Articles. Vehicles and materials for vehicles, as follows:-(Continued.) Short line mileage, with the arbitraries, if any of the short line added, to be used in computing the above rates. Not less than 75 miles to be charged for in computing rates for short distances. 1 Cars, railroad, hand, lever or crank, K. D...................... 2 Cars, railroad, hand, lever or crank, K. D, released, C. L. minimum weight 24,000 pounds, special iron rates. Cars, street, single, actual weight...... D 1 Cars, street, and omnibuses, two or more on a car, not less than 20,000 lbs. charged for..... 5 Carts, road, village or pleasure; same as buggies. Gigs and sulkies, K. D., boxed or well crated, L. C. L....... Locomotives and tenders, moved by their own power, owner to furnish fuel and] Locomotives and tenders, dead, standard gauge, on their own wheels; connecting rods and small parts liable to be damaged, to be taken off and boxed, 20 cents per mile. Locomotives and tenders, loaded wholly on flat cars, twenty-five per cent. higher than the above. When it is desired to send a man in charge of locomotives, he may be passed one way. Short all rail line mileage, with the arbitraries, if any of the short all rail line added, to be used in computing the above rates; not less than 75 miles to be charged for in computing rates for short distances. Materials, vehicle, iron, boxes, and skeins, loose..... Materials, vehicle, iron, boxes, and skeins, boxed.... Materials, vehicle, iron, boxes or skeins, in bbls. or casks: see Iron. Materials, vehicle, seats and carriage springs, iron.. Materials, vehicle, wheels and bodies, unfinished, C. L., 15,000dbs. charged for.. Materials, vehicle, the same, C. L., not less than 15,000 lbs. charged for (Exc.) Stage-coaches, omnibuses, and hearses, single, actual weight..... 6 Velocipedes, bicycles or tricycles, K. D., and boxed .... Velocipedes, bicycles, or tricycles, set up, securely boxed..... Velocipedes, bicycles, or tricycles, set up, crated... Velocipedes, bicycles, or tricycles, set up, not boxed or crated, not taken. 12 3T1 1 Wagons and carts, farm or lumber, set up, actual weight.. Wagons and carts, farm or iumber, taken apart and thoroughly knocked down, actual weight........ Wind-mills, K. D., in bundles or boxes.... Window-shades and rollers Window-shade cloth... Wine: see Liquors. Wines, high same as Whiskey. Wire, fence, barbed or otherwise, and telephone and telegraph.. Wire, iron or steel, N. O. S...... Wire cloth. Wire, copper, insulated, on reels or in coils. Wire fence; same as Iron railing and fencing. Wire mattresses; see Furniture. Wire rope; see rope. Wire screens..... Wooden covers; see Covers, wooden. Wooden bottle covers; see Wooden-ware, N. O. S... Wooden-ware does not include willow-ware, which is D 1. Wood screws, in casks or boxes..... Wooden skewers...... Wool, in bags, (Exc.)....... Wool, N. O. S., pressed in bales, (Exc.).. Wool, mineral... RAILROAD LAW OF SOUTH CAROLINA. AN ACT TO PROVIDE A GENERAL RAILROAD LAW FOR THE Extent and Purview of the Act. "General Railroad GENERAL STATUTES, 1413. (A. A. Feb., 1882.) This Act may Cited be cited as the "General Railroad Act," one thousand eight hun- Act." dred and eighty-one. Construction of terms "rail ways, "railroad, "rail corporation," "railroad G. S. 14'4. (A. A. Feb., 1882) In the construction of this Act, except where such meaning would be repugnant to the roads and railcontext, or contrary to the manifest intention of the Legislature, the phrase "railroads and railways" shall be construed to road include all railroads and railways doing business as common company." carriers in this State (except marine railways) operated by Marine railsteam, and whether operated by the, corporations owning them ways excepted. or by other corporations or otherwise; "railroad" shall be construed to mean a railroad or railway operated by steam power. The phrase "railroad corporation" shall be construed to mean the corporation which lays out, constructs, maintains, or operates a railroad operated by steam power, and "railroad company" shall have no different meaning from "railroad corporation." Liability of one corporation operating a road of another corporation. G. S. 1415. (A. A. Feb., 1882.) When a railroad laid out and constructed by one corporation is lawfully maintained and operated by another corporation, the latter shall be subject to the duties, liabilities, restrictions, and other provisions, as they are set forth in this Act, respecting or arising from the maintenance and operation of such railroad, in the same manner as if it had been laid out and constructed by said latter corporation. When a railroad is lawfully maintained and operated by trustees or receivers, they shall in like manner be subject to the duties, ties. liabilities, restrictions, and other provisions respecting or arising from the maintenance and operation of such railroad which are attached in this Act to the corporation for whose stockholders or creditors or either they are trustees or receivers. Trustees or receivers-liabili deemed amend granted since G. S. 1416. (A. A. Feb., 1882.) Railroad corporations heretofore established in this State, whether by special Act or in conformity with the provisions of any general law, shall have the powers and privileges and be subject to duties, liabilities, Shall be restrictions, and other provisions contained in this Act, which, ment to charters SO far as inconsistent with charters granted since the seventeenth "Act 17th De- day of December, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, cember, 1841," shall be deemed and taken to be in alteration and amendment thereof: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall affect any act done or any right accruing, accrued, or established, or any proceedings, doings, or acts ratified or confirmed, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any case before the Act takes effect, but the proceedings therein shall, when necessary, conform to the provisions of this Act. when, &c. Proviso. No charter or extensions to be three months' As to the Charters of Railroads. G. S. 1417. (A. A. Feb., 1882.) No charter for the incorpogranted unless ration of railroad companies, or any extension thereof, shall be notice be given. granted by the Legislature, unless three months' public notice of the application for the same be previously given by advertisement in one of the papers of the County in which such road may be situated; or, if there be no newspaper in such County, then by publication of such notice at the Court House, or some conspicuous place in the County. Publication of, how given. Liability at common law not or declaration. G. S. 1418. (A. A. Feb., 1882.) No public notice, or declaralimited by notice tion, shall limit, or in any wise affect, the liability, at common law, of any railroad company within this State, for or in respect of any goods to be carried and conveyed by them; but such railroad company shall be liable as at common law, to answer for the loss of, or injury to, any articles and goods to be carried and conveyed by them, any public notice, or declaration, by them made and given contrary thereto, or in any wise limiting such liability, notwithstanding. Scale of votes. Proviso. G. S. 1419. (A. A. Feb., 1882.) At all general or special meetings or elections of the stockholders of any railroad company incorporated by this State, each share of stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall affect the mode of voting adopted and practised by any railroad company at the time that this Act shall become of force. Formation of Corporations by Purchasers. G. S. 1420. (A. A. Feb., 1882.) In case of the sale of any railroads may tion. Certificate spename, &c., to be filed in the Secretary of State's railroad, situated heretofore or hereafter wholly within this Purchasers of State or partly in an adjoining State, by virtue of any mortgage form a corporaor deed of trust, whether under foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, or pursuant to any power contained in such mortgage or deed of trust, the purchaser or purchasers thereof, or his or their survivor or survivors, representatives or assigns, may, together with their associates (if any), form a corporation for the purpose of owning, possessing, maintaining, and operating such railroad, or such portion thereof as may be situated within this State, by filing in the office of the Secretary of State of this State a certificate specifying the name and style of such cifying corporate corporation, the number of Directors of the same, the names of its Directors, and the period of their services, not exceeding office. one year, the amount of the capital stock of such corporation and the number of shares into which it is to be divided; and the persons signing such certificate, and their successors, may be a body corporate and politic, by the name specified in such certificate, with power to sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, and to own, possess, maintain, and operate the railroad referred to in such certificate, and to transact all business connected with the same; and a copy of such certificate, attested by the Secretary of State or his deputy, shall, in all Courts and places, be evidence of the due organization and existence of such corporation and of the matters specified in such certificate: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize in any manner the purchase or lease of such railroad, by any railroad corporation or steamship company, chartered either by this or by any other State, except as hereinafter provided: And provided, further, That the capital proviso as to stock, to be named in the certificate aforesaid, shall in no case be greater than the amount of the capital stock specified in the original charter of the railroad so sold, and any amendment or amendments thereto. Proviso. capital stock. new corpora G. S. 1421. (A. A. Feb., 1882.) Such corporation shall pos- Powers, rights, sess all the powers, rights, immunities, privileges, and franchises privileges, &c., of in respect to such railroad, or the part thereof included in such tion. certificate, and in respect to the real and personal property appertaining to the same, which were possessed or enjoyed by the corporation which owned or held such railroad previous to such sale under or by virtue of its charter and any amendments thereto, and of other laws of this State, or the laws of any other State, in which any part of such railroad may have been situated, not inconsistent with the laws of this State. |