CORPORATIONS 903

association violating this Section, said suit to be instituted in any court of
this State having appropriate jurisdiction, and such fine when recovered,
as aforesaid, shall be paid without any deduction whatever, one-half thereof
to the informer and the balance thereof to be paid into the public, school
fund of the State of Maryland.

See art. 38, sec. 3 as to abolition of informer's fees.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 264, 1912, sec. 326. 1906, ch. 174.

265. Every railroad corporation owning, controlling or operating a
railroad in this State, which charges a fare of more than two cents per
mile for a first-class straight passenger ticket, shall keep for sale mileage
books of two classes, the first having five hundred, and the other one thou-
sand coupons, each coupon for one mile, attached thereto, entitling the
holder thereof to travel on the railroad line or lines, owned, controlled or
operated by such railroad until all of said coupons are used up, for which
such railroad corporation shall charge a sum not to exceed two cents
per mile.

See secs. 270, 271 & 383.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 265. 1912, sec. 327. 1906, ch. 174.

266. Such railroad corporations shall not charge or receive for a mile-
age book containing five hundred such coupons more than the sum of ten
dollars, and for a mileage book containing one thousand such coupons not
more than the sum of twenty dollars; and such mileage books shall be kept
for sale by such railroad corporations at every ticket office of such corpo-
rations authorized to do business for them, and such mileage book or books
shall be delivered to the applicant immediately upon application therefor,
and the payment of the price legally demandable therefor.

As to tariff schedules, see sec. 370; as to the determination of when rates are just and
reasonable, see sec. 381; as to freight rates on inter-state traffic, see sec. 395. See also
sec. 213.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 266. 1912, sec. 328. 1906, ch. 174.

267. The purchaser of said mileage book, or any member of the family
of said purchaser or purchasers, if a firm, his or their employees, shall
be entitled to travel, on the presentation of said mileage book, on the
passenger trains of the railroad owned, controlled or operated by such cor-
poration issuing said book and all the lines thereof, for the number of
miles equal to the coupons detached by the conductor of such railroad, and
such conductor shall not detach from such mileage book more coupons
than the number of miles traveled, and such mileage book shall entitle the
purchaser thereof and the parties entitled to use the same to the same rights
and privileges in respect to the transportation of themselves and baggage
or property to which the holders of the highest class ticket issued by such
corporation is entitled.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 267. 1912, sec. 329. 1906, ch. 174.

268. There shall be no stipulation, agreement or condition required by
said railroad corporation before it will issue such mileage books, that said
mileage books shall become forfeited or null and void by the accidental loss
of the same, and said loss shall not render the same forfeited or null and
void; and there shall be no limitation of time in which such mileage books
shall be good, but the same shall be good until all coupons attached thereto
have been used.