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SC Code § 58-17-2720 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-2720. Railroads shall receive and deliver cars to and from connecting lines at uniform rates and with uniform service.

 All railroad corporations doing business in this State shall receive from, deliver to and handle with connecting lines at each of its junctions or terminal points in this State all cars or trains bound to or from any point upon its own line or beyond upon the same terms and upon the same charges, either by way of trackage or by way of its proportion of the entire rate charged upon such cars, trains or freight, that it charges or demands either under the law or by contract or agreement with any other railroad connecting with it at such junction or terminal point where it performs the same or similar service for each of such railroads and shall furnish the same facilities to each of such railroads.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1152; 1952 Code Section 58-1152; 1942 Code Section 8324; 1932 Code Section 8324; Civ. C. '22 Section 4871; Civ. C. '12 Section 3191; Civ. C. '02 Section 2102; 1896 (22) 119.
SC Code § 58-17-2730 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-2730. Railroad shall issue or recognize through bills of lading between competitive points.

 No railroad doing business in this State shall be allowed to refuse to issue or recognize a through bill of lading between competitive points when issued over or by one railroad with which it connects when it issues or recognizes such bills of lading when goods are shipped to or from such points over any other competitive railroad with which it connects reaching such point. Such railroad shall not charge or receive for such goods passing over its lines, either by the appropriate schedule for local freight or a division of a through freight rate, a greater sum when such goods are shipped by or over one line of railroad with which it connects than it would charge or receive when such goods are shipped by or over any other line of railroad with which it connects. But nothing herein contained shall prevent any such railroad from demanding payment of its charges in advance of performing the service of carrying such goods or from limiting its liability to losses or damage to such freight upon its own line by a clause inserted in the bill of lading.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1153; 1952 Code Section 58-1153; 1942 Code Section 8325; 1932 Code Section 8325; Civ. C. '22 Section 4872; Civ. C. '12 Section 3192; Civ. C. '02 Section 2103; 1896 (22) 119.
SC Code § 58-17-2740 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-2740. Shipper may designate routes; changing of route shall be unlawful.

 All persons shipping from, into, within or through this State may designate the route or routes by which such goods shall be shipped, subject to such reasonable exceptions and regulations as the Public Service Commission shall from time to time prescribe, and it shall be unlawful for any person other than the holder of the bill of lading to vary such route so designated or to ship such goods by any other route or to receive such goods if so diverted, unless the route so designated shall be interrupted or be incapable of being used at the time by strike or casualty preventing the running of trains thereon.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1154; 1952 Code Section 58-1154; 1942 Code Section 8327; 1932 Code Section 8327; Civ. C. '22 Section 4874; Civ. C. '12 Section 3194; Civ. C. '02 Section 2105; 1896 (22) 119; 1944 (43) 1231.
SC Code § 58-17-2750 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-2750. Civil penalty on railroad for violation of certain statutory provisions.

 Any transportation company violating any of the provisions of Sections 58-17-2710 to 58-17-2740 wilfully or knowingly shall be subject to a suit for each violation thereof at the instance of any person and upon proof of such violation the person instituting such suit shall be entitled to recover a penalty of five hundred dollars for such violation. Each violation of any of said sections shall constitute a separate cause of action.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1155; 1952 Code Section 58-1155; 1942 Code Section 8328; 1932 Code Section 8328; Civ. C. '22 Section 4875; Civ. C. '12 Section 3195; Civ. C. '02 Section 2106; 1896 (22) 119.
SC Code § 58-17-2760 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-2760. Criminal penalty on individuals for violation of certain statutory provisions.

 Any person who shall wilfully violate, aid in violating or direct or order any one to violate any of the provisions of Sections 58-17-2710 to 58-17-2740 as to the transportation of through freight shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not less than three months nor more than twelve months, or both, in the discretion of the court.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1156; 1952 Code Section 58-1156; 1942 Code Section 8328-1; 1932 Code Section 1698; Cr. C. '22 Section 644; Cr. C. '12 Section 669; Cr. C. '02 Section 478; 1896 (22) 121.
SC Code § 58-17-2770 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-2770. Discrimination in deliveries prohibited.

 It shall not be lawful for any railroad company, chartered by this State, to discriminate against any railroad company which may connect with it, either at one of its terminal stations or at any intermediate point on its line where such companies have stations and agents established, by neglecting or refusing to deliver with due diligence to such connecting road, in the yard or on the track of such road, all cars wholly or partly loaded with freight consigned to points on such connecting road or to points beyond its line. When freight is to be delivered to a connecting road to complete its transportation, such delivery shall be made by the railroad which brought the freight to the connecting point and no additional charge shall be made therefor. But the delivering road may demand of its connection payment of all charges which have accrued thereon, on or before delivery of such freight on the tracks or in the yards of such connecting road.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1157; 1952 Code Section 58-1157; 1942 Code Section 8312; 1932 Code Section 8312; Civ. C. '22 Section 4859; Civ. C. '12 Section 3180; Civ. C. '02 Section 2097; G. S. 1471; R. S. 1658; 1881 (17) 822.
SC Code § 58-17-2780 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-2780. Discrimination by refusing to receive freight or to issue bills of lading prohibited.

 It shall not be lawful for any railroad company chartered by this State to discriminate in favor of or against any railroad company which may connect with it, either at one of its terminal stations or at an intermediate point on its line where such companies have stations and agents established, as against any other railroad company which may connect with it at the same station or point, by refusing either to receive freight for shipment or to issue through bills of lading, at equal rates of freight therefor, to any one given destination reached by any or all of such connecting roads, or their connections, for which freight is received or through bills of lading are issued, to be forwarded by any other of such connecting roads at the same point, except that if any of such connections shall refuse to transport freight from its own terminus to the ultimate destination of such freight at the same rate as is charged by any other connection at the same point, the initial road shall be released from the provisions of this section and the connecting road shall not be entitled to the benefit of its provisions.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1158; 1952 Code Section 58-1158; 1942 Code Section 8313; 1932 Code Section 8313; Civ. C. '22 Section 4860; Civ. C. '12 Section 3181; Civ. C. '02 Section 2098; G. S. 1472; R. S. 1659; 1881 (17) 822.
SC Code § 58-17-2790 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-2790. Discrimination in rates of freight as to other railroads prohibited.

 It shall not be lawful for any railroad company chartered by this State to discriminate in its rates of freight in favor of or against any railroad company which may connect with it, either at one of its terminal stations, or at any intermediate point on its line. In all cases the charges on freight of the same character, having the same original point of shipment and the same destination, shall be uniform to and from all lines making connections with such railroad at the same point.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1159; 1952 Code Section 58-1159; 1942 Code Section 8314; 1932 Code Section 8314; Civ. C. '22 Section 4861; Civ. C. '12 Section 3182; Civ. C. '02 Section 2099; G. S. 1473; R. S. 1660; 1881 (17) 822.
SC Code § 58-17-2800 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-2800. "Railroad company chartered by this State" defined.

 In the construction of Sections 58-17-2770 to 58-17-2790 the term "railroad company chartered by this State" shall be held to mean each railroad company holding its franchise under a separate charter granted by this State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1160; 1952 Code Section 58-1160; 1942 Code Section 8315; 1932 Code Section 8315; Civ. C. '22 Section 4862; Civ. C. '12 Section 3183; Civ. C. '02 Section 2100; G. S. 1474; R. S. 1661; 1881 (17) 823.
SC Code § 58-17-2810 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-2810. Railroads shall deliver cars from other roads on equal terms; damages; effect of rebates or fraud.

 Each railroad company in this State shall, at its terminus or any intermediate station, be required to switch off and deliver to any connecting road having the same gauge, in the yard of the latter, all cars passing over its lines, or any portion of them, containing goods or freights consigned, without rebate or deception, by any route, at the option of the shipper, according to customary or published rates, to any point over or beyond such connecting road. Any failure to do so with reasonable diligence shall render the railroad company so failing liable to the owner or consignee for all damages that may result therefrom with interest and all costs and disbursements. Should the defendant in any suit brought under this section set up as a defense that the plaintiff has accepted a rebate, or practiced fraud or deception touching the rate, it shall be a complete reply to such defense if the plaintiff can prove that defendant or its agents has allowed a rebate or rebates, or practiced like fraud or deception, from the same competing points against the rival line.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1161; 1952 Code Section 58-1161; 1942 Code Section 8316; 1932 Code Section 8316; Civ. C. '22 Section 4863; Civ. C. '12 Section 3184; Civ. C. '02 Section 2101; R. S. 1662; 1887 (19) 822.
SC Code § 58-17-2820 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-2820. Refusal to pay freight to connecting carrier shall be unlawful.

 It shall be unlawful for any railroad chartered or operated in this State to refuse to pay any carrier on traffic delivered at any of its terminal or junction points such freight charges as may have accrued from the original point of shipment to the terminal or junction points, wherever delivery may be made, and to which at current rates the carrier making such delivery and previous carriers interested may be justly entitled to whenever such freight may be collected by the road making the delivery to consignee; provided, that:  (1) The total amount of freight charges does not exceed an amount equal to one half the market value of the property transported;  (2) This section does not apply on property which, from its nature, is classed as "prepaid freight" or which may be destined for points designated and conducted as prepaid stations, of which due public notice has been given; and  (3) Such carrier shall afford to such railroad company making the delivery to the consignee the same advantages and facilities, in the handling and interchange of business, that it affords any other railroad at the same point.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1162; 1952 Code Section 58-1162; 1942 Code Section 8329; 1932 Code Section 8329; Civ. C. '22 Section 4876; Civ. C. '12 Section 3196; Civ. C. '02 Section 2107; 1896 (22) 117.
SC Code § 58-17-3010 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-3010. Passenger trains shall stop at stations advertised as stops.

 Every railroad company in this State shall cause all its trains of cars for passengers to stop entirely upon each arrival at a station advertised by such company as a station for receiving passengers upon such trains for a time sufficient to receive and let off passengers.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1171; 1952 Code Section 58-1171; 1942 Code Section 8361; 1932 Code Section 8361; Civ. C. '22 Section 4909; Civ. C. '12 Section 3225; Civ. C. '02 Section 2134; G. S. 1486; R. S. 1687; 1881 (17) 824.
SC Code § 58-17-3020 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-3020. Passenger trains shall stop at county seats.

 All passenger trains operated by and upon any railroad in this State shall stop to let off a passenger or upon signal to take on a passenger at all stations located at any county seat within this State. In case the county seat is not located on the main line of such railroad, but is served by a branch line therefrom, then such passenger trains shall stop at the junctional point of such branch line with such main line when such junctional point is not more than twenty-three miles distant from the county seat and the provisions of this section shall apply as to each junctional point in such county where such junctional points are more than thirty miles apart. Any railroad company violating any provision of this section shall pay a penalty of one hundred dollars for each and every offense, one half of such penalty to go to any person who shall sue for it and one half to the county in which the offense occurs. Nothing herein contained shall bar any action for actual or punitive damages growing out of any violation of this section and any such causes of action may be united in the same complaint.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1172; 1952 Code Section 58-1172; 1942 Code Section 8401; 1932 Code Section 8401; Civ. C. '22 Section 4949; Civ. C. '12 Section 3254; 1907 (25) 658; 1914 (28) 730; 1919 (31) 170.
SC Code § 58-17-3030 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-3030. Connections with intersecting railroads; passenger train requirement.

 The Office of Regulatory Staff must, from time to time, examine into the schedules of all the railroads in this State for the carriage of passengers, with a view to ascertaining if the roads can reasonably make close connection with intersecting roads and wherever, in its opinion, close connection can be made without injustice or material injury to any road it shall make the appropriate orders to require such connection. And, to better secure connections, upon petition of the Office of Regulatory Staff, the commission may require all persons operating railroads, except those in the hands of receivers, to run at least one unmixed daily passenger train each way over the railroad and may likewise require those persons to furnish to the traveling public facilities for passage over the railroads twice each way daily. A road may appeal an order of the commission as in cases of appeals from inferior courts.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1173; 1952 Code Section 58-1173; 1942 Code Section 8405; 1932 Code Section 8405; Civ. C. '22 Section 4953; Civ. C. '12 Section 3258; Civ. C. '02 Section 2163; 1896 (22) 115; 1897 (22) 455; 1901 (23) 718; 1935 (39) 25; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 127, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-17-3040 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-3040. Posting bulletins as to late trains.

 Whenever any passenger train on any railroad in this State shall be more than one half hour behind its schedule time the railroad company shall keep posted at every telegraph station along its line, when a telegraph operator is on duty at such station, the time such train is behind its schedule and shall change such bulletin every quarter hour until such train arrives, stating therein the time such train is behind and the hour at which it is expected to arrive. But such bulletins shall not be required to be posted at any station until one half hour before the regular schedule time at which such train is to arrive at such station. Any railroad company which shall refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars for each and every such refusal or neglect, such sum to be sued for and recovered by any person aggrieved in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county where such refusal or neglect occurs.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1174; 1952 Code Section 58-1174; 1942 Code Section 8417; 1932 Code Section 8417; Civ. C. '22 Section 4965; Civ. C. '12 Section 3270; Civ. C. '02 Section 2170; G. S. 1495; R. S. 1714; 1887 (19) 811; 1903 (24) 80; 1908 (25) 1075.
SC Code § 58-17-3050 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-3050. Publishing change of timetable.

 Notice of any change in passenger schedules or timetables shall be published at least three days before such change goes into effect.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1175; 1952 Code Section 58-1175; 1942 Code Section 8418; 1932 Code Section 8418; Civ. C. '22 Section 4966; Civ. C. '12 Section 3271; Civ. C. '02 Section 2171; R. S. 1715; 1889 (20) 378.
SC Code § 58-17-3060 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-3060. Discontinuing passenger train or changing it to mixed train without approval of Commission shall be unlawful.

 It shall be unlawful for any railroad company or person operating a railroad service in this State to discontinue the operation of any passenger train or to change any passenger train into a mixed passenger and freight train and operate it as such without first making application to and securing the approval of the Public Service Commission. Each day of the violation of the provisions of this section shall be considered a separate offense. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, to be imposed and collected by any court of competent jurisdiction.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1176; 1952 Code Section 58-1176; 1942 Code Section 8250; 1940 (41) 1839.
SC Code § 58-17-3070 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-3070. Accommodations for passengers.

 Every railroad corporation shall furnish reasonable accommodations for the convenience and safety of passengers. For every wilful neglect to provide such accommodations such railroad corporation shall forfeit not less than five nor more than twenty dollars, to be recovered in an action against such corporation.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1177; 1952 Code Section 58-1177; 1942 Code Section 8395; 1932 Code Section 8395; Civ. C. '22 Section 4943; Civ. C. '12 Section 3248; Civ. C. '02 Section 2157; G. S. 1502; R. S. 1710; 1881 (17) 830.
SC Code § 58-17-3080 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-3080. Waiting rooms for passengers.

 Every railroad company owning or operating a railroad in this State shall erect and keep at every office where tickets are sold for travel over its road two good rooms or apartments of reasonable size for the amount of travel at such office, which must be furnished with comfortable seats for the accommodation of passengers. The rooms must be in charge of an employee of the company and kept open at such hours as to accommodate passengers traveling over the road on any of its passenger trains. The Office of Regulatory Staff must enforce the provisions of this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1178; 1952 Code Section 58-1178; 1942 Code Section 8413; 1932 Code Section 8413; Civ. C. '22 Section 4961; Civ. C. '12 Section 3266; Civ. C. '02 Section 2168; G. S. 1494; R. S. 1712; 1935 (39) 25; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 128, eff May 24, 2006.
SC Code § 58-17-3090 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers|Chapter 17 - The General Railroad Law|Section 58-17-3090. Requiring erection of depots.

 The Public Service Commission may require all railroads at junctional points, and at other points as the travel and public interest in its judgment shall justify in this State, to erect union or other depots for the convenience and accommodation of the public and if any railroad company refuses or fails so to do, when required by the commission within the time specified by the commission, it shall forfeit and pay a sum of not less than fifty dollars per day after the expiration of time as set forth in the order or circular of the commission, to be recovered in an action in any county in this State in which such violation has occurred in the name of the State. The Office of Regulatory Staff shall institute any action.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1179; 1952 Code Section 58-1179; 1942 Code Section 8415; 1932 Code Section 8415; Civ. C. '22 Section 4963; Civ. C. '12 Section 3268; Civ. C. '02 Section 2169; 1897 (22) 418; 1907 (25) 504; 1906 (25) 9; 1935 (39) 25; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 129, eff May 24, 2006.