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New York Railroad Law Section 57-a - (enacted Without Section Heading).

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    § 57-a.   A steam or electric railroad corporation having a franchise
  from this state, operating to and from stations within a city of over  a
  million  inhabitants,  and  owned,  controlled or operated by a railroad
  corporation having a franchise from another state, shall  not  charge  a
  rate  per  mile  within  such  city  in  excess of the rates charged for
  similar service from such city to stations in an adjacent state, by such
  railroad corporation having a franchise from another state, whether over
  its own tracks or under an agreement with another railroad  corporation.
  The  penalty  and  remedy provided by section fifty-nine of this chapter
  shall be applicable to a failure to comply with the provisions  of  this
  section,  and  such  remedy  may  be  pursued  and  such  penalty may be
  recovered by a person who shall have paid any such excess rate of fare.

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