Chap. 828.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1202 of the code of Virginia in
relation to rates of toll on railroads.

Approved March 8, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section one
thousand two hundred and two of the code of Virginia, eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-seven, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:

§ 1202. Rates of toll on railroads.—On a railroad on which differ-
ent rates are not prescribed by law, the following rates of toll may be
charged for transportation—to-wit: Of a personand his baggage within
a hundred and fifty pounds, not exceeding six cents per mile; of produce
and other articles, except gypsum, lime, guano and other specific man-
ures, not exceeding eight cents per ton per mile; and gypsum, lime,
guano, and other specific manures, not exceeding four cents per ton of
two thousand two hundred and forty pounds per mile; and for the trans-
portation of any person, or of any produce or other articles fora distance
less than ten miles, a charge may be made at the foregoing rates as for
ten miles. And where articles weigh less than four pounds to the cubic
foot a toll may nevertheless he charged on each cubic foot as for four
pounds weight. And when the articles in any one consignment weigh
less than one hundred pounds a toll may be charged on the same as for
one hundred pounds weight. If for the transportation of any person
with his bagzage or for any consignment, the whole charge at the rates
before mentioned would be less than twenty- five cents, the same mav
nevertheless be charged asa minimum. For the weighing, storage. and
delivery of articles at any depot or warehouse of the company, a charge
may also be made not exceeding the ordinary warehouse rates ch: arued
in the city or town in which, or nearest to which, the depot. or ware-
house is situated. Bicyeles including the uswal toolbars, but erclusire of
other appendages, such as lamps, cyclometers, bells and so forth, are hereby
declared to be and be deemed baqgage for the purposes of this section, and
shall be transported as baqqage on the same terms as other baqyage for passen=
gers by radroad corporations and subject to the same liabilities, and no such
passenger shall be required to crate, cover, or otheririxe protect any such bicy-
cle and appendages: provided, howerer, that a railroad corporation shall not
be required to transport under the prorisions of this act, more than one bicycle
for a single person,

2. When a passenger having the bicycles so to be transported travels
on a fast express or limited train on which a bicycle cannot conveniently
be transported, the bicycle may be transported on the next regular train
which follows the one on which the passenger travels.

3. Allacts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby re-
pealed.,

4. This act shall be in force from its passage.