South Carolina § 58-17-3040 Posting bulletins as to late trains.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 58-17-3040 — Posting bulletins as to late trains.

South Carolina § 58-17-3040

Title 58PUBLIC UTILITIES, SERVICES AND CARRIERS

Ch. 17THE GENERAL RAILROAD LAW

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S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-3040 (2026).

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Whenever any passenger train on any railroad in this State shall be more than one half hour behind its schedule time the railroad company shall keep posted at every telegraph station along its line, when a telegraph operator is on duty at such station, the time such train is behind its schedule and shall change such bulletin every quarter hour until such train arrives, stating therein the time such train is behind and the hour at which it is expected to arrive. But such bulletins shall not be required to be posted at any station until one half hour before the regular schedule time at which such train is to arrive at such station. Any railroad company which shall refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars for each and every s

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Whenever any passenger train on any railroad in this State shall be more than one half hour behind its schedule time the railroad company shall keep posted at every telegraph station along its line, when a telegraph operator is on duty at such station, the time such train is behind its schedule and shall change such bulletin every quarter hour until such train arrives, stating therein the time such train is behind and the hour at which it is expected to arrive. But such bulletins shall not be required to be posted at any station until one half hour before the regular schedule time at which such train is to arrive at such station. Any railroad company which shall refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars for each and every such refusal or neglect, such sum to be sued for and recovered by any person aggrieved in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county where such refusal or neglect occurs.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 58-1174; 1952 Code SECTION 58-1174; 1942 Code SECTION 8417; 1932 Code SECTION 8417; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 4965; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 3270; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 2170; G. S. 1495; R. S. 1714; 1887 (19) 811; 1903 (24) 80; 1908 (25) 1075.