8-10 Common Carriers of Messages - North Dakota Statutes

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CHAPTER 8-10COMMON CARRIERS OF MESSAGES8-10-01.Telegraph company must maintain sufficient equipment.All persons,corporations, and companies doing a public telegraph business within the state shall maintain
sufficient wires and equipment to give prompt service and dispatch.8-10-02. Order of transmission and delivery of telegraph messages. A carrier ofmessages by telegraph, if it is practicable, shall transmit every such message immediately upon
its receipt and shall promptly deliver all messages received in any telegraph office within the
state if it is in the power of the telegraph company to locate the party to whom the message is
addressed. If this is not practicable and several messages accumulate upon the carrier's hands,
the carrier shall transmit and deliver them in the following order:1.Messages on public business from public agents of the United States or this state.2.Messages intended in good faith for immediate publication in newspapers and not
for any secret use.3.Messages giving information relating to the sickness or death of any person.4.Other messages in the order in which they were received.8-10-03.Order of transmission of messages other than telegraph.A commoncarrier of messages otherwise than by telegraph shall transmit messages in the order in which
the carrier receives them, except that priority must always be given to messages on public
business from agents of the United States or this state. The carrier may fix upon certain times
for the simultaneous transmission of messages previously received.8-10-04.Damages when message is refused or delayed.Every person whosemessage is refused, postponed, or delayed contrary to the provisions of sections 8-10-02 and
8-10-03 is entitled to recover from the carrier that person's actual damages and additional
damages for mental distress and anguish caused by the refusal, delay, or postponement.8-10-05.Messages transmitted promptly.All messages left at the office of anytelegraph office must be transmitted promptly if said message is prepaid by the sender. In no
case may a full-rate message remain at the telegraph office unsent more than thirty minutes
except in case of accident to the lines or during severe storms.8-10-06. Transfer of messages. Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 106,