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1906, ch. 717.

300 E. Every railroad company of this State, heretofore or
hereafter incorporated, may, in its discretion, and from time to
time, make use of electricity as a motive power on the whole
or on any part or parts of its road in any form, to be used or
applied by storage battery or trolley wire for the purpose of
operating its road or any part or parts thereof, or for the
movement of all or any of its cars or trains, and either exclu-
sively or concurrently with steam or with any other motive
power or system. *

Approved April 5, 1906.

1906, ch. 174, sec. 1.

300 F. 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 thousand 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.

Ibid. sec. 2.

300 G. Such railroad corporations shall not charge or receive
for a mileage 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 corporations
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.

Ibid. sec. 3.

300 H. The purchaser of said mileage book, or any member
of the family of said purchaser or purchasers, if a firm, his or
their employes, shall be entitled to travel, on the presentation

*Numbered section 900 A.