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January 21, 1875 in The Kenosha Telegraph

Domestic News January 21, 1875

The Kenosha Telegraph

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Missouri Railways, Tariff Regulation, Legislative Bill, Passenger Fares, Freight Tariffs, Penalties

Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin

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Missouri proposes a law to regulate railway freight and passenger tariffs, following Northwestern States. A bill introduced in the legislature limits charges to two cents per mile, with exceptions for fractions, and sets penalties of $50-$300 for violations, half to informer and half to county school fund. Suits in Circuit Court.

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Missouri, following the example of nearly all the Northwestern States, proposes to enact a law regulating freight and passenger tariffs on her railways. A stringent bill has already been introduced in the Legislature for this purpose. It enacts that no railway shall charge more than two cents a mile for passage money, except when the amount is a fraction of five cents, in which case the fraction may be added. It provides that suits for violation of the law may be brought in the Circuit Court of the county wherein the infraction was committed, the action to be brought in the name of the State. The penalty is fixed at not less than $50 nor more than $300, one-half of the fine to go the informer, and the other half to the school fund of the county in which suit may be brought.

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Politics Economic

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Missouri Railways Tariff Regulation Legislative Bill Passenger Fares Freight Tariffs Penalties

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Missouri

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Missouri

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penalty fixed at not less than $50 nor more than $300, one-half to informer, other half to county school fund.

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Following Northwestern States, Missouri proposes law regulating railway freight and passenger tariffs. Stringent bill introduced in Legislature: no railway charges more than two cents per mile for passage, except fractions of five cents may be added. Suits for violations in Circuit Court of county where infraction committed, in name of State.