1. Every railroad corporation organized or doing business under the laws of this state, or by the authority thereof, shall receive and deliver all grain or other freight consigned to its care for transportation at the crossings and junctions of all other railroads, canals and navigable rivers; and shall, at all cities and at all towns along the line of their railroad having a population of two hundred inhabitants or more, construct and maintain switches and freight houses for the receipt and delivery of grain and other freight that may be tendered to such railroad for transportation; and shall stop at least one train daily thereat to receive and unload freight. And whenever in the opinion of the motor carrier and railroad safety division of the department of economic development of this state the amount of business is such as to require the same, such railroad, after due notice from such motor carrier and railroad safety division of the department of economic development to do so, shall maintain a freight agent at such station for the purpose of receiving and delivering freight.

2. Any railroad corporation failing or refusing to comply with the provisions of this section, after thirty days’ notice given, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined in the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered by indictment or information in any court having jurisdiction thereof, and each day that said railroad corporation shall so fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of this section after the expiration of thirty days after such notice, shall constitute a separate offense.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 389.300

  • 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.
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
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