Chap. 21.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of chapter 3 of an act
concerning public service corporations, which became a law January 18,
1904. (H. B. 37.)

Approved February 27, 1914.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section four of chapter three of an act concerning public service:
corporations, which became a law January eighteen, nineteen hun-
dred and four, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 4. All transportation companies shall, according to their
respective powers, and with due regard to the exigencies of their
other traffic, afford all reasonable, proper and equal facilities for
the interchange of traffic between their respective lines, and for re-
ceiving, forwarding, and delivering of passengers and property to
and from their several lines, and those connecting therewith, aud
shall not discriminate in their rates and charges between such con-
necting lines; and this shall not be construed as requiring any such
company to establish or maintain unremunerative train service, or
to give the use of its track or terminal facilities to another company
engaged in a like business; provided, however, that if, in the
opinion of the State corporation commission the public interests
so require, the commission may require transportation companies
to connect their lines in any town or city, where such lines cross
at grade or where the rights of way of such companies are ad-
jacent to each other and provide proper facilities for the inter-
change of carload shipments and to perform all necessary switch-
ing service to and from private or assigned sidings for reasonable
compensation in freight or switching charges, which reasonable
compensation shall be fixed by the State corporation commission
after reasonable notice to the company or companies thus required
to connect their lines and to interchange carlosd shipments.