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Rh Section Nineteen.&emsp;Should the common carrier or carriers fail or refuse to make the changes or corrections requested, within 30 days after having received notice of the request of the Commission, it shall be the duty of the Commission to file or cause to be prepared and filed before the Interstate Commerce Commission complaint in the name of the Arizona Railway Commission as complainant, against the common carrier or carriers on account of the excessiveness or unreasonableness of the tariffs and schedules of rates and charges, charged or demanded, or the discrimination alleged or violation on the part of the common carrier or carriers of the Act to Regulate Commerce, in accordance with the rules of practice and proceedure of the Interstate Commerce Commission asking for the relief to which entitled, and shall prosecute or cause the same to be prosecuted diligently to a final hearing.

Section Twenty.&emsp;Common carriers acceding to a request of the Commission must do so in writing, filed with the Commission.

Section Twenty-one.&emsp;The term “common carrier” as used in this Act shall include railways whether operated by steam, gasoline, electricity or other motive power, express companies, sleeping car companies and boat lines, engaged in the business of transportation of freight or passengers or both. The Commission shall keep a record of all common carriers operating in, into or through the Territory, together with a list of its officers.

Section Twenty-two.&emsp;The Commission shall employ a stenographer who shall also act as Clerk, at a salary of not more than one hundred dollars per month, and may whenever necessary employ persons skilled in the mode of making tariffs and schedules of rates and charges of common carriers.