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SC Code § 58-17-1360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-1360. County may authorize highway or town way to cross railroad.

 A highway or town way may be laid out across a railroad previously constructed when the governing body of the county adjudge that the public convenience and necessity require it and, in such case, after due notice to the railroad corporation and hearing all parties interested, such body may thus lay out a highway across a railroad or may authorize a city or town, on the petition of the mayor and aldermen thereof, to lay out a way across a railroad in such manner as not to injure or obstruct the railroad.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-996; 1952 Code Section 58-996; 1942 Code Section 8434; 1932 Code Section 8434; Civ. C. '22 Section 4987; Civ. C. '12 Section 3289; Civ. C. '02 Section 2184; G. S. 1535; R. S. 1728; 1881 (17) 837.
SC Code § 58-17-1370 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-1370. Stock guards or cattle gaps shall be constructed.

 Each railroad company whose line of road lies wholly or partly in this State shall construct and keep in repair an adequate stock guard or cattle gap at every point where the line of railroad of any such company crosses the line of any fence in this State. For every violation of this section the railroad company so violating it shall pay to the owner of the fence upon the line of which such stock guard or cattle gap should have been constructed and kept in repair the sum of one hundred dollars, to be recovered by action in the court of common pleas for the county in which such stock guard or cattle gap should have been constructed and kept in repair.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-997; 1952 Code Section 58-997; 1942 Code Sections 8435, 8436; 1932 Code Sections 8435, 8436; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4988, 4989; Civ. C. '12 Sections 3290, 3291; Civ. C. '02 Sections 2185, 2186; G. S. 1536, 1537; R. S. 1729, 1730; 1881 (17) 837.
SC Code § 58-17-1380 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-1380. Trains shall stop at crossings of railroad lines; exceptions.

 Whenever lines of two steam railroads cross each other on the same grade in this State, every train on either shall be brought to a full stop before reaching the crossing. But this section shall not apply when the crossing is equipped with interlocking devices, signal lights, semaphores or other safety appliances which shall indicate that the train may cross in safety or when a flagman or watchman is stationed at the crossing and he signals that the train may cross in safety.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-998; 1952 Code Section 58-998; 1942 Code Section 8354; 1932 (37) 1144.
SC Code § 58-17-1390 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-1390. Signs shall be maintained at crossings with public roads.

 Every railroad corporation shall cause signs to be placed and constantly maintained alongside of each public road or street where it is crossed by the railroad on the same level. Each such sign shall be elevated so as to be easily seen by travelers and on each side of it shall be printed in large letters the words "Railroad Crossing" unless the railroad corporation elects to place two of such signs at each crossing, one on each side of the track in which case each of such signs may have thereon in large letters, only on the side facing the traffic approaching the crossing, the words "Railroad Crossing." But this section shall not apply to streets in cities, towns and villages unless the corporation be required to put up such sign by the officers having charge of such streets.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-999; 1952 Code Section 58-999; 1942 Code Section 8356; 1932 Code Section 8356; Civ. C. '22 Section 4904; Civ. C. '12 Section 3223; Civ. C. '02 Section 2133; G. S. 1484; R. S. 1686; 1891 (20) 116; 1937 (40) 155.
SC Code § 58-17-1410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-1410. Commission may require flagman to be stationed at important crossings.

 The Public Service Commission may, upon the application of a county supervisor, if it deem it necessary, require any railroad corporation to have a stationary flagman at any crossing the importance of which may demand it.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1001; 1952 Code Section 58-1001; 1942 Code Section 8380; 1932 Code Section 8380; Civ. C. '22 Section 4928; Civ. C. '12 Section 3233; Civ. C. '02 Section 2142; G. S. 1489; R. S. 1695; 1881 (17) 826; 1935 (39) 25.
SC Code § 58-17-1420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-1420. Appeal from Commission order requiring flagman; appointment of civil engineer to decide matter.

 Any such railroad company, after receiving such notice, may, within ten days after such receipt, apply to the circuit court of the circuit in which such crossing is situated, or to a judge thereof if the court be not in session, and claim a re-examination of the locality and a revision of the action of the Commission. The court or judge, as the case may be, shall appoint forthwith some civil engineer, not connected with any railroad, to examine into the matter forthwith and he may either affirm the demand of the Commission or modify it and his determination shall be final.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1002; 1952 Code Section 58-1002; 1942 Code Section 8381; 1932 Code Section 8381; Civ. C. '22 Section 4929; Civ. C. '12 Section 3234; Civ. C. '02 Section 2143; G. S. 1490; R. S. 1696; 1881 (17) 826; 1935 (39) 25.
SC Code § 58-17-1430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-1430. Railroad shall comply with orders as to crossings or flagmen.

 Every railroad company shall, within the time indicated by the Commission or county supervisor, as the case may be, or within the time given by the civil engineer to such corporation upon re-examination, maintain and construct such crossing in the manner demanded of it by the Commission or county supervisor, as the case may be, or civil engineer, or station a flagman, if such should be required, at the locality where it has been found necessary, as aforesaid.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1003; 1952 Code Section 58-1003; 1942 Code Section 8382; 1932 Code Section 8382; Civ. C. '22 Section 4930; Civ. C. '12 Section 3235; Civ. C. '02 Section 2144; G. S. 1491; R. S. 1697; 1881 (17) 826; 1935 (39) 25.
SC Code § 58-17-1440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-1440. Penalty and damages for injury at crossing not having required signals.

 If a person is injured in his person or property by collision with the engine or any car of a railroad corporation at a crossing and it appears that the corporation neglected to give the signals required by the General Railroad Law and that such neglect contributed to the injury, the corporation shall be liable for all damages caused by the collision or to a fine recoverable by indictment, unless it is shown that in addition to a mere want of ordinary care the person injured or the person having charge of his person or property was at the time of the collision guilty of gross or wilful negligence or was acting in violation of the law and that such gross or wilful negligence or unlawful act contributed to the injury.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1004; 1952 Code Section 58-1004; 1942 Code Section 8377; 1932 Code Section 8377; Civ. C. '22 Section 4925; Civ. C. '12 Section 3230; Civ. C. '02 Section 2139; G. S. 1529; R. S. 1692; 1881 (17) 824; 1919 (31) 102.
SC Code § 58-17-1610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-1610. Filing of annual schedule and report.

 Each railroad company chartered by this State is required to file in the Office of Regulatory Staff, on or before the thirty-first day of March in each year, a full and detailed schedule and report of the condition and operations of the road for the current year ending on the thirty-first day of December then immediately preceding. The schedule and report must be made in accordance with the following rules and form:  (1) All liabilities, including interest accrued on funded debt, must be entered upon the books in the month when they were incurred, without reference to the date of payment.  (2) Expenses must be charged each month with such supplies, materials, and similar articles as have been used during that month, without reference to the time when they were purchased or paid for.  (3) No expenditure must be charged to property accounts except for actual interest during construction, equipment, or other property, unless it is made on old work in such a way as clearly to increase the value of the property over and above the cost of renewing the old work and in such cases only the amount of increased cost must be charged, and the amount allowed on account of the old work must be stated.  (4) Mileage of passenger and freight trains must include only the miles shown to be run by distances between stations and allowances made to passenger or freight trains for switching and all mileage of switch engines, computed on a basis of eight miles per hour for the time of actual service, must be stated separately.  (5) Season ticket passengers must be computed on the basis of twelve passengers per week for the time of each ticket.  (6) Local traffic must include all passengers carried on local tickets and all freight carried at local tariff or special local rates and all other traffic must be considered through.  These rules are subject to any changes as may be made upon petition by the Office of Regulatory Staff by the Public Service Commission under the authority conferred on it by Section 58-17-1900.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1041; 1952 Code Section 58-1041; 1942 Code Section 8269; 1932 Code Section 8214; Civ. C. '22 Section 4778; Civ. C. '12 Section 3113; Civ. C. '02 Section 2039; G. S. 1438, 1439; R. S. 1608; 1935 (39) 25; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 118, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-17-1620 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-1620. Manner and form of reports; amendment of defective reports; preservation of reports.

 The Office of Regulatory Staff must require the annual reports to be made by railroad companies in manner and form and at the time provided for herein and may require reports to be made of other matters. The Office of Regulatory Staff may, from time to time, make changes it considers proper, giving the corporations one year's notice of any changes or additions that require any alterations in the method or form of keeping their accounts. The Office of Regulatory Staff shall, on or before the first day of June in each year, furnish to the several railroads blank forms of any reports. When the report received from any corporation is defective or probably erroneous, the Office of Regulatory Staff must notify the corporation to amend it within fifteen days. The originals of the report or reports, as amended, subscribed and sworn to by the officers of the corporation, must be preserved in the office of the Office of Regulatory Staff. The Office of Regulatory Staff must prepare tables and abstracts of all the returns it considers expedient.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1042; 1952 Code Section 58-1042; 1942 Code Section 8292-20; 1932 Code Section 8279; Civ. C. '22 Section 4827; Civ. C. '12 Section 3153; Civ. C. '02 Section 2075; G. S. 1463; R. S. 1638; 1881 (17) 819; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 118, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-17-1630 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-1630. List of names and residences of president and directors shall be filed.

 Every railroad company owning or operating a line of railroad situated in whole or in part within the limits of this State must deposit with the Office of Regulatory Staff a list containing the names and residences of the president and board of directors of the railroad company owning or operating the line of railroad.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1043; 1952 Code Section 58-1043; 1942 Code Section 8342; 1932 Code Section 8342; Civ. C. '22 Section 4889; Civ. C. '12 Section 3209; Civ. C. '02 Section 2120; 1892 (21) 14; 1935 (39) 25; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 118, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-17-1640 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-1640. Information to be furnished Office of Regulatory Staff on request.

 Every railroad corporation must at all times, on request, furnish the Office of Regulatory Staff any information required by it concerning the condition, management, and operation of its railroad and particularly with copies of time tables and the rates of transporting freight and passengers upon its road and other roads with which its business is connected.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1044; 1952 Code Section 58-1044; 1942 Code Section 8292-17; 1932 Code Section 8276; Civ. C '22 Section 4824; Civ. C. '12 Section 3150; Civ. C. '02 Section 2072; G. S. 1460; R. S. 1635; 1881 (17) 819; 1935 (39) 25; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 118, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-17-1650 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-1650. Interrogatories.

 The Office of Regulatory Staff may make and propound to any of the railroad companies of this State any interrogatories additional to those contained in the schedule and report herein provided for, which must be answered by the companies in the same manner.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1045; 1952 Code Section 58-1045; 1942 Code Section 8292-24; 1932 Code Section 8285; Civ. C. '22 Section 4833; Civ. C. '12 Section 3157; Civ. C. '02 Section 2079; G. S. 1467; R. S. 1642; 1892 (21) 16; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 118, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-17-1660 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-1660. Investigations and examinations of books and places of business; rules and regulations.

 The Office of Regulatory Staff must, when necessary, investigate the books and papers of the railroad companies doing business in this State, ascertain if the rules and regulations of the commission have been complied with, and make personal visitations of railroad offices, stations, and other places of business for the purpose of examination. The Public Service Commission must make rules and regulations concerning the examinations, which rules and regulations must be observed and obeyed as other rules and regulations of the commission.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1046; 1952 Code Section 58-1046; 1942 Code Section 8292-27; 1932 Code Section 8288; Civ. C. '22 Section 4836; Civ. C. '12 Section 3160; Civ. C. '02 Section 2082; R. S. 1645; 1892 (21) 13; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 118, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-17-1670 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-1670. Examination of agents and employees.

 The Office of Regulatory Staff may examine all agents and employees of railroad companies and other persons under oath and otherwise, in order to procure the necessary information to make just and reasonable rates of freight and passenger tariffs, and to ascertain if rules and regulations are observed or violated and to propose to the commission necessary and proper rules and regulations concerning the examinations. The rules and regulations herein provided for must be obeyed and enforced as all other rules and regulations provided for in this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1047; 1952 Code Section 58-1047; 1942 Code Section 8292-27; 1932 Code Section 8288; Civ. C. '22 Section 4836; Civ. C. '12 Section 3160; Civ. C. '02 Section 2082; R. S. 1645; 1892 (21) 13; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 118, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-17-1680 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-1680. Issuance of subpoenas; fees; issuance of attachment to compel attendance; contempt for refusal to obey court order.

 The Office of Regulatory Staff, in making an examination for the purpose of obtaining information pursuant to this chapter, may obtain from the commission subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses pursuant to such rules as the commission may prescribe and the witnesses must receive from the State Treasury one dollar per day and five cents per mile traveled by the nearest practical route in going to and returning from the place of meeting of the Office of Regulatory Staff, to be ordered paid by the Comptroller General upon presentation of subpoenas by the witnesses as to the number of days served and miles traveled sworn to before the clerk of the Office of Regulatory Staff. In case any person wilfully fails or refuses to obey a subpoena, any circuit judge of the court of common pleas and general sessions of any county, upon application of the Office of Regulatory Staff, must issue an attachment for the witness and compel him to attend and give his testimony upon matters lawfully required by the Office of Regulatory Staff. A circuit judge may punish for contempt as in other cases of refusal to obey the process or order of the court.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1048; 1952 Code Section 58-1048; 1942 Code Sections 8292-22, 8292-27; 1932 Code Sections 8283, 8288; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4831, 4836; Civ. C. '12 Sections 3155, 3160; Civ. C. '02 Sections 2077, 2082; G. S. 1465; R. S. 1640, 1645; 1892 (21) 13, 16; 1935 (39) 25; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 118, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-17-1690 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-1690. Penalty for failing to furnish reports or obstructing commission.

 Every officer, agent, or employee of any railroad company who wilfully neglects or refuses to make and furnish any report required by the commission as necessary to the purposes of this chapter or who wilfully hinders, delays, or obstructs the commission in the discharge of the duties imposed upon it shall forfeit and pay a sum of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for each offense, to be recovered in any action in the name of the State as provided in Section 58-17-3940.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1049; 1952 Code Section 58-1049; 1942 Code Section 8292-23; 1932 Code Section 8284; Civ. C. '22 Section 4832; Civ. C. '12 Section 3156; Civ. C. '02 Section 2078; G. S. 1465; R. S. 1640; 1892 (21) 16; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 118, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-17-1810 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-1810. Extent of rate-making power.

 The powers herein conferred upon the Commission to fix passenger and freight rates, joint and several, are hereby delegated to it by the General Assembly as fully as the General Assembly itself could exercise them.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1061; 1952 Code Section 58-1061; 1942 Code Section 8292-27; 1932 Code Section 8288; Civ. C. '22 Section 4836; Civ. C. '12 Section 3160; Civ. C. '02 Section 2082; R. S. 1645; 1892 (21) 13.
SC Code § 58-17-1820 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-1820. Rates to which chapter not applicable.

 Nothing in the General Railroad Law shall be taken as in any manner abridging or controlling the rates for freight charged by any railroad company in this State for carrying freight which comes from or goes beyond the boundaries of the State or on which less than local rates on any railroad carrying it are charged by such railroad, but such railroad companies shall possess the same power and right to charge such rates for carrying such freights as they possessed prior to December 19, 1892.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1062; 1952 Code Section 58-1062; 1942 Code Section 8304; 1932 Code Section 8304; Civ. C. '22 Section 4851; Civ. C. '12 Section 3174; Civ. C. '02 Section 2092; R. S. 1656; 1892 (21) 8.
SC Code § 58-17-1830 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-1830. Power of Commission over rates and routes.

 The Public Service Commission shall:  (1) As provided in Section 58-17-1850, make reasonable and just rates of freight and passenger tariffs, to be observed by all railroad companies doing business in this State on the railroads therein;  (2) Make reasonable and just routes to be observed by all railroad companies doing business in this State and reasonable and just rules and regulations to be observed by all such railroad companies as to charges to any and all points for the necessary hauling and delivery of all freight;  (3) Make such just and reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary for preventing unjust discrimination in the transportation of freight and passengers on the railroads in this State;  (4) Have the power to make just and reasonable joint rates for all connecting roads doing business in this State as to all traffic or business passing from one of such roads to another and to require the making of such connections at intersecting points of the schedules of trains as the public convenience may in its judgment demand;  (5) Make reasonable and just rates of charges for the use of railroad cars carrying any kind of freight and passengers on such railroad, no matter by whom owned or carried;  (6) Make just and reasonable rules and regulations to be observed by such railroad companies or railroads to prevent the giving or paying of any rebate or bonus, directly or indirectly, and the misleading or deceiving of the public in any manner as to the real rates charged for freight and passengers; and  (7) Have power, by rules and regulations, to designate and fix the difference in rates of freight and passenger transportation to be allowed for shorter and longer distances on the same or different railroads and to ascertain what shall be the limit of longer and shorter distances.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1063; 1952 Code Section 58-1063; 1942 Code Section 8304; 1932 Code Section 8304; Civ. C. '22 Section 4851; Civ. C. '12 Section 3174; Civ. C. '02 Section 2092; R. S. 1656; 1892 (21) 11; 1944 (43) 1228.
SC Code § 58-17-1840 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-1840. Notice before establishment of joint rates; hearing.

 Before applying joint rates to roads that are not under the management and control of one company the Commission shall give thirty days' notice to such roads of the joint rate contemplated and of its division between such roads and shall give a hearing to any road desiring to object thereto.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1064; 1952 Code Section 58-1064; 1942 Code Section 8304; 1932 Code Section 8304; Civ. C. '22 Section 4851; Civ. C. '12 Section 3174; Civ. C. '02 Section 2092; R. S. 1656; 1892 (21) 11.