The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-19
WARMING NOTE
TO SHIPPERS
LAW COMPELS THEM TO PROP.
ERlY MARK, WEIGH AND CLAS-
SlFY GOODS.

w. NJ. Apgar, travelling inspector OF
the western weighing and inspection
bureau of Kansas City is here to at
tend the funeral of Judge Russell.
In speaking of his work, Mr.. Apgar
said:
shippers should familiarize them
selves with tariffs and classifications,
rates, rules and requirements, in
order that shipments will be charged
for at the actual rates, as well as
being properly marked and packed.
The Western Weighing and Inspec-
tion Bureau has been instructed, be-
ginning March l, 1914, to bring to
the attention of the interstate COM
merce commission all efforts by
either railroads or shippers to .evade
the classifications and secure less
charges in the aggregate than would
accrue under proper applications of
existing tariffs and classitications.
W ulCu Is Il anu upOh
conviction is punishable by fine of
not exceeding $4,000, or imprison-
ment in the penitentiary for a term
not exceeding two years, or both, in
the discretion of the court"
An extract from the interstate
commerce law says:
ANY person and any officer or
agent of any corporation or COM
pany, or any agent or officer thereof,
who shall deliver property for trans
portation to any common carrier sub
ject to the provisions of this act, or
for whom as consignor or consignee,
any such carrier shall transport prop
erty who shall knowingly and wilfully,
directly or indirectly, himself or by
employe, agent, officer or otherwise,
by false billing, false classification,
false weighing, false representation
of the contents of the package or
the substance of the property false
report of weight, false statement, or
by any other device or means, wheth
er with or without the connivance
of the carrier, its agent Tor agents.,
officer, obtain or attempt to obtain
transportation for such property at
less than the regular rates then es-
tablished and in force on the line of
transportation; or who shall know
ingly and Wilfully, directly or indi-
ectly, himself or by employe, agent,
officer or otherwise, by false state
ment or representation as to cost,
value, nature, or extent of injury or
by the use of any false bill of lad
ing, receipt, voucher roll, account,
claim, certificate, affidavit or dispo-
sition, know the same to be false,
fictitious or fraudulent, or to contain
any false, fictitious or fraudulent
Statement or entry, obtain or attempt
to obtain any allowance, refund or
payment for damage or otherwise in
connection with or growing out OF
the transportation of or agreement to
transport such property, whether with
or without the consent or connivance
of the carrier whereby the compen-
sation of such carrier for such trans
portation, either before or after pay
-, 1nGc than
the regular rates then established and
in force on the line of transportation,
shall be deemed guilty Of fraud,
which is hereby declared a misde-
meanor, and shall, upon conviction
thereof in any court of the United
States of competent jurisdiction,
within the district in which such Of
fense was wholly or in part commit
ted, be subject to fine of not exceed
ing $1,000, or Imprisonment in the
penitentiary for a term of not eX-
ceeding two years, or both, in the
discretion of the court.
Provided, that the penalty of i'm
prisonment shall not apply to arti-
ticial persons"
There are some violators of this
rule in Ardmore," Mr. Apgar said,
"and it is our desire to get them
right before we have to report them"
Fire Last Night.