Year: 1877

TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON.


SECTION l. Be ii enacted By The Legissatire
assembly Of the Territory Of Washington,
That any individual, or company or corpor.
alton owning, operating, managing or leasing
any railroad, or part of railroad in this ter
ritory shall be limited to compensation for
the transportation OF freight and passengers
over said road not to exceed the rates here
matter prescribed, namely for the transpor-
tation Of freight not exceeding fifteen cents
per one hundred pounds for the first thirty
three and one third miles, and not exceeding
ten cents per one hundred pounds for the
second thirty-three and one-third miles. and
not exceeding five cents per enc hundred
pounds for each tkirty-thr and one-third
miles thereafter; for the transportation Of
passengers, not exceeding eight cents per
mile for each admit person, and for the trans
portatiOn of children of the age of twelve
years or under not exceeding one-half the
fare charged for adults.


SEC 3 No individual, company or cor
pOration, owning, operating, managing or
leasing any railroad or part of 4 railroad IN
this territory shall charge for or receive 4
greater or higher compensation for the trans
ter of freight to and from the cars OF said
road than tifty cents per ton.


SEC. }. No individual, company or cor
poration, owning. operating, managing or
leasing any railroad or part of railroad in
this territory shall charge for or receive a
greater or higher rate for carrying freight
or passengers than was charged on sand rail
road on the first day of October, 1877.


SIC. 4. In no instance shall any such In
dividual, company, or corporation, lessee or
other person charge or receive any greater
rate of compensation for carrying freight or
passengers than herein before provided, and
any individual, company, or corporation vio-
lating or IN any way evading the provisions
OF this act shall forfeit all right to recover or
receive aGy compensation whatever for the
service rendered wherein such violation is
attempted, and every agent of any such IN
dividual, company, corporation or lessee op-
Grating any railroad within this territory who
shall refuse to receive for transportation over
the road for which he is agent in the usual
way any freight or passengers, on account OF
the compensation hcreinbefore prescribed be-
ing too low, or receiving any such freight or
passengers shall charge or attempt to charge
for the transportation OF the same any great
er SUN than herein fixed, or shall III any
manner violate or attempt to violate or evade
the provisions of this act, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction
thereof shall pay fine of not exceeding Ole
hundred dollars for each and every oiense,
and the injured party shall have right OF
action against SAID agent, or against the rail-
road company or other persons owning or


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shall be entitled to recover three times the
amount taken or received from him in excess
of the rates prescribed by this act.


SEC. ). Justices of the peace shall have
concurrent jurisdiction with the district court
in all proSecItSons for the violation of this
act. with full power and authority to impose
fines, and the defendant shall have the right
of appeal as in other cases tried before JUS
tices OF the peace, ana Justices OF the peace
shall also have jurisdiction IN all civil cases
under this act whenever the amount claimed
does not exceed one hundred dollars


SEC. 6. Every individual, company or cor
poration owning, operating, manag1nS or
leasing any railroad in this territory shall on
or before the first day of January, 1878, pre-
pare schedule, in conformity with the pro
visions of this act, of the rates of charges for
the transportation Of passengers and freight
over said railroad, and cause a copy Of SAID
schedule to be posted in each car running
upon said road, and at each station upon said
railroad.


SEC. J. Every individual, company or coz
poration owning, operating, managing or leas-
ing any railroad in this territory shall be
liable to fine of one hundred dollars for
each days omission to prepare and publish
schedule as provided for in the sixth section
of this act, to be recovered IN any acton
brought by any citizen of this territory IN
the name OF the territOryof Washington, be-
fore any court having a jurisdiction thereof,
in any county traversed by such railroad
which said fine shall be Iaid into the school
fund of the county where the suit is brought


SEC. S. 1t shall be and is hereby made the
special duty of the prosecuting attorneys oil
the several judicial districts of the territory
to institute legal proceedings against every
individual, company, or corporation violating
any of the provisions of this act


SEC 9. This act to take effect and be IN
force from and after its passage.