New Jersey Statutes 48:12-121. Rates for express matter and fragile property; agreement between railroad and express companies
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 48:12-121
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
a. Express matter in packages weighing less than 100 pounds each or the value of which exceeds $1.00 per pound;
b. Property forwarded in passenger or special trains; or
c. Property the handling or transportation of which is attended with extraordinary expense or risk, such as live animals in less quantities than carloads, valuable furniture not boxed, powder, glass plates, pianos and the like.
Any railroad company may receive from any express or transportation company, person or firm any amount that such company, person or firm shall agree to pay for carrying express goods or other property; any limit to the rate of compensation in the charters of such railroad companies or otherwise to the contrary notwithstanding.
Nothing in this section shall exonerate any railroad company from carrying goods other than of the kind above mentioned that shall be offered to their agents for transportation on the terms prescribed by their respective charters or by the laws of this State.
Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 142.