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Art. 6492. [6689] COMMISSION TO MAKE RULES.  As to all 
freight carried wholly within this State and the cars used 
therefor, the Commission shall make and establish all needful rules 
and regulations, general and special, which may be different 
according to the circumstances and conditions to different 
railroads and localities and for different kinds and classes of 
freight and cars, providing for the time, place and manner of 
demanding cars for or giving notice of shipment of such freight and 
the time, place, manner and order in which the same shall be 
furnished to shippers for the purpose of shipping freight between 
points in this State;  and prescribe rules and regulations for the 
furnishing, exchanging and interchanging of cars, loaded and empty, 
by railroad companies as between each other;  the time, place, terms 
and conditions upon which such cars shall be furnished and such 
interchange shall be made, and in the absence of an agreement of 
such railroad companies, the reasonable compensation to be paid by 
each railroad company for the use, loss, injury or destruction of 
the cars of another railroad company in the transportation of such 
freight;  the time within which, and the manner by which railroad 
companies shall give notice or make demand upon each other for cars 
to be furnished by one railroad company in exchange for loaded cars, 
or to have its cars returned, the reasonable free time to be allowed 
the shippers for the loading of such car or cars without incurring 
liability for demurrage;  the free time which shall be allowed to 
the shipper or consignee in which to unload such freight without 
incurring any liability for demurrage;  a schedule of reasonable 
demurrage charges, reciprocal or otherwise, for the use of cars, 
irrespective of damages or penalties herein provided, which may be 
different for different railroads and different traffic and 
localities, to be paid by shippers for the detention or use of cars 
either in loading or unloading, or by the railroads for failing in a 
reasonable time to furnish cars, or to make delivery of loaded cars, 
subject to the penalties and damages herein provided, and the rules 
and regulations with respect thereto.  Said Commission, whenever it 
may deem same necessary in order to secure the prompt 
transportation of freight and preservation of the property, shall 
be authorized to prescribe the minimum speed at which freight shall 
be moved when being transported between points within this State, 
including the time for transfer and delivery as between connecting 
railroads.  Every such railway company shall conform to each rule, 
regulation and order of the Commission made in accordance with the 
two preceding and three succeeding articles;  and failure to 
observe the rules and regulations of the Commission, or to comply 
with the provisions of this law, as to freight carried wholly within 
this State, shall be deemed an abuse subject to correction by the 
Commission, and shall subject such railroad company to the 
penalties hereinafter provided.

Acts 1907, p. 343.                                                            

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