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be the duty of the officers of either of the
state hospitals for insane TO receive
such boy or girl. and thereafter the
trustees of Juvenile institutions shall
cease to have any authority over such
boy or girl. and the hospital trustees
snail have the same authority over said
boy or girl as they would have If he or
she had been originally committed to
either of the State hospitals for insane.
Section g. Section twenty-nine of
chapter one hundred seventeen of the
Revised Statutes is hereby amended by
striking out the words lone thousand in
the second and third lines of said sec.
ton. and inserting in the place thereon
the words fifteen hundred, so that said
section as amended shall read as follows:
Section g. The superintendent OF the
State school for boys shall receive an an
nual salary of fifteen hundred dollars
Section Z. Section twenty-five OF CHAP
ter one hundred thirty-seven of the Re-
vised Statutes is hereby amended by
striking out the words cor the state
school for boys" in the second and third
lines of said section, and by striking out
the words and may not Xix dennlte
term in said State school for boys in
the fourth and fifth lines of said section,
so that said section as amended snail
read as follows:
Section % When any person shall be
convicted of crime the punishment for
which prescribed by law. may be impris-
onment in the State prison. the court
imposing sentence. shall not fix definite
term of imprisonment in sad state
prison, but shall or may hX minimum
term Of Imprisonment, which snail not
be less than six months in any case.
The Judge shall at the time of pronounc-
ing such sentence recommend ana sIate
therein what, in his Judgment, would pe
a proper maximum penalty in the case az
bar not exceeding the maximum penalty
provided by law. and the penalty SO stat
ed shall be the maximum sentence IN
such case. He shall before or at me
IL ono a
by examination of such prisoner on oath,
or otherwise. and in addition TO such
OATH by such other evidence as can pe
obtained. any facts tending 70 lhdlca'c
briefly the cause of the criminal cIldL s,,.
or conduct of such prisoner. which facts
and such other facts as shall appear 70
be pertinent in the case, he shall cause 70
be entered upon the minutes or the court
-(Approved March %, 1910
CHAPTER 131.
An Act amending Section fifty Of Chap
ter fifty-hve of the Revised statues,
authorizing complaint by a utliiSs
against itself. and empowering Ills
Public Utilities Commission 20 ofuet
Section l. Section fifty of chapter
fftv-fve of the Revised Statutes IS
hereby amended so as to READ as loi-
Section so. Any public utility may
make complaint as to any matter aiiecer
ing its own product, service OF
charges. with like s effect as arms sno cor
porations or associations. ana tile
commission may authorize reparatlon ol
adjustment where the utility admltS
that a rate charged was excessive or
unreasonable, or collected through er-
ror. and it appears that the utility mas
subsequently within thirty days Pup ,,
lished the rate to which the r req On
which is admitted to be excessive or
unreasonable: provided, however. that
such new rate so published shall con-
tinue in force one year unless sooner
changed by the order or with the con-
sent of the commission Within SIX
months after the rendering of any SER
vice within the State OF Name py any
public utility. for which service rae
toll or charge is made by such utility,
any person, firm. corporation or aSSo-
citation aGgrieved may complain TO the
commission that the rate. toll or charge
exacted for such service is uhJuStis ~, w.
criminatory against him. or 1t. either
because it is higher than that charged
by the same utility for the same ser
vice. or service of similar value ana
sumers thereof, or because the utility
has failed without reasonable cause to
make a more favorable rate. toll or
charge, published by it for the same
plicable to the said user or consumer,
or to the class of users or consumers
to which he or it belongs, or at the
place at which said service is rendered.
Within six months after an order has
been made authorizing reparatlon o.
adjustment under the second senten'
of this section, any person. firm. CO..
poration or association aggrieved N ~
complain to the commission that he or
it is entitled to reparation from he
same utility by reason of the payment
of the same rates which said utility
admits are excessive or unrea sonable
cd through provided
said utility might lawfully have been
permitted to make such PREPARATION on
its own petition. and, provided further.
such person, firm. corporation or assoc
citation shall have made written re-
quest for such utility to file its own
petition for authority to make such
reparation or adjustment not less than
thirty days before filing the aforesaid
complaint. Upon receipt of either of
the aforesaid complaints the commits
sion shall make such investigation as
it deems necessary to determine
whether a hearing ought to be given
thereon. 1t may order a hearing upon
such notice to said utility as it deems
just and reasonable. If, upon such
hearing. the commission shall decide
that the complainant has been injured
in either of the ways herein mentioned
it shall find what sum said utility ought
to refund or repay to said complainant
said utility shall have the right to re-
fund If it shall refuse or neglect to
make such refund within thirty DAYS
the party aggrieved thereby may main
tain an action in the courts of this stat e
to recover said amount, and in the trial
thereof the findings of this commission
shall be prima facie evidence of the
truth of the facts found by it. and no
utility shall be permitted to avail itself
of the defense of such action that the
service involved was in fact made on
the published tariff rate in force at the
time it was rendered. but no utility
making a refund upon the order of the
commission or pursuant to judgment of
the court as herein provided, shall be
liable for any penalty or forfeiture, or
subject to any prosecution under the
laws Of this State on account of max
ing such refund
Section 2. Any person. firm, corpo-
of the ways specified in the foregoing
section at any time since the first day
of November. one thousand nine hun
dred and fourteen. may have relief un-
der said section on application there
for within three months after this act
takes effect. Notwithstanding said period
of six months shall have elapsed
approved March %, 1919
CHAPTER 132.
An Act to make uniform the law Of
bills of lading.
Section l. Bills of ladng issued by
any common carrier for the transporta-
ton of goods within this State shall be
governed by this act.
Section .. Every bill must embody
within its written or printed terms:
(a) The date of its issue.