§ 8-3-2-4 — Consignee; time for freight delivery; forfeitures

All carriers subject to the provisions of this
chapter shall deliver to a consignee on a private track, a track used by
the consignee for loading or unloading, or on their public delivery
track, and receive from a connecting carrier, at any terminal point in
this state, for the purpose of delivery to points located on its line at the
terminal or points reached over or through its line at the terminal, all
carload freight tendered it by a connecting line, and shall deliver the
same to the consignee on a private track, or on its tracks, or to the
connecting line on its tracks at the terminal, within twenty-four (24)
hours after the freight is tendered. If a carrier fails to deliver a car, it
shall pay to the consignee the sum of five dollars ($5) for each
twenty-four (24) hours or major part thereof that it fails to make
delivery as required by this section. Wrecks, strikes, or accidents to
tracks are a sufficient excuse for failure to make delivery. The sum due
because of a forfeiture may be deducted from the freight charges
following a shipment. The Indiana department of transportation, after
a full hearing of all parties interested, may relieve a carrier from
switching carload freight at terminal points which is to be delivered
upon its public delivery tracks at a terminal when it appears that the
facilities of the carrier at the point are only sufficient to care for the
business originating and terminating on its line at the point. Each
carrier may impose and collect a reasonable transportation charge for
the performance of the service required by this section.
Formerly: Acts 1907, c.231, s.4. As amended by P.L.62-1984,
SEC.16; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.34; P.L.18-1990, SEC.42.