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 856 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 382. 1889. through rates established and charged by such common carrier to all points in the United States beyond the foreign country to which it acce ts freight for shi ment; and any freight shippe from the ` Unitedp States through a ildreign country into the United States, the through rate on which shall not have been madqjpublic as required Tv my •i¤¤y¤¤f¤ir by this act, shall, before it is admitted into the nited States from °"°°*°°°°’ _ said foreign country, be subject to customs duties as if said freight were of foreign production; and any law in conflict with this section is hereby repealed. New of www- “No advance shall be made in the rates, fares, and charges which have been established and published as aforesaid by any common carrier in compliance with the requirements of this section, except after ten days’ public notice, which shall plainly state the changes . proposed to be made in the schedule then in force, and the time when the increased rates, fares, or charges will go into effect; and the roposed chan es shall be shown by printing new schedules, or shall)be plainly indgicated upon the schedu es in force at the time and N0¢i¤¤¤fr¤i¤c¤i¤¤¤- kept open to public inspection. Reductions in such published rates, fares, or charges shall only be made after three days’ previous public notice, to be given in the same manner that notice of an advance in rates must be given. minwmn ww-mae "And when any such common carrier shall have established and °'°"‘ "°1‘°°'"°‘ published its rates, fares, and chlagges in compliance with the provisions of this section, it shall be awful for such common carrier to ·charge, demand, collect, or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation for the transportation of passengers or property, or for any services in connection therewith, than is specied in such published schedule of rates, fares, and charges as may at the time be in force. _ ' ',§£ ”*°d "Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall ` Hle with the Commission hereinafter provided for copies of its sched- · ules of rates, fares, and charges which have been established and published in compliance with the requirements of this section, and shall promptly notify said Commission of all changes made in the same. Every such common carrier shall also file with said Commission copies o all contracts, agreements, or arran ements with other common carriers in relation to any traffic affected by the provisions of this act to which it may be a party. And in cases where passen- Jcmm-smscrmes gers and freight pass over continuous lines or routes operated by more than one common carrier, and the several common carriers operating such lines or route establish joint tariffs of rates or fares or charges for such continuous lines or routes, copies of such joint tariifs shall also, in like manner, be filed with said Commission. rommme public. Such joint rates. fares, and charges on such continuous lines so filed as aforesaid shall be made public by such common carriers when directed by said Commission, in so far as may, in the judgment of the Commission, be deemed lpracticable ; and said Commission shall from time to time prescribe the measure of publicity which shall be given to such rates, fares, and charges, or to such part of them as it may deem it lpracticable for such common carrier to publish, and the places in whic they shall be published. Aavmees in joint “No advance shall e made in {joint rates, fares, and charges, ""’°”· shown upon_j01nt tariffs, except a ter ten days’ notice to the Commission, which shall plainly state the changes proposed to be made _ in the schedule then in force, and the time when the increased rates, awww in www fares, or charges will go into eifect. No reduction shall be made in ‘ joint rates, fares, and charges, except after three days’ notice, to be given to the Commission as is above provided in the case of an ad- ` vance of joint rates. The Commission may make public such p1'O- posed advances, or such reductions, in such manner as may, in its judgment, be deemed practicable, and may prescribe from time to