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Art. 6544. [6742-45] STREET RAILWAY FARES. All persons or
corporations owning or operating street railways in or upon the
public streets of any town or city of not less than forty thousand
inhabitants are required:
1. To carry children of the age of twelve years or less for
one-half the fare regularly collected for the transportation of
adults. This law shall not apply to street cars carrying children
or students to and from schools, colleges or other institutions of
learning situated at a distance of one mile or more beyond the
limits of the incorporated city or town from which said cars run.
2. To sell or provide for the sale of tickets in lots of
twenty, each good for one trip over the line or lines owned or
operated by such person or corporation, for one-half of the regular
fare collected for the transportation of adults, to students not
more than seventeen years of age in actual attendance upon any
academic, public or private school of grades not higher than the
grades of the public high schools situated within or adjacent to the
town or city in which such railway is located. Such tickets are
required to be sold only upon the presentation by the student
desiring to purchase them of the written certificate of the
principal of the school which he attends showing that he is not more
than seventeen years old, is in regular attendance upon such school
and is within the grades herein provided. Such tickets are not
required to be sold to such students and shall not be used except
during the months when such school is in actual session and such
students shall be transported at half fare only when they present
such tickets.
3. To transport free of charge children of the age of five
years or less when attended by a passenger of above said age.
4. To accord to all passengers referred to in this article the
same rights as to the use of transfers issued by their own or other
lines as are or may be accorded to passengers paying full fare.
Acts 1903, p. 132.
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Last modified: August 10, 2007
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