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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 309. 1910. 547 for the purpose of entering the service of any such common carrier; and the term ‘families’ as used in this paragraph shall include the ··1=·¤mmes·· exfamilies of those persons named in this rovrso, also the families of °°"d°d‘ ersons killed, an the widows during widiowhood and minor children during minority of Xgrsons who died, while in the service of any such common carrier. y common carrier violatin this provision shall _P¢¤¤ltY for vi<>1¤· be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and for eaii offense, on convic— "°"s' tion, shall pay to the United States a penalty of not less than one hundred do lars nor more than two thousand dollars, and any person, other than the persons excepted in this provision, who uses any such interstate free ticket free pass, or free transportation shall be sub`ect to a like penalty. jurisdiction of offenses under this provision sliall Jurisdiction. be the same as that provided for offenses in an Act entitled ‘An Act Vo1.32,p.847. to further regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the States} approved February nineteenth, nmeteen hundred and three, and any amendment thereof. "From and after May first, nineteen hundred and eight, it shall be m§¤¤1‘¤¤drgd¤¤,g¤ gg unlawful for any raili·oad company to transport from any State, w¤iZ1ii¤l)¤e»es&a. Territolrgy, or the District of Columbia, to any other State, Territory, or the istrict of Columbia, or to any foreign country, ang article or commodity, other than timber and the manufacture products Ti¤¤>¤=¤¤¤¢P¤¤d· thereof, manufactured, mined, or produced by it, or under its authority, or which it may own in whole or in part, or in which it may have any interest, direct or indirect, except such articles or commodities as may be necessary and intended for its use in the conduct of its busi- “°??i.? “ °°”““°“ ESI? has t th visions { as A t  s common er su o e o c, upon be ,,,,.,,,,,,, ,, ,,,,,_ applicagion of any lateral, branch line ofpgailroad, or of any shipper riem ed Y tendering interstate traffic for transportation, shall construct, maintain, an cgperate upon reasonable terms a switch connection with any such later, branc line of railroad, or rivate side track which may be constructed to connect with its railgoad, where such connection is reasonably practicable and can be put in with safety and will furnish sufficient business to Lustify the construction and maintenance of the same; and shall furnis cars for the movement of such traffic to the best of its ability without discrimination in favor of or against any such shi per. If any common carrier shall fail to install and operate E¤!·>¤¤¤¤¤¢- any such switch or connection as aforesaid on application therefor in writing by any shipper or owner of such lateral branch lme of railroad, suc shipper or owner of such lateral, branch line of railroad may make com laint to the commission, as provided in section thirteen of this got, and the commission shall hear and investigate the same and shall determine as to the safety and practicability thereof and justification and reasonable compensation therefor, and the commission may make an order, as provided in section fifteen of P°”• i' 561* this Act, directing the common carrier to comply with the provisions of this section in accordance with such order, and such order shall be enforced as hereinafter provided for the enforcement of all other orders by the commission, other than orders for the payment of money. ’ Sec. 8. That section four of said Act to regulate commerce be y,.l‘,°i§‘ ”‘“° °h°" amended so as to read as follows: €dV°‘·”*·P·3*‘°·*'“°“"· "Sec. 4. That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject Aggregate chem to the provisions of this Act to charge or receive any greater com- 2% l’$f,§,§“§;$§g pensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers, or °'°”*“"° '°“'°~ of hke kind of property, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same hne or route in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance, or to charge any greater compensation as a through route than the aggregpte of the intermediate rates sub- N ,0 mh 3ect to the provisions of this ct; ut this shall not be construed as °' °°