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 `546 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 309. 1910. mercial res, Government, and such other classes as are just and reasonable, and different rates may be charged for the different m°°‘g*:‘,c°f‘c0',{{p,§{*}§,§ classes of messages: And prmnkled further, That nothing in this Act witg 6·r¤¤r¤- shall be construed to prevent telephone, telegraph, an _ cable companies from entering mto contracts with common carriers, for the exchange of services. _ _ _ . ,§’,},“,;‘§°2,‘§,Ejf",,,  "An it is herebgzsmade the duty] of all common carriers subject to iw •¤ns, o1i)pracg\<ilestare or repay be . m e or prescri, an jus an reasona e re a 1ons an practices affectin classincations rates, or tariffs, the issuance, form, and substance ofgtickets, receipts, and bills of lading, the manner and ‘ method of presenting, marking, packing, and _ elivering property n§e°f*'g{f,{°“ *°' ”°¤‘ for transportation, the facilities for trangportation, the carrying of personal, sample, and excess baggage, an all other matters relating · to (piélclpnnecteél with the ripeivmg, linlandling, transpogting storlilngi an e `very o property su ject to the rovxsionso t ctw `c may be necessary or proper to secure the safe and prompt recei t, · handling, transportation, and delivery of pro erty subject to tihe ¤g,§_{,§?,$,;f¤",§‘l'g,§$‘gQ provisions of this Act upon just and reasonallile terms, and every · gjgy,‘{¤°°¤*¤¤°° suell; unjust and unreasonable lpgassi’dcattilon,Sregulatio1[;, antdhpgactice wit re erenee to commerce tween e tates an wi ore` countries is prohibited and declared tobe unlawful., lgu m%¤¤¤¤· am- 1>¤>¤i¤- "No common carrier subjlect to thedprovisions of this Act shall, ' after January first,nineteen undredan seven, directly or indirectly, _ · um issuefor give any interstate free_ ticket,1free passhorhfreeftranpportation or passengers, except to ICS employees an their ami ies, its . ‘officers, a ents, surgeons, hysicians, and attorne s at law; to mmisters of rel§ion, traveling sgcretaries of railroad Yoiing Men’s Christian Associations, inmates of hospitals and charitable and eleemosynary institutions, and persons exc usively engaged in charitable and elee— mosynary work; to indigent, destitute, and homelesspersons, and to such [persons when transported by charitable societies or hosp1tals, apdl;. $1 necessgrjhagents ené>loyeHin sucl; tregisportation; to inmates o e ation omes or tate omes or isabled Volunteer Soldiers, and of S0ldiers’ and Sailors' Homes, including those about to enter and those returning home after discharge; to necessary care takers of live stock, poult, milk, and fruit; to em loyees on sleeping cars, express cars, anldy to linemen of telegrapli and telephone companies; to Railway·Mail Service employees, post-oflice inspectors, customs inspectors, and immigration inspectors to newsboys on trams, baggage agents, witnesses attending any legal investigation in wh1ch the common carrier is interested, persons injured in wrecks ,,,,0,,,,%  physicians and nurses attending such ersons: Provided, That lgjggivggggggrgg- this provision shall not be construed to rohibit the interchange of P ‘ ' passes for the officers, agents, and employees of common carriers, Epidemm em and their f:¥m1lies_;t§<11i1 to grohjbip any c31mmori_c?rrier from carrying passengers ree_w1 e o ec o rovi ng re ne in cases of genera epidemic, pestilence, or officr callsimitous visitation: And ovided ggggggggslvf wiefurtlter, That this provision shall not be construed to proh%it the privilege of passes or franks, or the excha e thereof with each other or the officers, agents, ern loyees, and xtgeir families of such tele; graiphl; telgphope and clable lines, and the officers, agents, employees an _ exr ami ies o other common carriers subject to the provisions __rem¤s,mei¤¤e¤.s of this Act: Promkied further, That the term ‘em lo ees’ as ° °"“"°’°°’· this paragraph shall include furlo hed, pensioutgifind supeiigiilniili ated_ employees, persons who havdlbecome disabled or infirm in the service of any such common carrier, and the remains of a person killed in the employment of a carrier and ex-emplovees traveling