The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-07
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Would Prevent Fraudulent Use
OF 1ransfer TicRe It's min
terlrkan Systems

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CHARLESTON, Feb. 6.-senator
McCfum has introduced into the up
per house two measures that are OF
considerable interest TO every inter
urban and trolley line in the state
and to owners and users OF the prod
vet OF gas lines and electric lighting
plants. :,
The first bill introduced by sihe SEN
ator was as follows: {.
An Act =
TO prevent fraudulent use OF transfer
tickets on railroad lines and street
railway lines, making It an offensa
Tor such use and providing atpunish-
ment therefor. upon conviction. there.
OF. 7,,,5.. +.
Be it enacted by the legislature OF
the state OF West Virginia: W.T.
Section 1. No transfer ticket or
printed Instrument giving or pur7
porting to give the right OF transfer
70 any person from any street car or
other public conveyance, operating
upon one line or route. to. q street car
or other public conveyance, upon an
other line or route OF street railway
or other public conveyance, or from
one car or public conveyance to an
other car or public conveyance. upon
the same line or route, shall be is
sued, sold, exchanged or given away
except to q person lawfully entitled
thereto. sf ss.s,s I,
). Section 2. Any person who shall
issue sell, exchange or give away
such TRANSFER. ticket, or other instru-
ment aforesaid to ,a person, not law
fully entitled thereto, who shall re-
ceiye with intent 10 use for passage
any such transfer i ticket, or who
shall use or offer for passage any
such transfer ticket or instrument,
shall be guilty Of a misdemeanor,
and, on conviction thereof, shall be
punished by q fine OF not less than
five dollars and not more than fifty
dollars, or confined In the Jail OF the
county in which the offense IL COM
mitted, for a term not to exceed SIX
months or both Hne and imprison-
ment in the discretion OF the court inn
posing such sentence.
The other important bill is as fol-
lows: 1t'
An act making 1t an offense to viii
fully or maliciousiy obstruct, tamper
or interfere with electric m'eterss wat
err meters or gas meters when in use
for the measurement OF electric cur
rent, water or gas passing through the
same. COR to wflfully or maliciously
divert gas or water from the pipes Of
the company distributing gas or. wat
er, and providing 10 penalty therefor
upon the conviction thereof.
BE 1t enacted by the legislature %.
the state OF West Virginia:
I; Whoever wilfully,s or .,ruailciously
prevents or obstructs an electric met
,er belonging TO a company furnishing
electric current for hight, heat, pow
err OF other purposes, or water meter
belonging. to q company furnishing
water for power or domestic use. or
other purposes, or gas meter. belong
ing to company furnishing gas for
light, heat, power or other purposes,
from duly registering the quantity os
electricity, water or gas supplied by
such company, or interferes with the
proper action or just registration by
such. meter, or alteru the index in
such meter, or, without consent OF
such company wilfully or maliciously
diyerts an electric current from a
wire Of such company, or water from
the pipe OF such company, or gas
from the pipe OF such company, or
otherwise wiifully or f1faliciously
uses, or GAUGES to be used, without
the consent Of. such company. cleo
,tricity, water or gas distributed by
such company, ], shall be guilty OF a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be, fined not less than
fifty dollars nor more than one thou
sand dollars or imprisoned in the
county jail in the county in which
the offense. is committed for a. term
of twelve months or both fine and
imprisonment In the discretion of the
court imposing the sentence. "A