means assist. suffer or permit any
| corporation or person to obtain trans
| portation for any person or 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
| false weight or Weighing. false repre-
| sentation as to contents or substance
| OF a package. or false report or state
| ment of weight, or by any other de-
| Vice or means whether with or with
| 0ffiCers