The report submitted by. Mr. TILLMAN is as follows: The.committee of. conference on. the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill to amend an act entitled "An act~to regulate commerce." approved February 4. 1887. and all acts amendatory. thereof. and to enlarge the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission. having met. after full and free conference. have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 7. 39. 45. 48. 49. 50. and 51. � That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 1. 2. 3. 8. 9. 10. 12. 13. 15. 16. 17. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 38. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44.. and 46. and agree.to the same. � -Amendment numbered 4: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 4. and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: Strike out all of saidamendment and insert: "No common carrier subject to theprovisionp of this act shall. after January first. nineteen hundred and seven. directly or indirectly. issue or give any interstate free ticket. free pass. or free transportation- for passengers. except to its employees and their- families. its officers. agents.. surgeons. physicians. and attorneys at law. to ministers of religion. traveling secretaries of railroad Young Mens Christian Associations. inmatesof hospitals and charitable and eleemosynary institutions. and persons exclusively engaged in charitable and eleemosynary work. to indigent. destitute. and homeless persons and to such persons when transported by charitable societies or hospitals : and. the necessary agents employed in such transportation. to inmates of the National Homes or State Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and of Soldiers and Sailors Homes. including those about to enter and those returning -home after discharge. and boards of. managers of such Homes. to necessary care takers of live stock. poultry. and fruit. to employees on sleeping cars. expresscars. and to linemen of telegraph and telephone companies. to Railway Mail Service employees. postoffice inspectors. customs inspectors. and immigration inspectors. to newsboys on trains. baggage agents. witnesses attending any legal investigation in which the common carrier is interested. persons injured in wrecks. and physicians and nurses attending such persons: Provided. That this provision shall not be construed to prohibit the interchange of passes for the officers. agents. and employees of common carriers and their families. nor to prohibit any common carrier from carrying passengers free with the object of providing relief in cases of general epidemic. pestilence. or other calamitous visitation. Any common carrier violating this provision shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. and for each offense. on conviction. shall pay to the UnitedStates a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars. and any person. other than the persons excepted in this provision. who uses any such interstate free ticket. free pass. or free transportation shall be subject to a like penalty.
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