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fares, and a charges o fcommon car- RATES, FARES, AND CHARGES OF COMMON CARRIERS BY MOTOR OT OR VEHICLE riers by motor vehicle . Duty of carriers to " SEC. 216 . (a) It shall be the duty of every common carrier of establish through routes ; provide ade- passengers by motor vehicle to establish reasonable through routes quate s ervice .
with other such common carriers and to provide safe and adequate service, equipment, and fa cilities for the transport ation of passengers Establish joint rates, etc
in interstate or foreign commerce ; to establish, observe, and enforce . just and reasonable individual and joint rates, fares, and charges, and just and reasonable regulations and practices relating thereto, and to the issuance, form, and substance of tickets, the carrying of personal, sample, and excess baggage, the facilities for transporta- tion, and all other matters relating to or connected with the trans- Divi sion of . portation of passengers in interstate or foreign commerce ; and in case of such joint rates, fares, and charges, to establish just, reason- able, and equitabl e divisions thereof as betw een the carriers partici- pating therein which shall not unduly prefer or prejudice any of such participating carriers. Duty to establish "(b) It shall be the duty of every common carrier of property by faci lities for property transpo rtation . motor vehicle to provide safe and adequate service, equipment, and faci liti es fo r th e tra nspor tati on of pro perty in i nter state or forei gn commerce ; to establish, observe, and enforce just and reasonable rates, charges, and classifications, and just and reasonable regulations and practices relating thereto and to the manner and method of and Marking, y . packing, presenting, marking, packing, and delivering property for trans- portation-'the facilities for transportation, and all other matters relating to or connected with the transportation of property in interstate or foreign commerce . T , etc. routes,joint "(c) C ommon car riers of property by motor vehicle may esta blish reasonable through routes and joint r ates, charges, and classifi cations with other such carriers or with common carriers by railroad and/or express and/or water ; and common carriers of passengers by motor vehicle may establish reasonable through routes and joint rates, fares, or charges with common carriers by railroad and/or water . Regulat ions in c on ° In case of such joint rates, fares, or charges it shall be the duty nee tion therewith. of the carriers parties thereto to establish just and reasonable regulations and practices in connection therewith, and just, rea- sonable, and equitable divisions thereof as between the carriers participating therein which shall not unduly prefer or prejudice any of s uch parti cipa ting carri ers . Unlawful acts . Granting preferences; "( d) It shall be unlawful for any common carrier by motor making unjust discrim- vehicle engaged in interstate or foreign commerce to make, give, or inations . cause any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person, port, gateway, locality, or description of traffic in any respect whatsoever, or to subject any particular person, port, gateway, lo cality, or description of traffic to any unjust discr imina- tion or any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any Not Nrcgis• . appl icable to respect whatsoever : Provided, however, That this paragr aph shall not discriminations against be construed to apply to discriminations, prejudice or disadvantage other carriers .
to the traffic of any other carrier of whatever description . C ompl aint s. "(e) Any person, State board, organization, or body politic may make complaint in writing to the Commission that any such rate, fare, charge, classification, rule, regulation, or practice, in effect or proposed to be put into effect, is or will be in violation of this section Hearing . or of section 217 . Whenever, after hearing, upon complaint or in an investigation on its own initiative, the Commission shall be of the opinion that any individual or joint rate, fare, or charge, demanded, charged, or collected by any common carrier or carriers' by motor vehicle or by any common carrier or carriers by motor vehicle in conjunction with any common carrier or carriers by
