Rhode Island § 39-9-12 - Railroad Rates and Service
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§ 39-9-12. Railroad Rates and Service
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-9-12
§ 39-9-12. Certificates for excess fare paid on train.
Every railroad corporation carrying passengers in cars propelled by steam, which shall collect in the cars a greater fare than the price for which a single passage ticket is sold from the station at which the passenger takes the train, shall issue to the passenger a certificate for such sum as the fare collected on the train exceeds the sum for which a single passage ticket for the same distance is sold at the ticket office of the company, which certificate shall be payable upon presentation at any ticket office of the corporation; and every railroad corporation that shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense, one-half (½) to the use of the complainant and one-half (½) thereof to the use of the state.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 187, § 42; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, § 46; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 37; G.L.
1938, ch. 124, § 37; G.L. 1956, § 39-9-12.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 39-9-12 ("Railroad Rates and Service") is part of the Rhode Island General Laws, the codified statutory law of Rhode Island. 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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