Pro rata question. State of New York.
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781425522827
Subjects: American history; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; History / United States / General; United States - General
First sentence: SECTION 1. Every railroad corporation in this state, which now is, or hereafter shall be engaged in the transportation or carriage of property, except where steam shall not be used for such transportation, is hereby required to make up a full and complete arrangement and classification, in the order from highest to lowest, as each railroad corporation for itself shall rate the relative value of transportation of all and singular, the property usually carried by it, upon the whole, or any portion of the line of its railroads, and shall designate the several grades and orders of such arrangement and classification, as class first, class second, third, fourth, &amp;c., and no article shall appear in more than one classification; such arrangement and classification shall also contain a full and complete specification of the rates and prices, respectively, at which such railroad corporation will transport each article, or class of articles of property, (the transportation upon which is rated at the same value respectively,) which rate and price for transportation shall be specified as a sum certain per ton per mile; which rate and price of transportation shall apply as well to a lesser or fractional part of a ton, as to a greater quantity than one ton (except as herein provided), to be transported upon the whole of its railroad.