952 ARTICLE 23

freight or property in force, and shall also state separately all terminal
charges, storages, icing charges, and all other charges which the commission
may require to be stated, all privileges or facilities granted or allowed, and
any rules or regulations which may in any wise change, affect or determine
any part of the aggregate of such aforesaid rates, fares and charges, or the
value of the service rendered to the passenger, shipper or consignee. Such
schedules shall be plainly printed; copies thereof for the use of the public
shall be kept posted in public and conspicuous places in depots, stations
and offices of every common carrier where passengers or property are
received for transportation, in such manner as to be readily accessible to
and conveniently inspected by the public wherever and whenever so ordered
by the commission. The form of every such schedule shall be prescribed by
the commission, and shall conform as nearly as possible to the form of sched-
ule required by the interstate commerce commission under the act of con-
gress entitled "An Act to Regulate Commerce," approved February fourth,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, as amended by the act ap-
proved June twenty-ninth, one thousand nine hundred and six, and other
amendments thereto. The commission shall have power, from time to time,
at its discretion, to determine and prescribe by order such changes in the
form of such schedules as may be found expedient.

Unless the commission otherwise orders, no change shall be made in
any rate, fare or charge, or joint rate, fare or charge, which shall have been
filed and published by a common carrier in compliance with the require-
ments of this sub-title, except after thirty days' notice to the commission
and publication for thirty days, as required by section 387, which shall
plainly state the changes proposed to be made in the schedule then in force,
and the time when the changed rate, fare or charge will go into effect; and
all proposed changes shall be shown by printing, filing and publishing new
schedules, or shall be plainly indicated upon the schedules in force at the
time and kept open to public inspection. The commission, for good cause
shown, may allow changes in rates without requiring the thirty days' notice
and publication herein provided for, by duly filing and publishing in such
manner as it may direct, an order specifying the change so made and the
time when it shall take effect; all such changes shall be immediately indi-
cated upon its schedules by the common carrier.

The names of the several carriers which are parties to any joint tariff
shall be specified therein, and each of the parties thereto, other than the
one filing the same, shall file with the commission such evidence of con-
currence therein or acceptance thereof as may be required or approved by
the commission, and where such evidence of concurrence or acceptance is
filed, it shall not be necessary for the carriers filing the same to also file
copies of the tariffs in which they are named as parties.

Every common carrier shall file with the commission sworn copies of
every contract, agreement or arrangement with any other common carrier
or common carriers relating in any way to the transportation of passengers,
property or freight.

The public service commission law does not withdraw from a corporation the con-
trol of its financial policy. Commission has no jurisdiction to direct establishment of
depreciation reserve and annual addition thereto. Supervision of commission over
corporate accounts. Function of court in reviewing finding of commission as to reason-
able rates. Burden of proof. Fair value of bridge held to be the issue, rather than
original cost or cost of acquisition. Method of finding value. Rates and allowance
for maintenance, held unreasonable. Havre de Grace Bridge Co. v. P. S. C. of Md.,
132 Md. 26.

Cited in construing contract for sale of electricity. Cons. Gas, E. L. & Power Co. v.
United Rys. & El. Co., 76F (2d) 535.

See secs. 213, 266, 272, 381 and 395 and notes to secs. 376 and 391.