Any person owning and operating an electric railway or electric cars carrying passengers shall, for failure to perform any duty prescribed in Sections 58-21-210, 58-21-220, 58-21-240, 58-21-300, or 58-21-310, be liable to a penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars per day for each day during which such nonperformance shall happen or continue and any person feeling aggrieved by the violation of any of such provisions by any corporation or who may ascertain that such violation exists may bring an action at law or in equity to enforce any such provisions and shall, upon collection of the penalty herein provided for, be entitled to such part thereof as may be sufficient to defray the actual expenses of the action at law, such amount to be fixed by the presiding judge, the balance to be turned into the county treasury for county purposes. Such action may be brought in any county wherein any such violation of any of such provisions occurs and when so brought shall not be merged or destroyed by any action thereafter brought by the Attorney General. But only one penalty shall be imposed for any one violation of any of such provisions.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1305; 1952 Code Section 58-1305; 1942 Code Section 8505; 1932 Code Section 8505; Civ. C. '22 Section 5063; 1920 (31) 742.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 58 - Public Utilities, Services and Carriers
Chapter 21 - Electric, Interurban And Street Railways
Section 58-21-10. Commission shall have jurisdiction over interurban railroads.
Section 58-21-20. Powers of street railway corporations to produce and supply light, power and heat.
Section 58-21-30. Lease of property of one electric railway company to another.
Section 58-21-40. Rights and remedies of injured employees of street railways.
Section 58-21-60. Certain statutory provisions inapplicable to lines of more than fifty miles.
Section 58-21-230. Enforcement orders of Commission.
Section 58-21-240. Maintenance of tracks, structures and cars.
Section 58-21-260. Interurban railways shall affix enclosed vestibules in November.
Section 58-21-270. Electric street railway cars shall have fenders.
Section 58-21-280. Electric street railway companies shall heat cars.
Section 58-21-290. Certain interurban railways shall heat cars.
Section 58-21-300. Notice of transfer points.
Section 58-21-310. Electric cars shall not be delayed to check fares.
Section 58-21-320. Certain employees of electric railways shall have powers of peace officers.