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AL Code § 37-2-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-2-30 - Sale of Unclaimed Freight - Insurance; Application of Proceeds; Record; Disposition of Surplus.

Section 37-2-30Sale of unclaimed freight - Insurance; application of proceeds; record; disposition of surplus. (a) The transportation company may insure the freight, at the expense of the owner, from the date of its arrival to the sale above authorized. (b) A record shall be kept of the articles sold and of the price obtained therefor, transportation charges, cost of insurance and all charges incident to storage, advertisement and sale. (c) The proceeds of any sale made under Section 37-2-28 or Section 37-2-29 shall be applied to the payment of the charges enumerated in subsection (b) of this section, and the residue, if any, shall be paid over to the party entitled thereto, if known, at the time of such sale; otherwise, such surplus shall be paid to the party entitled thereto, if demanded, at any time within two years from the date of such sale. (Code 1867, §1886, Code 1876, §2142; Code 1886, §1183; Code 1896, §4227; Code 1907, §6140; Acts 1911, No. 320, p. 387; Code 1923, §§10501, 10502; Code 1940, T. 48, §§143, 144.)
AL Code § 37-2-29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-2-29 - Sale of Unclaimed Freight - Perishable or Live Freight.

Section 37-2-29Sale of unclaimed freight - Perishable or live freight. Where such unclaimed freight is perishable or live, such transportation company may sell the same as soon as it is deemed necessary and proper for the protection of the transportation company, the consignor or consignee. When it is practicable, the consignor and consignee shall be notified of the proposed sale of such perishable or live freight. (Acts 1911, No. 320, p. 387; Acts 1931, No. 649, p. 781; Code 1940, T. 48, §142.)
AL Code § 37-2-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-2-28 - Sale of Unclaimed Freight - Nonperishable Freight.

Section 37-2-28Sale of unclaimed freight - Nonperishable freight. (a) Any transportation company having an office or place of business in this state, and having any unclaimed articles, not perishable, in its possession for a period of 40 days, may, at the expiration of that time, sell the same at public auction. (b) Out of the proceeds thereof, the transportation company may retain the transportation charges, storage, advertisement and sale, and said sale may be held at any point where, in the opinion of the officers of such transportation company, the best prices can be obtained. (c) Notice of such sale shall be mailed to the consignor and consignee in writing not less than 15 days before such sale shall be made, or notice of such sale shall be published for two weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published at the point of destination; but if there is no such paper published at such point of destination, then the publication may be made in any paper having a general circulation in this state. (Code 1867, §§1884, 1885; Code 1876, §§2140, 2141; Code 1886, §1181; Code 1896, §4225; Code 1907, §6138; Acts 1911, No. 320, p. 387; Code 1923, §§10497-10499; Code 1940, T. 48, §§139-141.)
AL Code § 37-2-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-2-31 - Duty to Receive or Transport Freight; Liability for Failure or Delay.

Section 37-2-31Duty to receive or transport freight; liability for failure or delay. Every transportation company subject to the provisions of this chapter, its agents or officers, whose duty it is to receive freights, shall receive all articles of the nature and kind received by said companies for transportation whenever tendered at a regular station at proper hours and in good shipping condition, according to reasonable rules prescribed by the transportation company or the Public Service Commission, and every loaded car tendered at a sidetrack or any warehouse connected with the railroad by a siding, and shall forward the same without delay and within a reasonable time to the point of destination, under and in compliance with such reasonable rules, regulations and requirements as may be prescribed by the Public Service Commission or by law, and, upon the failure of any such railroad company or other transportation company doing business in this state to so receive and so transport goods, merchandise, or property of any description delivered to it for shipment to and from any points within the state in such reasonable time as the public service commission or the law may prescribe, unless otherwise agreed upon between the company and the shipper, or unless such property is burned, stolen or otherwise destroyed, such railroad company or other transportation company shall forfeit to the party aggrieved such sum as may now or hereafter be prescribed by law for such delay, and, in addition, shall be liable to the party aggrieved for such damages as he may sustain by reason of said delay, failure to receive or transport. (Code 1907, §5549; Code 1923, §10046; Code 1940, T. 48, §145.)
AL Code § 37-2-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-2-32 - Partial Delivery of Consignment.

Section 37-2-32Partial delivery of consignment. Whenever any freight shall be received by any transportation company in this state to be delivered to any consignee within this state, and a portion of the same shall not have been received at the place of destination, it shall be unlawful for the company to demand any part of the charges for freight or transportation due for such portion of the shipment as shall not have arrived at the place of destination. The company shall be required to deliver to consignee such portion of the consignment as shall be required to deliver to consignee such portion of the consignment as shall have been received upon the payment or tender of the freight charges due upon such portion, unless otherwise agreed upon between the consignee and company, but nothing in this article shall be construed as interfering with or depriving a consignor, or other person having authority, of his rights of stoppage in transitu. (Code 1907, §5551; Code 1923, §10048; Code 1940, T. 48, §146.)
AL Code § 37-2-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-2-33 - Overcharges.

Section 37-2-33Overcharges. (a) In case of any overcharge on published or lawful rates, the person aggrieved may file with the agent of the company collecting or receiving greater compensation than the lawful rate a written demand, supported by a paid freight bill or duplicate thereof, for refund of overcharge, and a maximum period of 60 days from the date of filing shall be allowed each company to pay claims filed under this section. (b) Any transportation company failing to refund such overcharges within the time allowed in subsection (a) shall forfeit to the party aggrieved the sum of $1.00 for each day's delay in paying or satisfying said claim beyond the time allowed until such claim is paid, but the total forfeiture shall not exceed $100.00. (c) Actions for the recovery of the overcharge and the penalties provided may be embraced in the same complaint. (Code 1907, §§5553-5555; Code 1923, §§10050-10052; Code 1940, T. 48, §§147-149.)
AL Code § 37-2-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-2-34 - Joint Actions Against Connecting Carriers.

Section 37-2-34Joint actions against connecting carriers. When goods, wares, merchandise or other personal property are shipped to some point of delivery in this state over two or more connecting lines of transportation companies, both or all of which are engaged in the business of a transportation company in the State of Alabama, and such goods, wares and merchandise or other personal property are lost, destroyed, or damaged because of unreasonable delay in the delivery thereof or by the neglect of duty of any such transportation company or connecting transportation companies, and the owner or consignee of such freight sustains injury or loss thereby, and payment for such injury or loss or destruction is not made after notice to and demand therefor of such connecting and delivering companies within 30 days thereafter, the owner or consignee thereof may bring a civil action against such delivering and connecting companies jointly; the action to be instituted in the county of delivery, and if the connecting company or companies have no place of business in such county, a summons may issue to any county where the connecting companies are to be found, and executed as provided in the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. If the proof shows on the trial that there was no joint liability of all the defendants, but the evidence shows that plaintiff is entitled to recover against one or more of such defendants, judgment shall be entered accordingly against such defendant or defendants as the jury or court trying the case may ascertain to be liable, and such defendant as was not liable shall be discharged with recovery of his court costs. Nothing contained in this section shall in any manner modify or abridge the rights of any plaintiff to pursue any remedy now in force if he prefers to do so. (Code 1907, §5548; Code 1923, §10045; Code 1940, T. 48, §150.)
AL Code § 37-2-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-2-35 - Personal Baggage of Passengers - Free Transportation Within Certain Weight Limits.

Section 37-2-35Personal baggage of passengers - Free transportation within certain weight limits. Every transportation company in this state, which shall engage in the carrying of passengers, shall receive and transport, without compensation or other transportation charges, with each passenger, the personal baggage of such person or passenger, not exceeding 150 pounds, upon the presentation of a whole ticket, or other contract or agreement of transportation, and not exceeding 75 pounds upon the presentation of a half ticket or other contract or agreement of transportation. (Acts 1915, No. 644, p. 710; Code 1923, §9989; Code 1940, T. 48, §151.)
AL Code § 37-2-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-2-36 - Personal Baggage of Passengers - Charge for Excess Baggage.

Section 37-2-36Personal baggage of passengers - Charge for excess baggage. Every transportation company in this state shall charge passengers, on all baggage weighing over 150 pounds, sixteen and two-thirds percent of the regular fare to destination per 100 pounds in excess of the said 150 pounds, but no charge for any fraction of the first 100 pounds excess shall be less than $.10, which shall be the minimum amount said company shall charge for excess baggage as provided in this section. (Acts 1915, No. 644, p. 710; Code 1923, §9990; Code 1940, T. 48, §152.)
AL Code § 37-2-37 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-2-37 - Personal Baggage of Passengers - Baggage, etc., of Commercial Travelers.

Section 37-2-37Personal baggage of passengers - Baggage, etc., of commercial travelers. The baggage, samples, goods, wares, appliances, and catalogues of commercial travelers or their employers, and used by them for the exclusive purpose of transacting their business and carried with them solely for that purpose and which in no instance shall be sold or offered for sale or for free distribution, when securely packed and fastened in trunks and sample cases, are declared to be baggage within the meaning of this chapter, and such transportation companies are required to transport same with passengers from point to point within this state as provided in this division. (Acts 1915, No. 644, p. 710; Code 1923, §9991; Code 1940, T. 48, §153.)
AL Code § 37-2-38 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-2-38 - Personal Baggage of Passengers - Maximum Size and Weight Limits; Exceptions.

Section 37-2-38Personal baggage of passengers - Maximum size and weight limits; exceptions. No transportation company shall be required to transport any piece of baggage exceeding in greatest dimensions 72 inches, or 250 pounds maximum weight, excepting immigrant baggage checked at port of landing, whips in flexible cases, and public entertainment paraphernalia. (Acts 1915, No. 644, p. 710; Code 1923, §9991; Code 1940, T. 48, §153.)
AL Code § 37-2-39 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-2-39 - Personal Baggage of Passengers - Storage Charges for Baggage Left in Baggage Rooms or Station Houses.

Section 37-2-39Personal baggage of passengers - Storage charges for baggage left in baggage rooms or station houses. All passengers of whatever character having baggage transported by companies under the provisions of this division shall have 24 hours, not including legal holidays or Sundays, for the removal of such baggage from the baggage room or station house of such company before storage shall be charged; except such baggage that may be received on Friday of each week, which baggage shall be held by the company 48 hours, not including Sundays, before storage shall be charged by the company. (Acts 1915, No. 644, p. 710; Code 1923, §9992; Code 1940, T. 48, §154.)
AL Code § 37-2-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-2-40 - Free Transportation or Reduced Rates.

Section 37-2-40Free transportation or reduced rates. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the carrying, storage or handling by any transportation company, subject to the provisions of this title, of property free or at reduced rates for the United States, or for the State of Alabama, or for any municipality, or for charitable purposes, or to or from fairs and expositions, for exhibition thereat, or property shipped by or to its officers or employees for their own exclusive use or consumption, or that of their immediate families; or prevent such companies from issuing excursion, mileage or commutation tickets, provided such excursion, mileage or commutation tickets shall be obtainable by all persons applying therefor under like circumstances and conditions. Nor shall anything in this title be construed to prevent such transportation companies from giving free transportation or reduced rates therefor to any person authorized by law to receive such free transportation or reduced rates therefor. Any express company may carry free or at reduced rates the personal packages or property of its officers and employees and of the officers and employees of railroad companies. Any transportation company may furnish free transportation for the body of any deceased officer, agent or employee, and to the members of the family of the deceased to and from the place of decease, and to and from the place of burial. Upon the shipment of livestock or other property, requiring the care of an attendant, the transportation company may furnish free transportation, including return passage, to the shipper or to some person or persons designated by him as attendant. (Code 1907, §5556; Acts 1909, No. 28, p. 26; Acts 1909, No. 201, p. 210; Acts 1915, No. 644, p. 710; Code 1923, §10053; Code 1940, T. 48, §155.)
AL Code § 37-2-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-2-42 - Refund of Excessive Charges Upon Submission of Expense Bill or Receipt.

Section 37-2-42Refund of excessive charges upon submission of expense bill or receipt. Any person, firm or corporation may submit to the commission, by mail or in person, any transportation company expense bill or receipt, showing charges paid for transportation of any property by freight or express for the purpose of having the same examined with respect to the correctness of weights, rates, and charges indicated thereon. Upon receipt of any such expense bill or receipt, the commission shall make such examination as is necessary, and if it shall be found that any such weights, rates or charges are incorrect, the commission shall order the transportation company in error to refund to the person, firm or corporation which submitted such expense bills or receipts any over or excessive charges paid by such person, firm or corporation. The commission shall impose and collect a reasonable charge for the performance of the service required under this section. All funds received from such charges shall be accounted for by the secretary of the commission and certified monthly by him into the treasury of the state. (Acts 1920, No. 42, p. 92; Code 1923, §9729; Code 1940, T. 48, §159.)
AL Code § 37-2-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-2-43 - Soliciting Claims Against Transportation Companies Forbidden.

Section 37-2-43Soliciting claims against transportation companies forbidden. No agent, officer or attorney of any traffic association or freight bureau shall ask for, bid for or solicit any claim from any shipper or consignee against any transportation company, and no portion of any money paid by any company on any such reparation claim shall ever be paid to any such agent, officer or attorney of such traffic association or freight bureau who asks for, bids for or solicits any such claim from such shipper or consignee. (Acts 1920, No. 42, p. 92; Code 1923, §9725; Code 1940, T. 48, §160.)
AL Code § 37-2-44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-2-44 - Rights of Action Not Waived; Penalties Cumulative.

Section 37-2-44Rights of action not waived; penalties cumulative. This chapter shall not release or waive any right of action by the state, the commission or by any body politic, municipal corporation, person or corporation for any right or penalty which may have arisen or accrued or may hereafter arise or accrue under any law of this state. All penalties accruing under this chapter shall be cumulative of each other, and an action for the recovery of one penalty shall not be a bar to or affect the recovery of any other penalty or be a bar to any criminal prosecution against any transportation company, or any officer, director, agent, or employee thereof, or any other corporation or person. (Acts 1920, No. 42, p. 92; Code 1923, §9728; Code 1940, T. 48, §161.)
AL Code § 37-2-45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-2-45 - Recovery of Penalties or Forfeitures.

Section 37-2-45Recovery of penalties or forfeitures. A civil action to recover the forfeitures provided for in this chapter may be brought at any time within two years from the date the offense was committed or forfeiture was incurred in the name of the State of Alabama, in any court of competent jurisdiction in any county in which the transportation company is engaged in business. In such action any number of forfeitures incurred up to the time of commencing the same and not previously recovered may be sued for and recovered, or separate actions may be brought for each penalty or forfeiture, and the commencement of an action to recover a forfeiture shall not be, or be deemed to be, a waiver of the right to recover any other forfeitures. (Acts 1909, No. 31, p. 39; Code 1923, §10070; Code 1940, T. 48, §162.)
AL Code § 37-2-46 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-2-46 - Each Violation Constitutes Separate Offense; Act of Employee Act of Company.

Section 37-2-46Each violation constitutes separate offense; act of employee act of company. Every violation of the provisions of this chapter, or of any order, decision, rule, regulation, direction or requirement of the commission, or any part or portion thereof, by any transportation company, is a separate and distinct offense, and in case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance thereof shall be a separate and distinct offense. In construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter relating to penalties, the act, omission or failure of any officer, agent or employee of any transportation company acting within the scope of his official duties or employment shall in every case be deemed to be the act, omission or failure of such transportation company. (Acts 1920, No. 42, p. 92; Code 1923, §9731; Code 1940, T. 48, §163.)
AL Code § 37-2-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 2 - Damages for Loss, Injury,or Delay in Delivery.|Section 37-2-60 - Measure of Damages for Loss, Injury, or Delay in Delivery, Etc.

Section 37-2-60Measure of damages for loss, injury, or delay in delivery, etc. In all cases of loss, destruction, injury to, delay in delivering or failure to deliver property, chattels or goods of any character to the person entitled thereto by a transportation company, having received the same for shipment in accordance with the contract of shipment, such transportation company shall be liable to the person having the title to such property, chattels, or goods, when lost or destroyed, for the market value of such chattels, property, or goods at the place of destination, at the time and in the condition they should have been delivered, with interest from the time they should have been delivered; and where injured, for the damages caused thereto, less the amount of freight charges due for their transportation, with interest from the time they should have been delivered uninjured; and in case of delay beyond a reasonable time, the difference in the value of the goods when they should have been delivered and their value when delivered, with interest, if said goods have declined in value. (Code 1907, §5514; Code 1923, §10010; Code 1940, T. 48, §164.)