Alabama Code 37-8-30. Unlawful pooling of freights
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 37-8-30
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
Any officer, agent or servant of a person or corporation operating a railroad who aids in making or carrying out an agreement between railroads, commonly called a pool, for the division between themselves of the freight-carrying business of any place in this state, whereby trade is restrained by the establishment of extortionate rates and the prevention of free competition, unless such agreement has been approved by the Public Service Commission, must, on conviction, be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $200.00.