ARIZONA Commissioner, officer, or employe of commission shall not be denied the right to travel upon any railroad, car, or other vehicle of such common carrier whether such railroad, car, or other vehicle be used for the transportation of passengers or freight, and regardless of class. Sess. Laws 1912, ch. 90, sec. II.

74

ARKANSAS

75

Commission shall make requisition in name of state upon railroads for transportation of themselves and employes when engaged in duties. Railroads may furnish same without charge. Kirby's Digest 1904, sec. 6798.

CALIFORNIA

Members, officers and employes may pass

76 free on common carriers when in performance of duties. Stats. 1911, 1st ex. sess. ch. 14, sec. II.

77

Such persons shall not be denied the right to travel upon common carriers whether used for passengers or freight and regardless of class. Same.

See also pars. 2095, 2232.

COLORADO

Common carriers shall furnish free transpor78 tation to commissioners or employes while in discharge of duties. Laws 1910, sp. sess., ch. 5, sec. II.

CONNECTICUT

79

Commissioners and employes may pass free on railroads and street railways in performance of duties. Gen. Stats. 1902, sec. 3883.

ILLINOIS

80

Commissioners and employes may pass free over railroads and railroad trains and over, upon and in instrumentalities used by common carriers in transportation, while in performance of duties. Revisal 1909, ch. 114, sec. 171.

INDIANA

81

82

It is unlawful for commissioners, secretary and employes to receive free transportation, reduced rates, prerequisites, gifts or emoluments from railroads or parties interested therein; violation constitutes misdemeanor; fine of $50 to $100; governor shall declare office vacant. Acts 1907, ch. 241,

sec.

1(f).

Common carriers shall provide free transportation for inspectors while on business of commission. Same.

IOWA

83

Commissioners, secretary, experts and agents shall be carried free on railroads and trains while performing duties. Code 1897, sec. 2151.

KANSAS

84

Commissioners, attorney, secretary and employes may pass free over roads and on railroad trains or any part thereof while in the performance of their duties. Gen. Stats. 1909, sec. 7169.

85

It is unlawful for commissioner, attorney, secretary or employes to receive or apply for free transportation or reduced rates from common carriers or their employes for other persons; violation constitutes misdemeanor; fine of $50 to $1,000; governor shall declare office vacant. Commissioners and attorney shall not ask nor receive from any utility any other pay or emolument for services. Same.

See also par. 2115.

KENTUCKY

Commissioners, rate clerk and stenographer 86 may pass free over railroads upon written or printed authority when engaged in duties. Carroll's Stats. 1909, sec. 822.

87

Commissioners shall not directly or indirectly solicit, request from, or recommend to the officers, attorneys or employes of railroads, the appointment of any person to places or positions, nor request, accept or receive any present, gift, or gratuity from utilities; nor shall any corporation offer to commissioners any place or appointment for themselves or other persons. Violation by any corporation or person; fine of $1,000 to $5,000. Same, sec. 832.

MARYLAND

88

Commissioners, general counsel, secretary and employes are forbidden and prohibited to solicit, suggest, request or recommend directly or indirectly to utilities or their officers, attorneys or employes the appointment of persons to any office, place, position or appointment. Utilities, their officers, attorneys and employes are forbidden and prohibited to offer to commissioners, general counsel, secretary or employes any place, office, appointment or position, or to offer to give them free passes, free transportation, reductions in fares to which public generally are not entitled, free carriage of freight or property, presents, gifts or gratuities. Governor shall remove from office a member, officer or employe of commission violating this provision. Laws 1910, ch. 180, sec. 7.

MASSACHUSETTS Railroad commissioners and employes shall be transported free over railroads in performance of duties. They shall not receive directly or indirectly any commission, bonus, discount, present or reward from railroads. Acts 1906, ch. 463, pt. i, sec. 2.

89

90

Railroad commissioners and clerk may enter into contracts with a railroad or street railway only as common carriers. Same,

sec. I.

MICHIGAN

91

Commissioners and employes shall be carried free on railroads, trains, cars and any part thereof, when on business pertaining to railroads. Violation by commissioners or employes constitutes misdemeanor; fine of $100 to $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than 90 days, or both, in discretion of court. Pub. Acts 1909, no. 300, sec. 2(k).

MINNESOTA

Commissioners, secretary and employes may 92 pass free on railroads and railroad trains in performance of duties. Laws 1907, ch. 449, sec. 2.

See also par. 380.

MISSISSIPPI

Railroads shall transport commissioners and secretary free when on official business and afford them proper facilities and furnish annual passes to commissioners while on 93 railroad business pertaining to their duties. Railroads and other transportation companies shall grant free passes, or tickets, or passes or tickets at a discount to commissioners. Const., sec. 188. Code 1906, secs. 4859, 4873.

94

95

It is unlawful for commissioners or secretary to accept free transportation except as provided by law, or any gift, gratuity, emolument or employment. Violation; shall forfeit offices, may be impeached and removed from office and shall be subject to criminal prosecution; fine of $1,000 to $10,000, imprisonment of one to ten years, or both. Railroads granting free transportation or reduced rates to commissioners or secretary except when on official business shall be guilty of misdemeanor; fine of not less than $100. Code 1906, secs. 4827, 4873.

Railroads shall report number of trips and miles they transported commissioners or secretary during preceding year and commission shall report same to legislature. Same.

See also par. 382.

MONTANA

96

97

Commissioners and employes may have free

transportation. Rev. Codes 1907, sec. 4369.

Revised code Montana, 1907, Sec. 4369 allows free transportation to members and employes of the railroad commission traveling on official business. John vs. No. Pac. Ry., 42 Mont. 19.

No commissioner or secretary shall solicit, request from or recommend directly or indirectly to any railroad or officer, attorney or agent thereof, the appointment of any person to any place or position. Railroads and their attorneys or agents shall not offer any place, appointment or position or other consideration to commissioners or their employes; neither shall any commissioner, secretary or employe of commission accept, receive or request any pass from any railroad for himself or for any other person except as provided by law, or any present, gift or gratuity from any railroad. A violation by a member, secretary or employe of commission forfeits office. Violation by any person constitutes misdemeanor; fine of not more than $500, imprisonment of not more than six months, or both. Same, sec. 4394.

See also par. 2147.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Commissioners may enter into contracts with any railroad or public utility for the transportation of passengers or property or of telephone or telegraph messages or for the pur

98

chase of water, gas, electricity or for other similar services. Laws 1911, ch. 164, sec. 2(d).

See also par. 386.

NEW YORK

A provision substantially identical with par. 99 88. Laws 1910, ch. 480, sec. 15.

To the extent that facilities for inspection of common carriers, railroads and street railroads involve transportation each commissioner and each employe shall pay published one-way fare established by the common carrier for the transportation 100 of persons by regular passenger trains over the distance covered by such inspection. The cost of such transportation, if commission so elects, may be paid upon bill rendered to the commission after the transportation has been furnished and the amount thereof ascertained. Same, sec. 45(2).

See also par. 390.

NORTH CAROLINA It is unlawful for commissioners directly or indirectly to hold stock or bonds, be agent, attorney, employe of, or be interested in any steamboat, railroad, canal, navigation, express or telephone utility, bank building and loan company or 101 association. If commissioner or official of commission shall act as distributor or legatee or in any way become entitled to stock, bonds or interest therein, he shall at once dispose thereof; upon failure to do so he shall forfeit office and may be suspended by governor. Pell's Revisal 1908, sec. 1058.

Commissioners and their clerks shall be transported free of charge over all railroads and other transportation lines; and 102 when traveling on official business they may take with them experts or other agents whose service they may deem temporarily of public importance. Same, sec. 1105.

See also par. 2167.

NORTH DAKOTA Commissioners, secretaries and employes 103 may pass free on railroads or other transportation utilities in performance of duties. Rev. Codes 1905, sec. 368.

OHIO

Commission may pass free on railroads and 104 trains or any parts thereof in performance of duties. Code 1910, sec. 608.

OREGON

Commissioners, secretary, stenographer, and employes may ride in and upon any engine, car, or train of railroads in performance of duties upon payment of local passenger 105 fare, but railroads shall not be deemed to become common carriers of passengers other than on passenger trains nor to be guilty of discrimination. Gen. Laws 1907, ch. 53, sec. 9.

SOUTH CAROLINA Members, secretary and employes of railroad commission shall be transported free over railroads and 106 trains in performance of duties comcerning railroads. Gen. Stats. 1902, sec. 2066.

See also par. 2668.

SOUTH DAKOTA

Commissioners, their secretary, counsel and employes shall not have the right of free transportation upon and over the lines of any common carrier in this state, or other 107 agents whose services they may require, who shall in like manner be transported free of charge. Sess. Laws 1911, ch. 207, sec. 33.

TENNESSEE

Commissioners shall be entitled to a pass or ticket over railroads while in discharge of duty. Railroads shall 108 furnish each commissioner with a pass or ticket when demanded. Acts 1897, ch. 10, sec. 5.

Commissioners shall not accept directly or indirectly any gift, gratuity, emolument, or employment from railroads, their officers, attorneys or employes, nor solicit, request, nor recommend the appointment of persons to any place or position. It 109 is unlawful for railroads or their officers, attorneys, or employes to give or offer to give to commissioners any gift, gratuity, emolument, employment, or place for themselves or others. Violation by any person or corporation; fine of $1,000 to $5,000; dismissed from office by judgment of court. Same.

VERMONT

Commissioners and employes shall be entitled to free transportation upon railroads in performance of 110 duties. They shall not receive directly or indirectly from utilities any commission, present or reward. Pub. Stats. 1906, secs. 4593 (as amended by Laws 1908, no. 116, sec. 22), 4605.

Commissioners or clerk may enter into contracts with util111 ities only as common carriers or in the regular course of public service. Same, sec. 4593, as amended by Laws 1908, no. 116,

sec. 22.

See also par. 2214.

VIRGINIA

Transportation utilities shall transport free commissioners and their officers engaged on official duties; on order of commission attested by clerk or signed by any commis112 sioner they shall furnish free transportation to commissioners and their officers when performing official duties and the order shall show that it is desired for official business. Const., sec. 155. Pollard's Code 1904, sec. 1313(a)49.

See also par. 2252.

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