Chapter 61. To amend section twenty-two of an Act to regulate commerce, as amended March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine
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CHAP. 61.— An Act To amend section twenty-two of an Act to regulate commerce, as amended March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.February 8, 1895. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Interstate commerce.Reduced rates, etc.Vol. 24, p. 389; Vol. 25, p. 862. That section twenty-two of an Act to regulate commerce, approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and as amended March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, be, and is hereby, amended by adding thereto the following proviso:
" “*Provided further*, That nothing in this Act shall prevent the issuanceInterchangeable mileage ticket. of joint interchangeable five-thousand-mile tickets, with special privileges as to the amount of free baggage that may be carried under mileage tickets of one thousand or more miles. But before any common carrier, subject to the provisions of this Act, shall issue any such joint interchangeable mileage tickets with special privileges, as aforesaid, it shall file with the Interstate Commerce Commission copies ofCopies of rates, etc. the joint tariffs of rates, fares, or charges on which such joint interchangeable mileage tickets are to be based, together with specifications of the amount of free baggage permitted to be carried under such tickets, in the same manner as common carriers are required to do with 644FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Chs. 61, 62. 1895. regard to other joint rates by section six of this Act; and all the provisionsRegulations, etc.Vol. 25, p. 855. of said section six relating to joint rates, fares, and charges shall be observed by said common carriers and enforced by the Interstate Commerce Commission as fully with regard to such joint interchangeable mileage tickets as with regard to other joint rates, fares, and charges referred to in said section six. It shall be unlawful for any common carrier that has issued or authorized to be issued any such joint interchangeable mileage tickets to demand, collect, or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation for transportation of persons or baggage under such joint interchangeable mileage tickets than that required by the rate, fare, or charge specified in the copies of the joint tariff of rates, fares, or charges filed with the Violations.Vol. 25, p. 857.Commission in force at the time.
The provisions of section ten of this Act shall apply to any violation of the requirements of this proviso.” " Approved, February 8, 1895. Chapter 62: Authorizing the El Reno Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the South Canadian River, between Blaine County, Oklahoma, and the Wichita Indian Reservation. Chapter 62 28 Stat. 644 1895-02-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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Chapter 61
To amend section twenty-two of an Act to regulate commerce, as amended March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine
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