128 CORPORATIONS. [ART. 23

1892, ch. 887.

232c. The word "telephone" wherever used in sections 232 A
to 232 G, shall be construed to include, and consist of a receiver,
a transmitter, a magnetto or call-bell, or cell battery, a back-
board, a battery box and all necessary appliances now and here-
after in use for and constituting a telephone equipment as now or
heretofore rented by telephone companies to their patrons and
subscribers.

Ibid.

232 D. Every telephone company with wires wholly or partly
within this State and engaged in a general telephone business,
shall, within the local limits of such telephone company's business,
supply all applicants for telephone connections and facilities with
such connections and facilities, without discrimination or partiality;
provided such applicant comply or offer to comply with all rea-
sonable regulations of the company; and no such company shall
impose any conditions or restrictions upon any such applicant
that are not imposed impartially upon all persons or companies in
like situation, nor shall such companies discriminate against any
individual or company engaged in any lawful business, or between
individuals or companies engaged in the same business, by requir-
ing, as a condition for furnishing such facilities that they shall
not be used in the business of the applicant, or otherwise, for any
lawful purpose.

Ibid.

232 E. Any owner, operator, agent or other person who shall
collect or receive for the rental or use of any such telephone and
line, any sum in excess of the ratio fixed by sections 232 A and
232 B, shall upon conviction be fined not less than one hundred
dollars for each offense.

1894, ch. 207.

232 T. But any person, firm or corporation may contract in
writing or partly in print and partly in writing, and not other-
wise, with 'any individual, company or corporation now or
hereafter owning, controlling, managing or operating any tele-
phone line or lines within the limits of this State, for such
special form, description and amount of telephone equipment