Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioner of the State of South Carolina

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Side 122 - State, shall charge, collect, demand, or receive more than a fair and reasonable rate of toll or compensation, for the transportation of passengers or freight, of any description, or for the use and transportation of any railroad car...
Side 122 - ... collect, demand, or receive more than a fair and reasonable rate of toll or compensation for the transportation of passengers or freight of any description, or for the use and transportation of any railroad car upon its track, or any of the branches thereof, or upon any railroad within this State which it has the right, license, or permission to use, operate, or control, the same shall be deemed guilty of extortion, and upon conviction thereof shall be dealt with as hereinafter provided.
Side 122 - ... upon its said road, or upon any of the branches thereof, or upon any railroads connected therewith, which it has the right, license or permission to operate, control or use, within this state, the same shall be deemed guilty of having violated the provisions of this act, and upon conviction thereof shall be dealt w-ith as hereinafter provided.
Side 123 - State, the same or a greater amount of toll or compensation than is at the same time charged, collected, or received for the transportation, in the same direction, of any passenger, or like quantity of freight of the same class, over...
Side 122 - ... freight of any description, or for the use and transportation of any railroad car upon its said road, or upon any of the branches thereof, or upon any railroads connected therewith, which it has the 1 For the full text of the original statutes referred to see Gross, vol.
Side 123 - within the state " has reference to the roads which a railroad company may operate in the state. Reliance is placed upon the language of the first part of section 88, which declares: If any such railroad corporation shall charge, collect or receive for the transportation of any passenger or freight of any description upon its railroad for any distance within this state, etc.
Side 122 - It will be observed that this section is not limited to railroads organized under the laws of this State, but includes all railroad companies which operate railroads in this State, regardless of the State in which they may be organized, and the language of the first part of section 87, "if any such railroad corporations shall...
Side 123 - Legislature was no doubt familiar, •when the law was enacted, that a much larger per cent of the property shipped by rail was transported out of the State, than from one point to another within the State. This being the case it is unreasonable to believe that the Legislature would provide relief in the latter case and take no action whatever to avert the evil in the former.
Side 122 - If any such railroad corporation aforesaid shall make any unjust discrimination in its rates or , charges of toll or compensation for the transportation of passengers or freight of any description, or for the use and transportation of any railroad car...
Side 122 - ... apply to the transportation of property beyond the limits of the state, or that the legislature had no power to pass a law regulating charges for the transportation of property from a point within the state of Illinois to a point within the state of New York. The action was brought under section 87...

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