Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-10-29
NINTH PROPOSITION.
REFERENDUM ORDERED BY
PETITION OF THE PEOPLE.

REFERENDUM ORDERED BY HI
PETITION OF ii PEOPLE.
Senate bill No. III. enacted by the
FOrty-scVenfh General Assembly. Pro-
Niding the minimum number Of en-
pIOyees in crews on passenger, mail,
express and freight trains, respectively,
operated in the state of MiSsOuri; maxi
ing it unlawful for railroad and railway
companies to operate such character of
trains without such respective mimi
mum number of employees in said
crews, and prescribing penalties for
violations of said act.
SENATE Bill NO. III.
An act to promote the safety of en-
pIoyes and travellers upon railroads
and railways in whole or in part
within the state of Missouri. while
operated within said state by any
person, persons, partnership, or cor
poration, either as owner, lessee, or
receiver, in any commerce, traffic,
transportation, or intercourse between
two or more points or places, wholly
within said state by compelling said
person., persons, partnership, or cor
p~oration to properly man their trains.
and locomotives, and providing for
violations thereof.
Ie it enacted By the General Assembly
of the State of Missouri, as foHolos:
Section /. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person, persons, partnership or
corporation, while operating either as
owner, lessee, or receiver any railroad
or railway, in whole or in part, within
this state, in any commerce., traffic,
transportation, or Intercourse, between
two or more points or places wholly
within this state, to operate, or permit
to be operated in any such commerce,
traffic, transportation, or intercourse, any
passenger, mail, or express train, not
aIr1inna7 with a consisting of at
least one engineer. one fireman, one
conductor, and one fiagman, or to oper-
ate or permit to be operated in any
such commerce, traffic, transportation
or intercourse any passenger, mail or
express train composed of six cars or
more not equipped with a crew consist j,
ing of at least one engineer, one fireman,
one conductor, one flagman and one
brakeman; provided this section. in so
far as it requires a brakeman, in addi-
and fagman, on passenger, mail and eX-
press trains, shall not apply to such
trains carrying less than three coaches
for the transportation of passengers
Section .. That it shall be Unlawful for
any such person, persons, partnership,
or corporation; while operating within
receiver, any railroad or railway IN
whole or in part within the state To
operate or permit t. be operated in any
such m traffic, transportation, or
intercourse, described in section l of this
act, any freight train composed of
less than forty cars, not equipped with
a crew consisting of at least one engineer,
one fireman, one conductor. one flagman,
and one brakeman. or to operate 0r per
nit to be operated in any such COM
merce, traffic. transportation or inter
course, any freight train composed of
forty cars or more not equipped with Il
crew consisting of at least one engineer,
one fireman. one conductor. one flaglnan,
and two hrakemen; provided. that moth
ing in this act contained shall apply to
relief or wrecking trains in any case
where a sufficient number of men to com
ply with this act are not available for
service on such relief or wreckinS trains,
nor any train consisting of only a loco
sists of at least one engineer, one fire
man and one conductor, 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
two brakemen.
Sec. 3. This act shall not apply to
branch or independent lines of less
than fOrty-five t45) 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
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
Of this act be liable to the state of
in a penalty of not less than
hundred. nor more than five hun
lTed dollars for each OffenSe, and such
penalty shall he recovered, and suit
therefor shall h" brought in the name