The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-10-16

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 OF 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 flagman, or to
operate Of permit to be operated in
any such commerce, traffic, transpor-
tation, or intercourse any passenger,
mail or express train, composed of
SIX cars or more not equipped with
a crew consisting of ut least one cngi-
neer, one fireman, one conductor, one
fagman and one brakeman; provided
this section, in so far as it requires
a brakeman, in addition to the engi-
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.
Section .. That it shall be un-
lawful for any such person, persons.
! partnership or corporation, while OPP
| 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 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
| ped with crew consisting of at least
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
wrecking 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 a crew
consisting of at least one conductor,
one engineer, one fireman, one flag
man and two brakeman.
Sec. 3. This shall not apply to
branch or independent lines of less
than forty-tive t45) miles in length.
Sec. j. Any person, persons,
partnership, or corporation, while OPP
Grating within said state, either as
owner. lessee or receiver, any rail
road or railway, in whole or in part
within said state, as stated in the
foregoing section Of this act, and vio-
lating any of the provisions of this
act, shall, as to each train, or loco
motive used, run or operated in vio-
latlon Of the provisions Of this act
he liable to the state of Missouri in a
penalty of not less than one hundred,
nor more than five hundred dollars
for each offense, and such penalty
shall be recovered, and suit therefor
shall be brought in the name of the
state of Missouri, by the attorney
general, or under his direction in any
court Of comeptent jurisdiction in the
county in said state into or through
which such railroad or railway may
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 may
be run or be operated, or by the cir
cult attorney in the city Of st. Louis
provided, the penalty prescribed ir
this section shall not apply during
strikes Of men in train service on
the lines involved
! Approved April l6, 1918.