360 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

with the Commission copies of the tariffs of rates, fares or
charges on which such tickets are to be based, together with the
specifications of the amount of free baggage permitted to be
carried under such joint interchangeable mileage ticket, in the
same manner as common carriers are required to do with re-
gard to other rates by this Act.

OTHER PROHIBITIONS: FALSE BILLING, ETC.

SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That no common carrier
or any officer or agent thereof, or any person acting for or em-
ployed by it, shall assist, suffer or permit any person or corpo-
ration to obtain transportation for any passenger, freight or
property between points within this State at less than the
rates then established and in force in accordance with the
schedules filed and published in accordance with the provisions
of this Act and the order of the Commission, by means of false
billing, false classification, false weight or weighing, or false
report of weight, or by any other device or means. No person,
corporation, or any officer, agent or employee of a corporation
who shall deliver freight or property for transportation within
the State to a common carrier shall seek to obtain, or obtain
transportation for such property at less than the rates then
established and in force therefor, as aforesaid, by false billing,
false or incorrect classification, false weight or weighing, false
representation of the contents of a package or false report or
statement of weight, or by any other device or means, whether
with or without the consent or connivance of the common car-
rier or any of its officers, agents or employees.

INTERCHANGE OF PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT: PREFERENCES AND
DISCRIMINATIONS BETWEEN CARRIERS PROHIBITED.

SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That every common car-
rier is required to afford all reasonable, proper and equal facili-
ties for the interchange of passengers, freight and property
traffic between the lines owned, operated, controlled or leased
by it and the lines of every other common carrier, and for the
prompt transfer of passengers and for the prompt receipt and
forwarding of freight and property to and from its said lines;
and no common carrier shall in any manner discriminate in
respect to rates, fares or charges, or in any respect, to any serv-
ice, or in respect to any charges or facilities for any such trans-
fer in receiving or forwarding between any two or more other
common carriers or between passengers, freight or property
destined to points upon the lines of any two or more other
common carriers, or in any respect with reference to passen-
gers, freight or property transferred or received from any two