960 . ARTICLE 23

of shall make reparation for any injury alleged and shall cease to commit
or to permit, the violation of law, franchise or order charged in the com-
plaint, and shall notify the commission of that before the time allowed
lor answer, the commission need take no further action upon the charge.
If, however, the charge contained in such petition be not thus satisfied, and
it shall appear to the commission that there are reasonable grounds therefor,
it shall investigate such charges in such manner and by such means as it
shall deem proper, and take such action within its power as the facts justify.
Whenever the commission shall investigate any matter complained of
by any person or corporation aggrieved by any act or omission of a common
carrier or other corporation subject to the provisions of this sub-title under
this section, it shall be its duty to make and file an order either dismissing
the petition or complaint or directing the common carrier complained of
to satisfy the cause of complaint in whole or to the extent which the com-
mission may specify and require.

In action for injuries received by pedestrian in collision with taxicab, admission in
evidence of report by taxicab driver to Public Service Commission, contrary to the pro-
hibition in this section, held insufficient for reversal as same statements were made in
report to Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, which is admissible for confirmation or
contradiction of testimony of driver in court. Weissman v. Hokamp, 171 Md. 197.

See notes to sec. 381.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 373. 1912, sec. 435. 1910, ch. 180, sec. 23 (p. 365).

381. Whenever the commission shall be of the opinion, after a hearing,
upon its own motion or upon a complaint made as provided in this sub-title,
that the rates, tolls, fares or charges demanded, exacted, charged or col-
lected by any common carrier, railroad or street railroad, railroad corpora-
tion, street railroad corporation, or other corporation subject to the pro-
visions of this sub-title, for the transportation of persons, freight or
property within the State, or that the regulations or practices of such com-
mon carrier or corporation affecting such rates, tolls or services are unjust,
unreasonable, unjustly discriminating or unduly preferential, or in any-
wise in violation of any provision of law, the commission shall determine
the just and reasonable rates, tolls, fares and charges to be thereafter
observed and in force as the maximum to be charged for the service to be
performed, and shall fix the same by order to be served upon all common
carriers or other corporations by whom such rates, fares and charges are
thereafter to be observed. And whenever the commission shall be of the
opinion, after a hearing, had upon its own motion or upon complaint, that
the regulations, practices, equipment, appliances or services of any common
carrier or other such corporation in respect to any services, transportation
of persons, freight or property within this State, are unjust, unreasonable,
unsafe, unreasonably improper or inadequate, the commission shall deter-
mine the just, reasonable, safe, reasonably adequate and proper regulations,
practices, equipment, appliances and service to be in force and to be ob-
served in respect to such transportation of persons, freight and property,
and so fix and prescribe the same by order to be served upon every common
carrier or other corporation to be bound thereby; and thereafter it shall be
the duty of every such common carrier or other corporation to observe' and
obey each and every requirement of every such order so observed upon it,
and to do everything necessary or proper in order to secure absolute com-
pliance with and observance of every such order by all its officers, agents or
employees. The commission shall have power by order to require any two
or more common carriers whose lines, owned, operated, controlled or leased,