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SECTION 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 milli...
Railroad (RRD) CHAPTER 49, ARTICLE 3
§ 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.