The Monte Vista journal., 1912-10-26

so Son &c or subject any corporation or per-
son to any prejudice or Disadvantage.
No public utility shall estab sfs oe
maintain any unreasonable dltteIence
\ as to rates, charges or service, eltnes
as between localities or as ,ba oe' as to
classes Of set tsleebdpn roVi'f heat water
nower. electric light and gas COM
| panies, uniformity of rates as 70 ex
changes and plants In ditieren a!p r1n
service between different localities,
need not be observed. and geographlca,
location of exchanges toIi s'a IN fixinS
Rates by telegraph, telephone, heat. wa
, ter power, electric light and gas COM
Section 20. Nothing in this act shall
he taken to prohibit any public utility
| from itself profiting. to the extent per.
mitted by etf ae eos or improVements
| which IL may make, and from distribut-
ing by way of dividends, or otherwise
disposs Isl g on en;t,t the pfoi''' "
'iis section ri. Nothing in this act shall
be taken to prohibit corporation or
person engaged in the production, gen.
eration. transmission or furnishing of
heat, light water orupower, or tele-
graph or telephone service, from es
provided. that a schedule showing such
scale of charges shall first have peen
| filed with the commission ana suGn
approved by it. Nothing In this act
sbaiI be taken to prohibit any such
! corporation or person from ehIerinS
| into an arrangement for fiXed perioo
for the automatic adjustment OF
| charges for heat, light, water or power,
| or telegraph or telephone SerVice;; ~
| relation to the DIVIDEND to pc pald 70
| stockholders Of such corporation, or the
profit to be realized by such person
or corporation; provided, that scneo
nile showing the scale of charges under
such ARRANGEMENT shall first have been
| filed with the commission and such
schedule and each rate set out therein
Section 20. Every common carrier
shall afford all reasonable. proper ana
equal facilities for the prompt and ef-
| ficient Interchange and transfer or pas
! sengers, tonnage and cars, loaded or
| empty, between the lines owned, oper-
ated, controlled or leased by 1t and the
| lines of every other common carrier;
and shall make such interchange and
| transfer promptly without discrimina-
ton between shippers. passengers or
| charged, service rendered or facilities
afforded. Every railroad corporation
shall receive from every other raiif ttS
| freight cars of proper standard and
! in proper condition, and shall haul the
same either to destination, If the destl,
! nation be upon a line owned, operator
or controlled by such railroad corpora
ton. or to point of transfer according
! to route billed, If the destination be
! corporation, but this act shall not be
construed as requiring any common
carrier to give the use of Its tracks
or terminal facilities to another COM
mon carrier engaged in like business:
Nothing in this section contained
iting or modifying the duty of a COM
mon carrier to establish joint rates.
fares and charges for the transporta-
ton of passengers and property over
or leased by it and the lines of other
common carriers, nor as In any man.
ner limiting or modifying the power of
the commission to require the estab,,
| lishment of such joint rates, fares ana
| charges.
Section %. (a) No common carrier.
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
corporation or person to obtain trans
| portation for any person or property
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 a cor
poration shall, by means of false bill
| ing, false or incorrect classification.
| 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
| out the consent or connivance of a
| common carrier or any of it's officers,
agents or employees, seek to obtain or
| obtain such transportation for such
| property at less than the rates then
established and in force therefor.
OBJ No person or corporation, or any
officer agent or employee of cor
| poration, shall knowingly, directly or
indirectly, by any false statement or
representation as to cost or value, or
the nature or extent of an injury. or
by the use of any false billing, bill of
! lading, receipt, voucher. roll, account
claim, certificate, affidavit or deposit
ton, or upon any false. fictitious or
| fraudulent statement or entry, obtain
or attempt to obtain any allowance,
rebate or payment for damage, in con-
nection with or, growing out of the
transportation of persons or property
or an agreement to transport such per-
| sons or property whether with or
without the consent or connivance of
| common carrier or any of It's officers
agents or employees. nor shall any
| common carrier, or any officer, agent
or employee thereof knowingly pay or
or claim for damage.
Section "a. All common carriers ac-
| cepting live stock and perishable fruit
under the provisions of this act must
move from point of origin to destina-
ton within the state at an average
where prevented by an unavoidable ac-
| cident or unusual storm.
| Section rs. After delivery of the car
or cars to the applicant by the com.
mon carrier. forty-eight hours shall be
allowed to the applicant to load said
cars. computing from seven a. M the
DAY following the delivery of the cars,
and upon failure so to do the common
carrier shall be entitled to collect from
4 SAID applicant the sum OF one dollar
| per DAY for each car not returned
loaded to the common carrier within
the time thus allowed. and IL the APP
pllcant shall not use the cars applied
| Tor the common carrier shall be en-
tilted 10 collect the sum of one dollar
per car per day and reasonable