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AN ACT prescribing the maximum rate to
be charged for the transportation of pas
sengers and his or her, ordinary baggage
nesota, and providing for the enforcement
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Be 1t. enacted by the Legislature Of the State
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Section /. No railroad company owning,
operating, or using line of railroad within.
or partly within the state, of Minnesota shall
charge, collect or receive as compensation for
transporting. any passenger and his or her or
binary baggage, not exceeding in weight one
hundred dfty q50) pounds any sum amount
in excess Of the following prices, viz: For a
per mile; for all other distances for all com
panies for gross earnings Of whose passenger
the
Hundred Eleven (191D, equalled or exceeded
the sum Of one thousand two hundred dollars
per mile for each mile of road operated by
said company, on which regular passenger
service Is maintained, as hereinafter provided
two cents per mile and tor al eonpanies
than one thousand two hundred dollars per
mile OF road operated by said company, three
whenever the earnings Of any company doing
business in this state, as reported to the
Railroad and Warehouse Commission at the
equal or exceed the sum of one rnousand two
hundred dollars per mile of road operated by
saaa company, then in such case said COM
the Railroad and Warehouse Commission, be
required to only receive as compensation for
the transportation OF any passenger, his or
her ordinary baggage, not exceeding in weight
one hundred fifty l5O) pounds, rate only
two cents per mile as hereinbefore provided.
Provided further, That II computing the pas
senger earnings per mile of any company the
earnings and the mileage of all branch roads
owned, leased, controlled or occupied by such
company, exclusive of all spurs and branches
over which such company does not operate
each way daily, except Sunday, at least one
passenger train, mixed train having at
least two passenger coaches or one passenger
coach and baggage car, shall be included In
the computation and the rate of fare shall
be the same on all lines owned, leased, con-
trolled or occupied by such company: Pro-
vided further That company shall charge,
demand or receive any greater compensation
per mile for transportation Of children Of the
age of twelve years under than one-half
That any railroad company may charge a
minimum fare Of five cents for each passen-
ger transported over its roads,. whenever
are propelled or moved by motive power other
than nan steam: The provisions Of this section
ing lines Of railroad in this state.
Sec. 2. Penalties for Violation Any rail-
road company or any officer, agent or repre-
sentative thereof, who shall violate any pro-
visions of this act upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by a fine of not less than
One thousand dollars nor more than five thou
sand dollars together with the cost of prose-
cut1on. Providing further that this Act shall
the provisions of Chapter 493, General Laws
OF Minnesota for the year 1909.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after January 1, 1914.
Approved April &c, 1913.