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Code · U.S. Code · Title 47 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS · CHAPTER 1— TELEGRAPHS · § 10

§ 10. Equal facilities to connecting lines; discrimination in rates

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Whenever any telegraph company which shall have accepted the provisions of sections 1 to 6 and 8 1 of this title, prior to the effective date of the repeal of such sections, shall extend its line to any station or office of a telegraph line belonging to any one of said railroad or telegraph companies, referred to in section 9 of this title, said telegraph company so extending its line shall have the right and said railroad or telegraph company shall allow the line of said telegraph company so extending its line to connect with the telegraph line of said railroad or telegraph company to which it is extended at the place where their lines may meet, for the prompt and convenient interchange of telegraph business between said companies; and such railroad and telegraph companies, referred to in section 9 of this title, shall so operate their respective telegraph lines as to afford equal facilities to all, without discrimination in favor of or against any person, company, or corporation whatever, and shall receive, deliver, and exchange business with connecting telegraph lines on equal terms, and affording equal facilities, and without discrimination for or against any one of such connecting lines; and such exchange of business shall be on terms just and equitable.
(Aug. 7, 1888, ch. 772, § 2, 25 Stat. 383; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 48, 68 Stat. 1243.)
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  • Aug. 7, 1888, ch. 772, § 2
  • 25 Stat. 383
  • Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 48
  • 68 Stat. 1243
  • act July 16, 1947, ch. 256, § 1
  • 61 Stat. 327
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ActAug. 7, 1888, ch. 772, § 2
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ActSept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 48
Stat.68 Stat. 1243
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