The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-01

to such railroad more than its local
rate. fare. or charge whenever Il Will
shall have the power to establish and
| fix through routes and joint rates,
rares r1ars or enarses , over eomm2n n n ear and
| to fix the division of such Joint rates.
| fares or charges.
Section 33. The commission shall
| have power, after hearing had upon
| Its own motion or upon complaint, by
| general or special orders. rules or reg
ulations, or otherwise. to require every
| common carrier to maintain and oper-
ate its line. plant. system. equi pment.
manner as to promote and safeguard
the health and safety of Its employees.
| other things. the Installation. use.
maintenance and operation of appro-
/ pirate safety or other devices or ap-
| pliances, including interlocklng and
| other protective devices at grade
other systems OF signalling. to estab.-
| lish uniform or other standards OF
equipment. and to require the perform
| ance of any other act which the health
or safety OF Its. employees. Messengers.
customers or the public may demand.
| yestigate the cause of all accidents oc-
curing within this state upon the
recily or indirectly arising from or
| connected with its maintenance or
operation, resulting in loss OF iite or
| injury to person or property and re-
| qulring. in the judgment of the COM
| mission, investigation by It, and shall
Recommendation with respect thereto
| as In its judgment may SEEM Just and
ordep sao nor Observation-Disclosures recommendation OF the COM mn
mission. nor any accident report filed
with the commission. shall be admitted
] as evidence In any action for damages
based on or arising out of the loss
| of life. or injury to person or properly
lie utility is hereby required to file
with the commission. under such rules
and regulations & as the commission ar, sns,n
| dent SO occurring of such kinds or
classes as the commission may from
Section IS. (a) The commission sub
| ject to the provisions of this act. shall
have power to provide by proper rules
and regulations the time within which
| all railroad corporations shall furnish.
after demand therefor. all cars. equip
handling of freight in carload and less
than carload lots. the time within
| cars shall load the same. and the time
within which consignees or persons to
whom freight may be &c, CONSIGNED as l as shail an
ceive freight from the freight rooms,
and to provide penalties to be paid for
poratIons, consignors and consignees to
conform to such rules: Charges for de-
murrage shall be uniform SO that the
| shipper or consignee and railroad cor
poration for an equal number OF cars
Gb5 The commission shall also have
yus Which bo~ EXPRESS packages shall be re-
| ceiyed, gathered, transported and de-
| iivered at destination. and the limits
| gathered and distributed.
Section SO. la) The commission shall
have power. after hearinp had upon Its
| own motion or upon complaint. to as
| certain and fix just and reasonable
standards. classifications. regulations,
be furnished. imposed. observed and
| followed by all electric light, gas and
fsa Wa'e aseo9ate and serviceabie standards
| for the measurement of quality. guam
| tity. pressure. initial voltage or other
| the product, commodity or service fur
nished or rendered by any such public
utility; to prescribe, reasonable regula-
| of such product, commodity or service
| and for the measurement thereof; to
| establish reasonable rules, regulations,
| specifications and standards to secure
| the accuracy of all meters and appli-
| vide for the examination and testing of
| any and all appliances used for the
| ity or service of any such public util-
tb) The commissioners and their Of
| ficers and employees shall have power
| to enter upon any premises occupied
by any such PUBLIC utility. for the pur,;
tssts al and ekerssne any OF the other
powers provided for in this act. and to
set up and use on such premises any
| apparatus and appliances necessary
| therefor. The agents and employees of
such public utility shall have the right
| examinations and tests.
Section 81. The commission shall
have power to ascertain the value of
this state and every fact which in It's
| Judgment may or does have any bear
4 ..1.,f n mn m ms q Itta ton
| from time to time and to ascertain all
| new construction, extensions and ad-
ditions to the property of every public
| utility.
Section ss. The commission shall
have power to establish a system OF
tiles tiles subject to its Jurisdiction, or to
| classify said public utilities and to es-
| tablish system OF account for each
| which such accounts shall be kept. The
| system of accounts established by the
| records and memoranda prescribed by
| II shall not be Inconsistent in the case
Of corporations subject to the provl-
| IAN act to regulate commerce." ap-
| proved February fourth. eighteen hun
| dred and eighty-seven and the acts
amendatory thereof and supplementary
| thereto. with the systems and forms
| corporations by the Interstate com
| merce, commission, but nothing herein
contained shall affect the power of the
| commission to prescribe forms of ac-
| counts, records and memoranda cover
| ing information in addition to that re-
| quired by the interstate commerce
| commission.
Section 49, The commission shall,
after hearing, require any or all pub
| lie utilities to carry proper and ade-
i quate depreciation account In accord
ance with such rules. regulations and
| forms of account as the commission
| may prescribe. The commission may,
| from time to time, ascertain and de-
| termine and by order fix the proper
| and adequate rates of depreciation of
| the several classes of property of each
| public utility, where those fixed by the
| utility are not sufficiently large.
| Each public utility shall conform Its
depreciation accounts to the rates so
ascertained, determined and fixed. and