tion, company or association, on official business, shall forfeit his office, and may be impeached and removed from office therefor, or for any other cause of impeachment. (Section 5 of this Act, amended November 23, 1907, (House Bill 31), effective immediately upon its passage and approval, to read as follows): missioners. clerical as Section 5. The president of such commission Salary of comshall receive a salary of thirty-five hundred dollars per annum, and the associate commissioners shall receive a salary of three thousand dollars per annum, and they may employ a clerk or secretary at a salary not exceeding twenty-four Salary of hundred dollars per annum, and a stenographer sistants. at a salary not exceeding twelve hundred dollars per annum, and may employ such experts May employ as may be necessary to perform any service it experts. may require of them; provided that the amount expended for such experts shall not exceed five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars in any one year; such salaries to be paid as the salaries of other Amount alState officials are paid. All money paid out un-lowed for der the provisions of this section, including such sum as may be necessary to procure office furniture and stationery, and to pay other office expenses, shall be paid on warrants drawn by the Auditor on the treasurer; but such office expenses shall not exceed one thousand dollars per annum. same. How paid. Sec. 6. Such commissioners shall have an of- Have office at capitol; time fice at the capitol, and there meet on the first of meeting. Monday in every month, and shall remain in ses sion until all business before them is disposed of; and they shall hold other sessions at such times and places as may be necessary for the proper discharge of their duty, or as the convenience of parties in the judgment of the commission may require; and they shall keep a record of all their proceedings, which shall be open at all times to the inspection of the public. Sec. 7. The commission shall have power to Proceedings of adopt and publish rules to govern its proceedings, and to regulate the mode and manner of all investigations, and hearings before it, provided all hearings shall be open to the public. Report to Must not perform service for common carrier. Sec. 8. On, or before the 10th of October, of each year the Railroad Commission, through the president thereof, shall make to the Governor, for transmission to the Legislature, a report of their acts and doings for the year ending on the thirtieth day of June, next preceding, setting forth such facts as will disclose the actual workings of the transportation system of this State, and making such suggestions, as to them may seem appropriate, and for the best interests of the State. Such reports may be made public immediately upon the filing of the Governor. Sec. 9. No railroad commissioner or clerk of the commission, shall, during his continuance in office, personally or through any partner or agent render any professional service, or make or perform any business contracts for, or with any corporation, firm, company or association, or person owning or operating a railroad in this State, except contracts made in the capacity of such corporation, firm, company or association, or person as common carriers. (Section 10 of this Act, amended August 9, 1907 (Senate Bill 520), to read as follows): term "Trans Section 10. The term "transportation company" as used herein shall mean, and embrace all Meaning of corporations, companies, individuals, associa- portation tions of individuals, their lessees, trustees, or re. Company." ceivers, that now or may hereafter own operate, manage or control as common carriers any railroad or any part of a railroad in this State; or any cars or other equipment used thereon, or bridges, terminals or side tracks used in connection therewith, whether owned by such railroad, or otherwise. The term "transportation company" as used herein shall also mean and embrace express companies, car companies, sleeping car companies, steamboat or steam packet companies, and all corporations, individuals or association of individuals, their lessees, trustees or receivers that now or may hereafter own, operate or control any railroad depot or terminal station, over all of which the commission shall have the power of supervision and control, and also all telegraph and telephone lines operating in more than one city or town. (Section 11 of this Act, amended August 9, 1907 (Senate Bill 520), to read as follows): Section 11. The provisions of this Act shall What proapply to the transportation of passengers and visions of act property between points within this State, and apply to. to the receiving, switching, delivering, storing and hauling of such property, and to all charges connected therewith, and shall apply to all railroad corporations, express companies, car com When does not panies, sleeping car companies, freight and freight line companies, steamboats or steam packet companies, terminal companies or individuals who now or who hereafter may own, operate or control any railroad depot or terminal station, and to all associations of persons, whether incorporated or otherwise, that shall do business as common carriers upon or over any line of railroad in whole or in part within this State, upon or over any navigable stream in whole or in part within this State, or partly by rail and partly by water; but nothing in this Act shall be construed as a regulation of or interference with inter-state commerce. Sec. 12. This act shall not apply to street and apply to street electric railroads engaged solely in the transpor railroads, etc. tation of passengers within the limits of any one city, nor to logging or private railroads, not doing business as common carriers. vice and facilities required. Sec. 13. Every transportation company is Adequate ser hereby required to furnish reasonably adequate service, and facilities, and the charges made for any service rendered, or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers, or property, or for any service in connection therewith, or for the receiving, switching, delivering, storing, or handling of such property shall be reasonable and just, and to that end the Railroad Commission of Alabama shall have the power and be charged with the duty of supervising, regulating and conrailroad com- trolling all transportation companies doing busimission as to. ness in this State, in all matters relating to the performance of their public duties, and their charges therefor, and of correcting abuses there Power of in by such companies; and the commissioners shall from time to time prescribe and enforce against said transportation companies, in the manner hereinafter authorized, such such rates, charges, classifications of freight, storage, demurrage, and car service charges, rules and regulations and shall require them to establish and maintain all such public service, facilities and conveniences, as may be reasonable and just. which said rates, charges, classifications, rules, regulations and requirements the commission Rates fixed by may, from time to time, alter or amend. Prostatute, comvided, however, that where the rates or charges mission can't for the transportation of any articles, or property, or the classification of freight, have been fixed or prescribed by statute, the commission shall not have power to increase such rates or charg es, or to change such classification in such manner as to increase such rates or charges. All rates. rates, charges, classifications, rules and regulations adopted, or acted upon by any transporta tion company inconsistent with those prescribed by the commission, acting within the scope of its authority, or inconsistent with those prescribed by any statute, shall be unlawful and void. increase. Unlawful ulate rates, Sec. 14. The Railroad Commission shall have the power and authority, subject at all times to Power of comthe control of the Legislature, of regulating rail- mission to regroad freight and passenger tariffs the locating corect abuses and building of passenger and freight depots, pots. correction of abuses, preventing unjust discrimination and extortion, and requiring reasonable and just rates of freight and passenger tariffs. and locate de |