New Jersey Statutes 48:3-36. Ticket agents; certificate of authority; selling without certificate; penalty
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 48:3-36
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- 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
Every agent authorized to sell tickets or other evidence entitling the holder to travel on any railroad, steamboat or other public conveyance, shall have a certificate from the owner or persons operating the public conveyance setting forth the authority of the agent to make such sale, signed by the officer whose name is signed upon the tickets or coupons which such agent may sell.
The agent shall exhibit the certificate to any person desiring to purchase a ticket, or to any officer of the law who may so request and shall keep the certificate conspicuously posted in his office.
Any person not possessed of such certificate of authority, who shall sell or transfer any coupon or part of any ticket or other evidence entitling the holder to travel on any such public conveyance, whether the same be situated, operated or owned within or without this state, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both.