Year: 1875

dividual receiving the same shall deliver the
same to such other road. If in carloads. then
such delivery shall be in the same cars without
unloading; and if in quantities less than a
carload, then such delivery shall be in the US
ual course of business, as the same has been
to the year 1874. And ali road companies and
other persons operating any railroad or rail
roads within this state, shall provide and main
tain at all places where their respective roads
are interSected by another railroad. connecting
tracks by which cars may be transferred from
one road to the other, except when the crossing
roads shall be of different gauge, and in all
cases such companies Or persons, shall provide
and maintain at pear the place of crossing,
conyeniences for the transfer of freights from
one road to the other; and all such companies
and persons, operating any railroad shall re
ceive for shipment and forward as directed,
with all convenient dispatch, all transportable
articles of freight which are commonly trans
ported by rail, offered to them for shipment.
and deliver the same to cOnsignee or the next
connecting carrier, as the case may be: and
for the purpose Of facilitating the tranSpOrta-
ton OF frelghtS, every railroad company Or
other person operating any railroad within this
State, are hereby required to receive at juno
hOns and places of crossing other roads of same
gauge loaded or empty cars, and forward them
without delay to their destination. Advance
payment of freights shall not be required as a
condition precedent to carriage, except in case
OF perlshable articles, and freightS of little
value. Any individual, lessee, company or cor
porat1on, violating, or in any manner evading
the provisions, Or either of the provisions, of
this section, shall forfeit all right to recover or
receive any compensation for the service rend-
cred. wherein such violation is attempted or
accomplished, and every agent, clerk or en-
plOye of any such corporation, company, lessee,
other individual, operating any such railroad
part of railroad, who shall refuse or neglect,
when requested to receive for transportation
over the road for which he may be acting, Or
to forward in the usual manner, any of the
articles or freightS mentioned in this chapter,
on account of the charges or rates not being
paid in advance, or On account of the same hav-
ing to pass from one railroad to another, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
conviction thereof shall pay a fine not exceed
ing two hundred dollars for each and every
such Offense. and the injured party shall have a
right of action against such agent, clerk or en-
plOyee, or against the said company, corpora
ton Or individual owning, operating or manag-
ing said road, Or both, in which action the said
injured party shall be entitled to recover
treble the amount of all damages which he
shall sustain by reason of any such neglect, re-
fuSal Or evasion.


Section 5. Said chapter 273 is further amend
ed by adding thereto the following, to be
known as section 20. Wheresover two more
railroads approach, connect with or cross each
other at point, Or points, of general travel in
this state, it shall be the duty of the companies
or individuals operating such roads to make
close running connections at such points, to
accommodate the travelling public, ana in case
they fa1l to do so, the said railroad commission
erS shall examine into the natter and, if they
shall think proper, give notice TO such COM
panles to present to said commissioners the
reasons Tor not making such running cOnnec-
dOnS, and if no good and sufficient reasons
satisfactory to said commissioners shall be
given for failing to make such connections, it
shall be the duty Of such commissioners, or a
majority Of them, to order such connections to
be made as in their judgment shall be just, and
such as shall accommodate the travelling pub
lie; and shall cause a copy of such order to be
served on each of said companies, and it the
said companies or individuals operating said
roads, OF either of ther shall neglect OF refuse
to comply with such order for more than the
week after the service thereof, the company
or individual 50 neglecting or refusing to COM
ply with said order shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanOr, and conviction thereof be-
fore any court Of competent jurisdiction shall
be subject to fine of one hundred dollars for
each and every day they shall so neglect re-
fuse


Section 6. Section 10, of chapter 2.3, afore-
said, shall hereafter be known and designated
as section 21, of this chapter.


Section 7. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage and pub
licatiOn; prouided, That no Otfense committed
and no penalty, forfeiture or damages received
sustained, and no action or right of action
which has already accrued shall be affected by
the provisions Of this act, and no prosecution
for any ofense or the recovery Of any penalty.
forfeiture or damages, or the enforcement of
any right now pending shall be affected by the
provisions Ofiths act, but the same shall pro-
ceed to trial, hearing and final judgment in the
same manner and to the same purpose and
effect, though the statute upon which the
same is or shall be founded was continued in
full force, virtue and effect to the time Of such
trial. hearing and final Judgment.