§ 37-9-409 — Demurrage on cars

Wyoming § 37-9-409

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 37: Public Utilities
• Ch. 9: RAILROADS
• Art. 4: DEPOTS; SALE OF TICKETS; DEMURRAGE

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All railroads, shipping cars, or parts of cars of all
commodities, from any point in the state of Wyoming, to
consignees in any other part of this state, shall give time,
free of charge, for loading and unloading said cars, or parts of
cars, as follows: All loaded cars, taking track delivery, which
are to be unloaded by the consignee thereof, or the party whose
interest may appear, or cars set for loading which are to be
loaded by consignor, shall be limited to forty-eight (48) hours
of free time, computed from seven (7:00) o'clock a.m., of the
day following the day legal notice of arrival is given (having
been placed at an accessible point for unloading), and may be
subject thereafter to a charge of one dollar ($1.00) per car for
each day, or fraction of a day, that they may remain unloaded,
in possession of the railroad company after said free time;
provided, however, that if after placing a car, or cars, as
required in this section, the railroad company shall, during or
after free time, temporarily remove all, or any of them, or in
any way obstruct the unloading of same, the consignee shall not
be chargeable with the delay caused thereby; provided, that when
on account of delay or irregularity of transportation, cars are
bunched and delivered to consignee in numbers beyond his
reasonable ability to load and unload within the free time
prescribed by these rules, he shall be allowed by the carrier
such additional time as may be necessary to load and unload
cars, so in excess, by the exercise of usual diligence on the
part of the consignee.