Sec. 16.
If any common carrier or any agent or officer thereof shall, directly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or by any means of false billing, false classification, false weighing, or by any other device whatsoever, charge, demand, collect or receive from any person, firm or corporation, a greater or less compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered by it for the transportation of persons or property or for any service in connection therewith than that prescribed in the public tariffs then in force, or established as provided herein, or than it charges, demands, collects or receives from any other person, firm or corporation for a like and contemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, or shall knowingly and willfully assist or willfully suffer and permit such greater or less compensation to be charged, demanded, collected or received, such common carrier shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination, which is hereby prohibited and declared to be unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any common carrier to demand, charge, collect or receive from any person, firm or corporation a less compensation for the transportation of property or for any service rendered or to be rendered by said common carrier in consideration of said person, firm or corporation furnishing any part of the facilities incident thereto: Provided, Nothing shall be construed as prohibiting any common carrier from procuring any facilities or service incident to transportation and paying a reasonable compensation therefor.
History: 1909, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- CL 1915, 8124 ;-- CL 1929, 11032 ;-- CL 1948, 462.16
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 300 of 1909 - Railroads (462.2 - 462.50)
Section 462.2a - Applicability of Act.
Section 462.3 - Definitions; Scope.
Section 462.4 - Common Carrier; Duty to Serve; Rates; Through Routes; Rates; Joint Rates.
Section 462.5 - Free Transportation; Penalty; Freight; Tickets.
Section 462.9 - Charges for Longer and Shorter Hauls; Governing Rate.
Section 462.11 - Special Contract Rates.
Section 462.12 - Freight Classification.
Section 462.15 - Continuous Carriage of Freight; Unlawful Acts.
Section 462.16 - Rate Discrimination Unlawful; Compensation for Incidental Service.
Section 462.17 - Traffic Discrimination Unlawful.
Section 462.18 - Receiving Rebate or Discrimination; Penalty.
Section 462.19 - Civil Liability.
Section 462.20 - Failure to Report Unlawful.
Section 462.21 - Fees; Disposition.
Section 462.24 - Orders of Commission; Rescission or Amendment.
Section 462.31 - Freight Tariffs; Filing.
Section 462.32 - Unreasonable Rate or Practice; Regulation by Commission.
Section 462.33 - Accidents; Report; Investigation, Expense.
Section 462.35 - Rules Regarding Maximum Speed Limits; Order; Effective Date of Speed Limit.
Section 462.36 - Equipment and Structures; Authority of Commission.
Section 462.37 - Equipment and Structures; Hearing Prior to Order.
Section 462.38 - Equipment and Structures; Refusal to Obey Order; Penalty.
Section 462.39 - Fences; Inspection, Construction.
Section 462.40 - Bill of Lading; Liability of Carrier; Statements of Charges.
Section 462.41 - Violations; Investigation; Enforcement of Act.
Section 462.42 - Investigation of Claims.
Section 462.43 - Liability for Violations; Penalty.
Section 462.44 - Police Powers Vested in Commission.
Section 462.45 - Substantial Compliance.
Section 462.46 - Rights of Action; Penalties Cumulative.
Section 462.47 - Mandamus; Injunction; Civil Remedies.
Section 462.48 - Record of Proceedings; Report to Governor, Contents, Publication.
Section 462.49 - Powers, Duties and Privileges Transferred to Commission; Saving Clause.
Section 462.50 - Legislation; Hearing on Changes; Recommendations.