companies issuing commutation, excursion or mileage tickets as the same are now issued.

NOTICE AS TO OBSTRUCTED TRAINS.

Rule No. 21. Whenever there is, by reason of accident or otherwise, a break or obstruction on any railroad in this State, which will delay any passenger train on said road, it shall be the duty of said road to have the same bulletined at all stations at and between the said passenger train and the place so obstructed, and the conductor shall give notice of said obstruction to the passengers in the cars, before leaving the station, and the delay that will probably be caused by the same.

CINDER DEFLECTORS.

Rule No. 21. (a) Steam railroad companies are required to attach a permanent cinder deflector to windows on all passenger coaches used in this State.

DRINKING INTOXICATING LIQUORS ON TRAINS.

Rule No. 21. (b) The drinking of intoxicating liquors on trains in the presence of passengers in this State is prohibited, except on dining or buffet cars. The State law on this subject requires that the Act in reference to same be posted in all passenger coaches used for passenger service within the State.

INSUFFICIENT MILEAGE TO COVER JOURNEY.

Rule No. 21. (c) If a mileage ticket or tickets containing insufficient mileage to carry passengers to destination are tendered, ticket agent should detach all mileage in cover or covers and collect from passenger the additional amount in cash at two and onehalf cents per mile, to cover the difference between the mileage detached and the mileage to destination, and issue one continuous passage ticket to destination.

DETACHING FRACTIONAL MILEAGE.

Rule No. 21. (d) Detach one coupon from all mileage tickets for each mile, or fraction of a mile five-tenths or over. No detachment to be made for fractions of a mile less than five-tenths of a mile.

FILING REPORTS AND FURNISHING INFORMATION.

Rule No. 21. (e) Each company shall file in the office of the Commission, on or before the last day of each month, a report, duly sworn to, showing fully and in detail the earnings and expenses of such company during the month preceding.

And each of said companies shall, on or before the 31st day of August of each year, file in the office of the Commission an annual report, duly sworn to, showing fully and in detail the operations of such company during the preceding fiscal year, to-wit: from July the first to June the thirtieth, both, inclusive.

All of said reports shall be rendered on, and in accordance with, the printed forms that the Commission will prescribe and furnish for that purpose.

In addition to the foregoing, each of said companies shall furnish such other reports and information as the Commission may require from time to time.

Furthermore, it shall be the duty of each of said companies to produce, for the inspection of the Commission, any and all books, papers, contracts, agreements and other original records, of any character whatsoever, that may be in possession of said company, or within its power, custody or control, or copies thereof, as may be demanded and designated by the Commission.

STOPPING PASSENGER TRAINS AT STATIONS.

Rule No. 21. (f) All passenger trains operated in this State shall, at all stations where such trains stop, either upon flag or regular schedule, be brought to a standstill with such relation to the waiting-rooms of the station building, or other passenger facilities at said station, as will render egress from and ingress to said trains most practicable and convenient for the passengers, without reference to the convenient handling of baggage or other freight.

Rules Applicable to Freight Service

No. 22. RATES APPLICABLE TO ROADS UNDER ONE MANAGEMENT OR CONTROL.

All connecting railroads, doing business in this State, and under the management or control, by lease, ownership, association or otherwise, of one and the same person, firm, corporation or association, shall, for purposes of transportation, in applying freight and passenger tariffs, be considered as constituting but one and the same road, and the rate shall be computed as upon parts of one and the same road, unless otherwise specified by the Railroad Commission.

No. 23. LOCAL SHIPMENTS.

All shipments moving locally by rail, between points in South Carolina, are subject to the rates, rules and regulations as adopted by the Railroad Commission of South Carolina, unless there is issued at the time of shipment at the place the shipment originates, or at the nearest agency station thereto, through interstate bill of lading to the final point of destination of the shipment, or such a bill of lading as may be exchanged for a ship's bill of lading at a place of export.

No. 24. JOINT RATES.

Joint freight rates are those ordered put in, or authorized, by the Railroad Commission of South Carolina, which shall only apply on shipments moving between two points in the State of South Carolina, over two or more steam railroad routes, not under the same management or control.

Joint rates between points in South Carolina will be made by adding mileage rates of each line, less twenty per cent., but in no case to be less than continuous mileage rate for the total short line distance.

No. 25. RATES FROM COMPETING POINTS.

Where there are two or more steam railroad lines between any two points in South Carolina, having through connections, the lowest freight rate established between such points shall be

charged by the other lines accepting the freight for transportation between said points. Rates for intermediate stations shall not be affected by this rule.

No. 26. WEIGHT OF SHIPMENTS.

Actual gross weights must be charged for in all cases, except that when the actual weights of the articles named in Rule 14 of the Southern Classification cannot be ascertained at point of shipment, or at destination or in transit, the table of estimated weights therein given may apply, and when an article is classified to be accepted at an estimated weight, such estimated weight will gov

ern.

No. 27. MINIMUM CHARGES.

Railroads are authorized to charge not exceeding twenty-five (25c.) cents as a minimum charge on any single shipment over one line; over two lines, forty (40c.) cents, and over three or more lines, sixty (60c.) cents, although by the tariff the rate may be less than that amount: Except that shipments moving between any two points in this State over two or more lines, whether under the same management and control or not, but where through rates have been established and published, the minimum charge on any single shipment shall not exceed twenty-five cents.

No. 28. DISTANCES FOR CHANGING RATES.

Ten miles has been fixed as the usual limit for a change of freight rates in South Carolina, but the railroads may, if they so desire for intermediate distances, adopt rates also intermediate between those given in the tables.

When the distance between stations ends in a fraction of a mile, such fraction, if .5 or over, will be counted as a mile. If less than .5, such fraction will not be considered.

Stations not over two miles beyond the upper limits of ten-mile group may be included in such group. The Commission reserves the right, however, to correct the charge in extreme cases which work hardships, although the same may not violate the letter of its rules.

No. 29. FRACTIONAL RATES.

Where rates are expressed in cents per hundred pounds, fractions of less than half will be dropped, and fractions of over half

a cent will be computed as one cent. Half cents will be used as such.

No. 30. NO CHANGE OF RATES WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSION.

The rates fixed or authorized by this Commission are to be regarded as maximum rates, which the railroads shall not exceed, except when specifically authorized by rule or written consent of this Commission. The railroads may adopt lower rates with the consent of the Commission, but if they do so for one shipper or person, they must, for like service, apply the same reduction of rates for all other persons, and if they fix less freight rates from one station, they shall make a corresponding reduction of the same per cent. at all stations along the line of road, so as not to discriminate against any person or locality except as provided in Rule 25.

No. 31. BILLS LADING AND FREIGHT RECEIPTS.

All freight bills and receipts of all railroads in this State must show name of consignor, consignee, weight, class, rate, and charges.

No. 32. FREIGHT RATE BY PASSENGER TRAIN.

The rate of freight by regular passenger train shall not exceed the rate allowed by ordinary freight trains for first-class freight with 50 per cent. added thereto, and no railroad company shall, by reason of any contract with any express or other company, decline or refuse to transport any article proper for transportation on the train for which it is offered.

No. 33. NO DISCRIMINATION ALLOWED.

There shall be no discrimination by any railroad company chartered by this State in favor of or against any railroad company with which it may connect, but each road shall deal with all its connections at any one point on the same terms, and shall afford the like usual customary facilities for the interchange of freight between all of its connections at the same point, any contract, combination, joint ownership or management to the contrary notwithstanding.

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