§ 39-9-12 - Certificates for excess fare paid on train. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 39-9-12

   § 39-9-12  Certificates for excess farepaid on train. – Every railroad corporation carrying passengers in cars propelled by steam,which shall collect in the cars a greater fare than the price for which asingle passage ticket is sold from the station at which the passenger takes thetrain, shall issue to the passenger a certificate for such sum as the farecollected on the train exceeds the sum for which a single passage ticket forthe same distance is sold at the ticket office of the company, whichcertificate shall be payable upon presentation at any ticket office of thecorporation; and every railroad corporation which shall neglect or refuse tocomply with the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than fiftydollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense,one half (1/2) to the use of the complainant and one half (1/2) thereof to theuse of the state.