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1906, ch. 454.

325. The said fine when recovered as aforesaid shall be paid without any deduction whatever, one-half thereof to the informer, and the balance thereof to be paid into the public school fund of the State of Maryland; provided, that the provisions of Sections 323 to 325 shall not apply to any part of a railroad where not more than 'eight regular passenger trains in twenty-four hours pass each way; provided, moreover, that where twenty freight trains pass each way generally in each twenty-four hours then the provisions of Sections 323 to 325 shall apply, notwithstanding that there may pass a less number of passenger trains than herein before set forth, namely, eight.

1914, ch. 26, sec. 325A.

325A. Any person employed as signalman, towerman, gateman, leverman, agent, train despatcher, telegraph or telephone operator in a railroad signal tower or public railroad station to receive or transmit a telegraphic or telephonic message or train order for the movement of trains and who works eight hours or more in any twenty-four each and every day con tinuously, and all levermen employed in connection with the reception or transmission of a telegraphic or telephonic message or train order for the movement of trains and who work the number of hours aforesaid must have and shall be allowed at least two days of twenty-four hours each in each and every calendar month for rest with the regular compensation; except in cases of extraordinary emergency caused by accident, fire, flood or danger to life or property, and for such extra service in case or cases of such emergency, such employee or employees who shall work on extra days by reason of such emergency shall be paid in addition to his regular compensation for and during the calendar month in which such extra service shall be rendered an amount equal to his average daily compensation for each day during which he performs such extra service. Any person or persons, company, corporation or association who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall on conviction pay a fine of not less than one hun dred dollars ($100) for each violation thereof, and such fine

shall be recovered by an action of debt in the name of the State of Maryland for the use of the State, which shall sue for it against such person, company, corporation or association violating this section, said suit to be instituted in any court of this State having appropriate jurisdiction, and such fine when recovered, as aforesaid, shall be paid without any deduction whatever, one-half thereof to the informer and the balance thereof to be paid into the public school fund of the State of Maryland.

1906, ch. 174.

326. Every railroad corporation owning, controlling, or op erating a railroad in this State, which charges a fare of more than two cents per mile for a first-class straight passenger ticket, shall keep for sale mileage books of two classes, the first having five hundred, and the other one thousand coupons, each coupon for one mile, attached thereto, entitling the holder thereof to travel on the railroad line or lines owned, controlled or operated by such railroad until all of said coupons are used up, for which such railroad corporation shall charge a sum not to exceed two cents per mile.

1906, ch. 174.

327. Such railroad corporations shall not charge or receive for a mileage book containing five hundred such coupons more than the sum of ten dollars, and for a mileage book containing one thousand such coupons not more than the sum of twenty dollars; and such mileage books shall be kept for sale by such railroad corporations at every ticket office of such corporations authorized to do business for them, and such mileage book or books shall be delivered to the applicant immediately upon application therefor, and the payment of the price legally demandable therefor.

1906, ch. 174.

328. The purchaser of said mileage book, or any member of the family of said purchaser or purchasers, if a firm, his or their employees, shall be entitled to travel, on the presentation of said mileage book, on the passenger trains of the railroad owned, controlled or operated by such corporation issuing said

book and all the lines thereof, for the number of miles equal to the coupons detached by the conductor of such railroad, and such conductor shall not detach from such mileage book more coupons than the number of miles traveled, and such mileage book shall entitle the purchaser thereof and the parties entitled to use the same to the same rights and privileges in respect to the transportation of themselves and baggage or property to which the holders of the highest class ticket issued by such corporation is entitled.

1906, ch. 174.

329. There shall be no stipulation, agreement or condition required by said railroad corporation before it will issue such mileage books, that said mileage books shall become forfeited or null and void by the accidental loss of the same, and said loss shall not render the same forfeited or null and void, and there shall be no limitation of time in which such mileage books shall be good, but the same shall be good until all coupons attached thereto have been used.

1906, ch. 174.

330. In the event any railroad corporation owning, controlling or operating a line or lines in this State shall refuse or neglect to issue a mileage book as prescribed in this law upon demand for the same and a tender of the price therefor authorized to be charged in Sections 326 and 327, or in violation of any of the provisions of Sections 326 to 330, shall refuse through any of its conductors or agents to accept the coupons of such mileage book for transportation according to the terms of Sections 326-330, then the person to whom such refusal is made shall be entitled to recover as liquidated damages from said railroad corporation the sum of fifty dollars for each refusal or neglect to issue said book or to accept said coupons, which damages shall be recoverable before any justice of the peace of any county in the State of Maryland or in Baltimore City, in which said railroad corporation has an office or place of business. The same right of appeal from the decision of the justice of the peace is hereby reserved to either party, as in other civil cases before a justice of the peace; provided, Sections 326-330 shall not apply to any railroad chartered under

the laws of this State whose gross passenger receipts shall not exceed five thousand dollars annually.*

1914, ch. 667, sec. 1.

330A. Every railroad corporation owning, controlling or operating a railroad in this State shall keep for sale mileage books, good for one thousand or less miles of travel, and all such mileage books shall entitle the holder or bearer thereof, or any person or persons accompanying said holder or bearer, to travel on the presentation of said mileage book on the passenger trains of the railroad owned, controlled or operated by such corporation issuing said book and all the lines thereof for the number of miles equal to the coupons detached or canceled by the conductor of such railroad, and such conductor shall not detach or cancel from such mileage book more miles than the number of miles traveled, and such mileage book shall entitle the holder or bearer thereof and the parties entitled to use the same to the same rights and privileges in respect to the transportation of themselves and baggage or property to which the holders of the highest class ticket issued by such corporation is entitled.

1914, ch. 667, sec. 2.

330в. In the event of any railroad corporation owning, controlling or operating a line or lines in this State shall refuse or neglect to issue a mileage book granting all the privileges prescribed in this law upon the demand for the same and a tender therefor of the prevailing price charged by said railroad corporation for any other class of mileage books at time of such demand, or in violation of any of the provisions of this Act shall refuse through any of its conductors or agents to accept the coupons of such mileage book for transportation according to the terms of this Act, then the person to whom such refusal is made shall be entitled to recover as liquidated damages from said railroad corporation the sum of fifty dollars for each refusal or neglect to issue said book or accept said coupons, which damages shall be recoverable before any justice of the peace of any county in the State of Maryland or in Baltimore City in which said railroad has an office or place of business. Chicago, R. I. & P. Co. vs. Arkansas, 219 U. S. 453, 55 Bk. L. Ed. 290.

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1908, ch. 724, sec. 300K.

331. It shall be unlawful for any railroad company doing business in the State of Maryland or any receiver of such railroad company to run or operate over its road or any part of its road, or suffer or permit to be run or operated over its road or any part of its road, any freight train consisting of thirty or more freight or other cars, exclusive of caboose and locomotive, with less than a full train crew, consisting of six persons, to wit: One engineer, one fireman, one conductor, one flagman and two brakemen.

1908, ch. 724, sec. 300L.

332. Any such railroad company or any such receiver violating any of the provisions of Section 331 shall be liable to a penalty of fine hundred dollars for each and every such violation, to be recovered in a civil suit or suits to be brought by the Attorney-General of the State of Maryland in the name of this State; and it shall be the duty of such Attorney-General without further authorization to bring such suit or suits upon duly verified information being presented to or lodged with him of such violation having occurred, and the affidavits of at least two citizens of the State of Maryland that such violation has occurred shall be taken and deemed to be duly verified information for the purposes of Sections 331 to 335.

1908, ch. 724, sec. 300м.

333. It shall be the duty of the Attorney-General of the State of Maryland to enforce the provisions of Sections 331 and 332, and all powers granted to the said Attorney-General for the enforcement of any other act or acts are hereby granted to him for the purpose of the enforcement of said provisions.

1908, ch. 724, sec. 300N.

334. Any employee of such railroad company or of any such receiver who may be killed or injured by any train which was run or operated contrary to the provisions of Section 331, or who may be killed or injured as a result of any act of any person employed contrary to the provisions of section 331 shall not be deemed thereby to have assumed the risk thereby occa sioned, although continuing in the employment of such railroad

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