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WY Stat § 37-9-403 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 4 - Depots; Sale of Tickets; Demurrage|Section 37-9-403 - Establishment of Depots; Penalty.

37-9-403. Establishment of depots; penalty.| If, after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the service of the notice hereinbefore specified, the said railroad corporation or company still neglects or refuses to comply with the term of such notice and with the provisions of W.S. 37-9-401, it shall, on conviction, be fined in the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each day of such delinquency after the expiration of such thirty (30) days notice, up to, and including the day and date on which judgment may be rendered, and also for costs of suit, recoverable by an action in the district court of such county to be brought by the district attorney thereof, and all fines collected under this statute shall be covered into the treasury of the county in which such action is brought. It shall also be the duty of the district attorney aforesaid to promptly institute mandamus proceedings against such derelict railroad corporation or company in the district court to enforce the provisions of W.S. 37-9-401 through 37-9-403.
WY Stat § 37-9-404 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 4 - Depots; Sale of Tickets; Demurrage|Section 37-9-404 - Sale of Tickets; Agent to Have Certificate of Authority.

37-9-404. Sale of tickets; agent to have certificate of authority.| It shall be the duty of the owner or owners of any railroad or other conveyance for the transportation of passengers to provide each agent who may be authorized to sell tickets or other certificates, entitling the holder to travel upon any railroad or other public conveyance, with a certificate, setting forth the authority of such agent to make such sales, which certificate shall be duly attested by the corporate seal, if such there be, of the owner of such railroad or other public conveyance and also by the signature of the owner or officer whose name is signed upon the tickets or coupons which such agent may sell.
WY Stat § 37-9-405 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 4 - Depots; Sale of Tickets; Demurrage|Section 37-9-405 - Sale of Tickets; Sale Without Certificate Prohibited.

37-9-405. Sale of tickets; sale without certificate prohibited.| It shall not be lawful for any person not possessed of such authority so evidenced, to sell, barter or transfer, for any consideration whatever, the whole or any part of any ticket or tickets, passes or other evidences of the holder's title to travel on any railroad or other public conveyance, whether the same be situated, operated or owned within or without the limits of this state, except as authorized by this act.
WY Stat § 37-9-406 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 4 - Depots; Sale of Tickets; Demurrage|Section 37-9-406 - Sale of Tickets; Penalty for Violating w.s. 37-9-405.

37-9-406. Sale of tickets; penalty for violating W.S. 37-9-405.| Any person or persons violating the provisions of the preceding section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to be punished by a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) and by imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year, or either or both, in the discretion of the court in which such person or persons shall be convicted.
WY Stat § 37-9-407 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 4 - Depots; Sale of Tickets; Demurrage|Section 37-9-407 - Sale of Tickets; Certificate of Authority to Be Posted; Form.

37-9-407. Sale of tickets; certificate of authority to be posted; form.| It shall be the duty of every agent who shall be authorized to sell tickets or parts of tickets, or other evidences of the holder's title to travel, to exhibit to any person desiring to purchase a ticket, or to any officer of the law who may request him, the certificate of his authority thus to sell, and to keep said certificate posted in a conspicuous place in his office, for the information of travelers, in substantially the following form:  Agent's Certificate.  To whom it may concern: Notice is hereby given that .... is an agent in the employ of .... company at .... authorized to sell tickets entitling the holder to travel upon .... Witness the corporate seal of .... company, and the hand of .... General passenger and ticket agent.
WY Stat § 37-9-408 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 4 - Depots; Sale of Tickets; Demurrage|Section 37-9-408 - Sale of Tickets; Unused Tickets Redeemable; Sale of Unused Ticket by Purchaser.

37-9-408. Sale of tickets; unused tickets redeemable; sale of unused ticket by purchaser.| It shall be the duty of the owner or owners of railroads, or other public conveyances, to provide for the redemption of the whole or any parts, or coupons of any ticket or tickets, as they may have sold, as the purchaser for any reason has not used and does not desire to use, at a rate which shall be equal to the difference between the price paid for the whole ticket and the cost of a ticket between the points for which the proportion of said ticket was actually used; and the sale by any person of the unused portion of any ticket otherwise than by the presentation of the same for redemption, as provided for in this section, shall be deemed to be a violation of the provisions of this act, and shall be punished as hereinbefore provided; provided, that this act shall not apply to the sale of first-class tickets; and provided, that this act shall not prohibit any person who has purchased a regular first-class ticket from any agent authorized by this act with the bona fide intention of traveling upon the same the whole distance between the points named in the said ticket, from selling the unused part of the same to any other person, if such person travels upon the same, unless said tickets shall be special contract tickets and the local fare to the point to which said ticket may be used shall equal the price paid for such special contract ticket.
WY Stat § 37-9-409 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 4 - Depots; Sale of Tickets; Demurrage|Section 37-9-409 - Demurrage on Cars.

37-9-409. Demurrage on cars.| All railroads, shipping cars, or parts of cars of all commodities, from any point in the state of Wyoming, to consignees in any other part of this state, shall give time, free of charge, for loading and unloading said cars, or parts of cars, as follows: All loaded cars, taking track delivery, which are to be unloaded by the consignee thereof, or the party whose interest may appear, or cars set for loading which are to be loaded by consignor, shall be limited to forty-eight (48) hours of free time, computed from seven (7:00) o'clock a.m., of the day following the day legal notice of arrival is given (having been placed at an accessible point for unloading), and may be subject thereafter to a charge of one dollar ($1.00) per car for each day, or fraction of a day, that they may remain unloaded, in possession of the railroad company after said free time; provided, however, that if after placing a car, or cars, as required in this section, the railroad company shall, during or after free time, temporarily remove all, or any of them, or in any way obstruct the unloading of same, the consignee shall not be chargeable with the delay caused thereby; provided, that when on account of delay or irregularity of transportation, cars are bunched and delivered to consignee in numbers beyond his reasonable ability to load and unload within the free time prescribed by these rules, he shall be allowed by the carrier such additional time as may be necessary to load and unload cars, so in excess, by the exercise of usual diligence on the part of the consignee.
WY Stat § 37-9-410 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 4 - Depots; Sale of Tickets; Demurrage|Section 37-9-410 - Additional Charges for Delay Forbidden.

37-9-410. Additional charges for delay forbidden.| Any railroad company, operating within the state of Wyoming, and transporting commodities from a consignor to a consignee, within this state, shall not charge to either the consignor, or consignee of said commodities any additional sum of money, for freight or transportation, on account of any delay in the transportation or delivery of same, not caused by the direct act or agency of the said consignor or consignee.
WY Stat § 37-9-501 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 5 - Liability for Injury or Death of Employee|Section 37-9-501 - Death or Injury Due to Negligence.

37-9-501. Death or injury due to negligence.| Every person or corporation operating a railroad in the state shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by the person or corporation so operating any railroad, or, in case of the death of an employee, instantaneously, or otherwise, to his or her personal representative, for the benefit of the surviving widow or husband and children of the employee; and, if none, then of the employee's parents; and, if none, then of the next of kin dependent upon the employee, for the injury or death resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of the person or corporation so operating the railroad in or about the handling, movement, or operation of any train, engine, or car, on or over the railroad, or by reason of any defect or insufficiency, due to its negligence, in its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, or other equipment.
WY Stat § 37-9-502 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 5 - Liability for Injury or Death of Employee|Section 37-9-502 - Contributory Negligence.

37-9-502. Contributory negligence.| In all actions hereafter brought against any such person or corporation so operating such railroad, under and by virtue of any of the provisions of this act, the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee; provided, that no such employee who may be injured or killed shall be held to have been guilty of contributory negligence in any case where the violation by such person or corporation so operating such railroad, of any statute enacted for the safety of employees contributed to the injury or death of such employee.
WY Stat § 37-9-503 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 5 - Liability for Injury or Death of Employee|Section 37-9-503 - Assumption of Risk.

37-9-503. Assumption of risk.| Any employee of any such person or corporation so operating such railroad shall not be deemed to have assumed any risk incident to his employment when such risk arises by reason of the negligence of his employer or of any person in the service of such employer.
WY Stat § 37-9-504 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 5 - Liability for Injury or Death of Employee|Section 37-9-504 - Contracts Restricting Liability Void.

37-9-504. Contracts restricting liability void.| Any contract, rule, or regulation or device whatsoever, the purpose or intent of which shall be to enable any such person or corporation, so operating such railroad to exempt itself from any liability created by this act shall, to that extent, be void. Nor shall any contract of insurance, relief, benefit or indemnity in case of injury or death, entered into prior to the injury, between the person so injured and such corporation, or any person or association acting for such corporation, nor shall the acceptance of any such insurance, relief, benefit, or indemnity by the person injured, his widow, heirs, or legal representatives after the injury, from such corporation, person or association, constitute any bar or defense to any cause of action brought under the provisions of this act, but nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent or invalidate any settlement for damages between the employer and the employees subsequent to injuries received.
WY Stat § 37-9-505 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 5 - Liability for Injury or Death of Employee|Section 37-9-505 - Two-Way Radios Required; Penalty.

37-9-505. Two-way radios required; penalty.| (a) When a railroad train is operated in Wyoming with a caboose, it shall be equipped with operable, two-way radios located in the lead locomotive and in the caboose. The radios shall have and be operated at the same frequency as the control operator on the railroad on which the train is operated if the control operator is equipped with radios.  (b) When a railroad train is operated in Wyoming without a caboose, the train crews shall be supplied with an operable, portable two-way radio. The radio shall have and be operated at the same frequency as the control operator on the railroad on which the train is operated if the control operator is equipped with radios.  (c) Violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). Each train operating without the required radios is a separate violation.
WY Stat § 37-9-601 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 6 - Recovery for Labor or Supplies|Section 37-9-601 - Contractor's Bond.

37-9-601. Contractor's bond.| Whenever any railroad company shall contract with any person, persons or corporation for the construction of its railroad or any part thereof, the company shall take from the person, persons, or corporation with whom a contract is made, a good and sufficient bond, in some guarantee or surety company authorized to do business in this state, conditioned that the contractor or contractors shall pay or cause to be paid all laborers, mechanics, materialmen, ranchmen, farmers, merchants, and other persons who supply the contractor or contractors, or any of his or their subcontractors, with labor, work, material, ranch or farm products, provisions, goods or supplies of any kind, all just debts incurred therefor in carrying on the work, which bond shall be filed by the company in the office of the county clerk in the county where the principal work of the contractor shall be carried on; and if any railroad company shall fail to take a bond, the railroad company shall be liable to the persons herein mentioned to the full extent of all debts so contracted by the contractor, or contractors, or any of his or their subcontractors. Any contractor or contractors may take a similar bond from each of his or their subcontractors to secure the payment of all debts of the kind above mentioned, incurred by him, and file the same as above provided. All persons mentioned in this section to whom any debt of the kind above mentioned shall be due from any contractor or subcontractor shall severally have a right of action upon any bond covering the debt taken as herein provided for the recovery of the full amount of the debt, and a certified copy of the bond shall be received as evidence in any action; provided, however, that in order that the right of action upon the bonds may exist, the person or parties herein granted the right shall comply with either of the following conditions, to-wit: First, an action in a court of competent jurisdiction, in the county where the bond is filed shall be commenced within ninety (90) days after the last item of indebtedness shall have accrued; or second, an itemized statement of the indebtedness duly verified shall within ninety (90) days after the last item of the indebtedness shall have accrued be filed in the office of the county clerk of the proper county; and an action shall be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction of the county within three (3) months after the filing of the statement. In case an action is commenced upon the bond of a contractor, the contractor may give notice thereof to the subcontractor liable for the claim, and in a case the result of the action shall be binding upon the subcontractor, and his sureties, and in any case when a contractor has paid a claim for which a subcontractor is liable, the contractor shall bring action against the subcontractor and his sureties within sixty (60) days after the payment of the claim.
WY Stat § 37-9-602 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 6 - Recovery for Labor or Supplies|Section 37-9-602 - Verified Statement of Account; to Be Delivered to Company; Account to Be Withheld Out of Subsequent Payments.

37-9-602. Verified statement of account; to be delivered to company; account to be withheld out of subsequent payments.| Every laborer, mechanic, ranchman, farmer, merchant, or other person performing any work or labor or furnishing any material, ranch or farm products, provisions, goods, or supplies to any contractor or subcontractor, in the construction of any railroad, or any part thereof, used by such contractor or subcontractor in carrying on said work of construction whose demand for work, labor, material, ranch or farm products, provisions, goods, or supplies so furnished has not been paid, may deliver to the company owning such railroad or to its agent, a verified account of the amount and value of the work, and labor so performed or the material, ranch or farm products, provisions, goods or supplies so furnished, and thereupon such company, or its agent, shall retain out of the subsequent payments to the contractor or contractors the amount of such unpaid account for the benefit of the person to whom the same is due.
WY Stat § 37-9-603 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 6 - Recovery for Labor or Supplies|Section 37-9-603 - Verified Statement of Account; Recovery Procedure.

37-9-603. Verified statement of account; recovery procedure.| Whenever any verified account mentioned in the last preceding section shall be placed in the hands of any railroad company or its agent as above stated, it shall be the duty of such company to furnish the contractor with a copy of such verified account, so that if there be any disagreement between the debtor and creditor as to the amount due the same may be amicably adjusted, and if the contractor or subcontractor, if he be the debtor, shall not, within ten (10) days after the receipt of such account, give the said railroad company or its agent, written notice that the claim is disputed, he shall be considered as assenting to its payment, and the railroad company or its agent, shall be justified in paying the same when due and charging the same to the contractor. The person or persons to whom any such debt is due and who shall deliver a verified account thereof as above provided may recover the amount thereof in an action at law, to the extent of any balance due by the railroad company to the contractor at or after the time of delivering the verified account; provided, that nothing contained in this section or in section 2 of this act shall interfere with the right of action upon the bond or bonds provided for in section 1 of this act, or against the railroad company for the full amount of any such debt in case of a failure of the company to take a bond.
WY Stat § 37-9-701 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 7 - Conditional Sales of Equipment|Section 37-9-701 - Contracts Valid; Conditions to Validation Against Subsequent Purchaser for Value.

37-9-701. Contracts valid; conditions to validation against subsequent purchaser for value.| (a) In any contract for the sale of railroad or street railway equipment or rolling stock, it shall be lawful to agree that the title to the property sold or contracted to be sold, although possession thereof may be delivered immediately, or at any time or times subsequently, shall not vest in the purchaser until the purchase price shall be fully paid, or that the seller shall have and retain a lien thereon for the unpaid purchase money. And in any contract for the leasing or hiring of such property, it shall be lawful to stipulate for a conditional sale thereof at the termination of such contract, and that the rentals or amounts to be received under such contract, may, as paid, be applied and treated as purchase money, and that the title to the property shall not vest in the lessee or bailee until the purchase price shall have been paid in full, and until the terms of the contract shall have been fully performed, notwithstanding delivery to and possession by such lessee or bailee; provided, that no such contract shall be valid as against any subsequent judgment creditor, or any subsequent bona fide purchaser for value and without notice, unless:  (i) The same shall be evidenced by an instrument executed by the parties and duly acknowledged by the vendee or lessee or bailee, as the case may be, or duly proved, before some person authorized by law to take acknowledgment of deeds, and in the same manner as deeds are acknowledged or proved;  (ii) Such instrument shall be filed for record in the office of the secretary of state;  (iii) Each locomotive engine, or car so sold, leased or hired, or contracted to be sold, leased or hired as aforesaid, shall have the name of the vendor, lessor, or bailor plainly marked on each side thereof, followed by the word "owner" or "lessor" or "bailor", as the case may be.
WY Stat § 37-9-702 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 7 - Conditional Sales of Equipment|Section 37-9-702 - Chattel Mortgage Laws Not to Apply.

37-9-702. Chattel mortgage laws not to apply.| Statutes relating to the filing, recording, interpretation, or validity of chattel mortgages shall not affect the recording, interpretation, or validity of contracts of the character hereinbefore named, but the same shall be controlled by the provisions of this act alone. And the contracts hereinbefore named shall not be affected by the provisions of chapter 40, Session Laws of 1895.
WY Stat § 37-9-703 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 7 - Conditional Sales of Equipment|Section 37-9-703 - Contracts to Be Filed; Provisions for Release; Fees.

37-9-703. Contracts to be filed; provisions for release; fees.| The contracts herein authorized, or a certified copy thereof, shall be filed by the secretary of state in a special file to be kept for that purpose. On payment in full of the purchase money, and the performance of the terms and conditions stipulated in any such contract, a declaration in writing to that effect may be made by the vendor, lessor, or bailor, or his or its assignee, which declaration may be made on the contract or certified copy thereof, duly attested, or it may be made by a separate instrument, to be acknowledged by the vendor, lessor, or bailor or his or its assignee, and filed as aforesaid. The secretary of state shall collect a fee of five dollars ($5.00), for filing each of said contracts, and a fee of two dollars ($2.00) for filing each of said declarations, and a fee of one dollar ($1.00) for noting such declaration on the margin of the contract or certified copy thereof.