The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-10-30
and locomotives, and providing for
violations thereof.

and locomotives, and providing for
violations thereof.
Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, Of the State of Missouri, as fol-
lows
Section /. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person, persons, partnership or
corporation, while operating either as
owner, lessee, or receiver, any rail-
road or railway, in whole or in part.
within this state, in any commerce,
| traffic, transportation, or intercourse,
| between two or more points or plac-
es wholly within this state, to OPP
crate, or permit to be operated in
any such commerce, traffic, trans.
| portation, or intercourse, any pas
senger, mail or express train, not
equipped with crew consisting OF
| at least one engineer, one fireman.
one conductor, and one fiagman, or to
| operate of permit to be operated in
any such commerce, traffic, transpor-
tatlon, or intercourse any passenger,
| mail or express train, composed of
SIX cars or more not equipped with
Il crew consisting of at least one cngi-
neer, one fireman, one conductor, one
| flagman and one brakeman; provided
this section, in so far as it requires
brakeman, in addition to the cngi-
neer, fireman, conductor and flagman,
on passenger, mail and express trains,
shall not apply TO such trains carry
ing less than three coaches for the
transportation of passengers.
Gaptipp frb,t !, l.
lawful for any such person, persons,
partnership or corporation, while op-
Grating within this state, either as
owner, lessee. or receiver, any rail
road or railway, in whole or in part.
within the state to operate or permit
to be operated in any such commerce,
traffic, transportation, or intercourse,
described in section ! of this act, any
freight train composed OF less TINA
forty cars not equipped with Il crew
consisting Of at least one engineer,
one fireman, one conductor, one flag
man and one brakeman, or to operate
or permit to be operated in any such
commerce, traffic, transportation or
intercourse, any freight train COM
posed of forty cars or more not equip-
one engineer, one fireman, one con-
ductor one iiagman, and two brake
men; provided, that nothing in this
act contained shall apply to relief or
wrecklng trains in any case where a
sufficient number of men to comply
with this act are not available for
service on such relief or wrecking
trains, nor any train consisting of
only locomotive when the crew Of
such train consists of at least one en-
gineer, one fireman and one conduc-
tor, provided. further, that all local
or way freight trains, doing local
switching, loading or unloading local
freight shall be equipped with n crew
consisting Of at least one conductor.
one engineer, one fireman, one hap-
man and two brakeman.
Sec; 3. This shall not apply to
branch or independent lines of less
imam torty-five (45) miles in length,
sec. d. Any person, persons
partnership, or corporation, while on.
Grating within said state, either n
owner. lessee or receiver, any rail
foaa or railway, in whole or in part
wiIhlh SAID state, as stated in the
foregoing section Of this act, and yio-
latlng, any of the provisions of tbis
act, snail, as to each train, or loco
niotiVe used, run or operated in yio-
iatioh OF the provisions of this acr
ne llable to the state of Missouri in n
penalty of not less than one hundred
nor more than five hundred dollar
Tor each offense, and such penaltv
snail be recovered and suit thereof
shall be brought in the name of the
state of Missouri, by the attorney.
general, or under his direction in onv
court of eomeptent jurisdiction in the
county IN said state into or through
which such railroad or railway NAV
run or be operated, or by the prose
cutting attorney of any county in said
state through, or into, or out of
which such railroad or railway NAV
be run or be operated. or by the cir,
cut attorney in the city of st. Louis.
provided, the penalty prescribed ir
inns section shall not apply during
strikes of men in train service on
the lines involved. N vi
Approved April 1G, 1913