New York § 28 - 28Transmission of dispatches
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§ 28. 28Transmission of dispatches
§ 28. Transmission of dispatches. Every such corporation shall receive dispatches from and for other telegraph or telephone lines or corporations, and from and for any person, and on payment of the usual charges for transmitting dispatches as established by the rules and regulations of such corporation, transmit the same with impartiality and good faith and in the order in which they are received, and if it neglects or refuses so to do, it shall pay one hundred dollars for every such refusal or neglect to the person sending or desiring to send any such dispatch and entitled to have it so transmitted, but arrangements may be made with the proprietors or publishers or newspapers for the transmission for publication of intelligence of general and public interest out of its regular order.
Source: official New York text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 28 ("28Transmission of dispatches") is part of the New York Consolidated Laws, the codified statutory law of New York. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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