The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-27
R | A ] $ NOTIFIED. OF RATE RULING
All Changes In Fares, Charges, Rules Or Regu-
 lationS Must Be Approved
BTATE CAPITAI. RuREAH !
 THE AGE-HERALD Montgomery, Ala, Oct. 26 J

mission today notified all railroads of the state to submit to the com mission proposed changes in rates, fares, charges, rules or regulations, for approval by the commission be- fore publication in tariffs. Atten- tion was called to the fact that ap- proval of the commission to such changes must be had under the law before they can become effective.
 The commission in it's communica- ton addresse to all railroads operat- irg in Alabama, set forth it's position in this matter of changes in rates, fares or charges, as follows:
 Tn order that all the carriers may understand the policy of this com mission with respect to changes in Iates, fares or charges applicable to Alabama intrastate traffic, attention is called to the fol- lowing provision of law which gov crns the action of the commission;
 Section 5525 of the code. New schedule or changes; how made, copies; how filed and posted, no change shall be made by any com mon carrier in the rates, fares and charges, or joint rates, fares and ehanges. which have been filed and Fublished by it, or which are in force ut the time, until the proposed tUdHSeS nave been u anu approved by an order of the public service commission. After such ap- proval, such changes shall, before the same shall become effective, be plainly indicated upon existing schedules, or by filing and posting as aforesaid, new schedules for period of 10 days prior to the time the same are to take effect; but the said public service commission may ha which changes shall take effect" New Ruling Necessary.
 'In the past; changes in rates were so few that the commission could check tariffs as they were their effective dates. and thus ob- viate the necessity of formal appli- cations before the tariffs were printed; but recently new tariffs and supplements have been submitted in such large numbers that it is physl- cally impossible to handle as for merly. Carriers are. therefore, noti- fled that, in order to comply with the law, proposed changes in rates, fares or charges or rules and regu- lations in connection herewith, should first be submitted to the com mission for it's approval of such changes before publication. Under the law, a change made in a tariff without the approval of the commits sion would be illegal. The commits sion also prefers that it's docket or approval numbers be published in connection with such changes"
 HEARING POSTPONED
 Announcement was made today of the postponement of the hearing of the citation issued by the Alabama public service commission to the A lNaa Southern and Northern Alabama railroad to show cause why the rela- tionship existing between these car riers or any two of them is not such as to justify application of a slngle lin, haul rate,4 By agree enlent be ! tween the parties hearing of the fci-' tation was postponed to a later date to be set by the commission.
 TO AWARD PRINTING CONTRACT
 The state code commission will meet at the capital Saturday to award the contract for punilcatlon of 10000 copies of the new code adopted at the recent legislature. Bids for the publication were re- ceived at a meeting of the commits sion several weeks ago. Following publication of the code and the dellv. cry of copies to the secretary or state, the code will become law at date to be fixed by the governor in a proclamation issued for that pur- pose. s...
 The code commission is composed If Judge Hugh D. Merrill of Annis- ton. speaker of the house of repre-, sentatives: Judge J. J. Mayfield ana Cyrus B. Brown of Montgomery
 HENRY FOUNTAINS PAROLED
 Gov. w. w. Brandon today granted full pardons. with restoration Of civll rights t1 Coleman Smith and Lee smith. two Henry county men. who had been convicted of violating the prohibition Jaw and later paroied. The two men were sentenced october 1. 1920, each receiving sentence or IF to IS months and both were pa, roled october 21, 1921. It was stated that their conduct since has been ex- mplary.