(a) All railroads operating in this state are required to keep and maintain track or railroad scales at all stations or depots where as many as one hundred (100) cars of coal, corn, or cottonseed are received annually by the railroad.
(b) The railroads are required, at the request of the consignee of a carload of coal, to properly weigh each and every car after the car has reached its destination. The railroad shall furnish to each consignee, upon request, by a written certificate of the weighman, the correct weight of each carload of coal received by the consignee within one (1) day after the car has reached its destination.
(c) No consignee shall be required to pay any freight or other railroad charge until furnished with the weights, nor pay any greater amount of freight than is shown by the certificate.
(d) Any railroad in this state failing or refusing to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), to be paid to the county in which the point of destination lies, for every failure or refusal to comply with the provisions of this section. Each day upon which it may refuse or fail to comply with this section shall constitute a separate offense.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries
Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers
Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally
Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads
§ 23-10-401. Definition for §§ 23-10-432 — 23-10-437 and 23-12-605
§ 23-10-402. Definition for §§ 23-10-403, 23-10-405, 23-10-406, and 23-10-409 — 23-10-431
§ 23-10-403. Application of §§ 23-10-402, 23-10-405, 23-10-406, 23-10-409 — 23-10-431
§ 23-10-404. Remedies in §§ 23-10-438 — 23-10-440 cumulative
§ 23-10-405. Remedies in §§ 23-10-406, 23-10-409 — 23-10-431 cumulative
§ 23-10-407. Reasonable rules for transportation of freight permitted
§ 23-10-408. Contracts or rules abridging liability of railroad void
§ 23-10-409. Free or reduced rate transportation permitted
§ 23-10-410. Discrimination as to freight prohibited — Pooling, rebates, etc., prohibited
§ 23-10-411. Forwarding freight over connecting lines — Preferences prohibited — Exceptions
§ 23-10-412. Demurrage charges generally
§ 23-10-413. Duty to furnish cars to shipper
§ 23-10-414. Duty to furnish cars — Interstate railroads
§ 23-10-415. Duty to exchange and return cars
§ 23-10-416. Loading of cars generally
§ 23-10-417. Cars detained for fault of shipper — Demurrage charges
§ 23-10-418. Receipt and transport of freight — Time restraints
§ 23-10-419. Delivery of freight
§ 23-10-420. Notice to consignee of arrival of freight — Penalty for failure to give
§ 23-10-421. Notice of arrival of freight — Free time
§ 23-10-422. Shipment to consignor's order — Notice
§ 23-10-423. Package freight unloaded by railroad — Storage charges
§ 23-10-424. Unloading cars — Free time — Demurrage charges — Extension of free time
§ 23-10-425. Loading or unloading — Additional free time when weather inclement
§ 23-10-427. Storage of freight after failure to unload — Charges
§ 23-10-428. Refusal of freight — Notice to consignor — Liability for demurrage
§ 23-10-429. Employee demanding or receiving extra pay for furnishing car to shipper — Penalty
§ 23-10-430. Recovery of demurrage, forfeitures, and charges
§ 23-10-432. Duty to furnish cars — Reasonable time for requesting cars
§ 23-10-433. Exceptions to duty to furnish or exchange cars
§ 23-10-434. Liability for failure to furnish or exchange cars — Exceptions
§ 23-10-435. Liability for cars of another railroad
§ 23-10-437. Intrastate freight — Rules
§ 23-10-438. Perishable freight — Duty to furnish cars — Exceptions — Penalty
§ 23-10-439. Perishable freight — Time for loading — Demurrage charges
§ 23-10-440. Forwarding perishable freight — Penalty for failure
§ 23-10-441. Shipper's pass on shipments of livestock or poultry
§ 23-10-442. Shipments of sheep and hogs