Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-05-09
CHAPTER SO7-S. F. No. l4S.

AN ACT to promote. the safety Of employees
and travellers on railroads by requiring com.
in the State of Minnesota to establish and
maintain a safe and sufficient clearance be-
tween structures located on and over thei,
roadWays and cars passing over their lines
and for other purposes.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature Of the STATE
Section i. That the provisions of this act
shall apply to any corporation or receiver there:
Of or to any person or persons per- while engaged
railroad Of passengers or property within this
state to which the regulative powers Of this
state extend, except railways operated by the
see That sha on and after the passage o.
carrier, or any other person, to erect or re-
construct and thereafter maintain on any stand
ard gauge road on its line on any standard
gauge side track used in connection Herewith
Tor use in any traffic mentioned In Section Ont
Of this act, any warehouse, coal chute, stool
pen, pole, mail crane, stand pipe. hog drencher
struction, or in excavating allow any empank
fnent of earth natural rock to remain upor
In connection Herewith at a. distance Of les!
than eight feet measured from the center
tho aas saa
nor shall any overhead wires, bridges. viaduc
or other obstruction passing over or above
structed at a less height than twenty-one (21
feet, measured from the top Of the track rail
mission may upon application made, after 9
thorough investigation, permit any common
carrier to which this act applies to erect any
lance from the track than herein provided for
when IN the ELY judgment OF saia Commission on
a'a with the clearance prescribed here
See. 1. That on and after the passage Of
this act 1t shall be unlawful for any sucf
the movement Of traffic within the reg1lativ,
Guch track a distance of Less than
teen feet from the center line Of any othel
parallel track which 1t adjoins.
construed as applying to tracks to be uset
wholly for the purpose Of switching or stor
Se
closer proximity to each other than Thirteen
(13) feet measured from the center line Of an,
track which it adjoins; provided, that the dis
lance between said tracks specified In Section!
four and i've Of this act may be diminished o.
closed up a necessary distance for track inter
Sec. g. mat on and after the SSD pss..s. o
mon carrier to permit the space between sucl
Of its tracks as are ordinarily used by yard
their duties, to become or remain obstructee
by any foreign obstacle that will interfere will
the work Of said employees or subject said EN-
tween or beside said tracks as aforesaid, ant
between the rails Of said tracks must be KEEP
in such condition as to permit said employees t
pass over between said tracks or to use tn
same by day or night and under all weathe
conditions without unnecessary hazard; pro-
company has already begun work on depressin,
q portion Of its tracks, within the corporate
trnet with A such or iS
act shall not apply to any depression Of tn
tracks Of such company lying wholly within
to the provisions Of this act Violating any Of tn
and
ture or obstruction is maintained in violation
of this act, shall constitute separate Of
Tense. such penalty to be recovered In q sui
or suits to be brought in the name Of tn,
Under h his direction IN any court having juris
aet9n thereof erect In the locality wers such
der the direction Of the State Railroad ant
Warehouse Commission to bring such suits up
on duly verified information being lodged witt
committed. and it shall also be the duty OF
said state Rai1r rf4s an and Warehouse Commits
formation Of any such violation az may come
TO its knowledge.
Inspectors Of the Bureau Of Labor, Industrie!
end Commerce, to report to the Railroad ane
warehouse commission n. ard and to the Attorne!
act Of which they may obtain knowledge.
Sec. g.. That any employe Of said common
DUTY and while engaged in any commerce men
toned subject to the regulative power OF thi.
act in Section One may be injured or kille<
b., reason Of a violation Of Section six Of thi,
tion erected or maintained prior to the passag,
Of this act, or In violation Of the provisions o
this act In closer proximity to the rails thar
hereinbefore provided, shall not be deemed t.
have assumed the risk thereby occasioned o.
to have been guilty Of contradictory negligenc,
although the employee continued In the emplo!
Of such common carrier after tho use If sucl
permanent overhead side structure or OBJ.
struction Of any kind or character mentioned II
this act shall have been brought to hi
knowledge; and an exercise Of the permission
provided for in Section Three Of this act shall
Re at the sole risk of the carrier.
Sec. 10. This act shall take effect and be II
force from and after its passage.
Approved April 16, 1913. T.