The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-10-23

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, iessee,' 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 pac-
es wholly within this state, to Oh
crate, or permit to be operated IL
any such commerce, traffic, trans
| portatlon, or intercourse, any pas
senger, mail or express train, not
equipped with crew consisting OF
Mt least one engineer, one fireman
one conductor, and one fagman, 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 at least one cnpi-
heer, one fireman, one conductor. one
iiiagman and one brakeman; provided
tins section. in so far as it requires
brakeman, in addition to the engi-
neer, fireman, conductor and flagman.
on passenger, mail and express trains.
shall not appl y to such trains carry
ing less than three coaches for the
transportation of passengers.
Section 2. That it shall be un-
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,
traillc, transportation, or intercourse,
described IN section / Of this act. an j
freight train composed of less TINA
forty cars not equipped with a 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
pea with a crew consisting of at least
one engineer, one fireman, one con-
ductor, one fiagman, and two brake
men; provided, that nothing in this
act contained shall apply to relief or
"recklng trains in any case where a
sulliclent number of men TO comply
with TINS act are not available for
service on such relief or wreckinp
trans, nor any train consisting of
only locomotive when the crew of
such tram consists Of at least one en-
glheer, one fireman and one conduc-
tor, provided, further, that all local
or way freight trains, doing local
switching, loading or unloading local
freight snail be equipped with crew
consisting of at least one conductor.
one engineer, one fireman, one flag
man and two brakeman.
Sec. 8. This shall not apply TO
branch or Independent lines of less
than iorty-five (45) miles in length.
Sec, a. Any person, persons,
partnership, or corporation, while op-
Grating within said state, either ne
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 vjo-
iating, any of the provisions of this
act, shall, as to each train, or loco
motive used, run or operated in VIC
iatlon of the provisions Of this act
be liable to the state of Missouri in n
penalty of not less than one hundred
nor more than five hundred dollars
Tor each oiFcnse, and such penalty
ahail be recovered, and suit therefor
snail be brought in the name of the
state OF Missouri, by the attorney
general. or under his direction in any
court OF comeptcnt 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 NAV
be run or be operated, or by the cir
cunt 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 &c, 1913.