Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29
NINTH PROPOSITION.
REFERENDUM ORDERED ny THE
PETITION OF THE PEOPLE.

senate bill No. III, enacted by the
Forty-seyenth General Assembly. Pros
yiding the minimum number OF eru-
pIoyees in crews ON passenger, mail,
express and freight trains, respectively,
operated in the state Of Missourij maxi
ing Il unlawful for railroad and railway
companies to operate such character OF
trains without such respective mini
mum number of employees I'm said
crews, and prescribing penalties fSE
violations of said act.
SENATE BILL NO. III.
An act to promote the safety Of en-
moves and travellers upon railroads
and railways in whole or IN part
within the state Of Missouri, while
operated within said state by any
nerson. persons, partnership, or cor
noration. either as owner, lessee, or
receiver. in any commerce, trafhc.
TRANSPORTATION or intercourse between
two or more points or places. wholly
within said state by compelling said
person, persons, partnership, or cor
poration to properly man their trains
and locomotives, and providing for
violations thereof.
lie Il enacted by the General Assembly
Of the State Of Missouri, as fo1ioios:
Section 1. 1t shall be Unlawful for
any person, persons. partnership or
cornnration. while operating either as
owner, lessee, or receiver any rairoad
or railway, in whole or in part, within
this state, in any commerce, trattlc'
Transportation. or intercourse, between
two or more points or places wholly
within this state. to operate, or permit
To he operated in any such commerce,
traffic. transportation. or intercourse, any
passenger, mail. or express train, not
e~auipped with a crew consisting OF at
least one engineer, one fireman, one
conductor, and one fiagman, or 10 oper-
ate or permit to be operated in any
such commerce., traffic. transportation
or intercourse any passenger, man OF
express train composed OF SIX cars Vi
more not equipped with a crew CONSIST
ing of at least one engineer, one fireman.
one conductor, one fiagman and one
brakeman; provided this section, In SO
far as IL requires a brakeman, IN aoui-
ton to the engineer. fireman, conductor
and hagman on passenger, man anu eA-
press trains, shall not apply to such
trains carrying less than three coaches
for the transportation of passengers
Section 2. That it shall be unlawtnl ior
or corporation. while operating within
this state, either as owner, lessee OF
receiver, any railroad or railway m
whole or in part within the state 10
onerate or permit to be operated in any
such commerce., traffic, transportation, or
Intercourse. described in section i OF TINS
act, any freight train composed q
less than forty cars, not equipped WIN
a crew consisting Of at least one engineer
one fireman, one conductor, one flagman'
and one brakeman, or to operate OF per-
nit to be operated in any such com
merce, traffic, transportation or lnterS
.u.r,o frnfuhf train C0mnOSe0 Oh
forty cars or more not quipped WIN a
crew consisting Of at least n engineer
one fireman, one conductor, one flagnan'
and two brakemen; provided that noun
ing in this act contained shall apply to
relief or wrecking trains in any ease
where a sufficient number OF men 70 com
ply with this act are not avallaple LOT
service on such relief or wrecklng tTalhs'
nor any train consisting of only a loco
motive when the crew OF such train con-
sists Of at least one engineer, one IRE
man and one conductor, provided, Iurther,
that all local or way freight trains, DONG
local switching. loading or unloading local
freight shall he equipped with a crew
consisting Of at least one conductor, one
engineer, one fireman, n flagman' and
two bTakemen.
Sec. 8. This act shall not apply to
branch or independent lines OF less
than forty-fve (45) miles in length.
Sec. 4. Any person, persons partner
ship, or corporation, while operating
within said state, either as owner
lessee, or receiver, any railroad or rail-
way in whole or in part within said
state. as stated in the foregoing sec.
ton of this act, and violating any of
the provisions Of this act, shall, as to
each train. or locomotive used, run or
operated in violation of the provisions
OF this act be liable to the state of
Missouri in a penalty Of not less than
one hundred, nor more than five hun
dred dollars for each o~ffense, and such
peuaIty shall he recovered, and suit
therefor shall he brought in the name