The charge for transportation shall be not exceeding eight cents (8¢) per one hundred pounds (100 lbs.) on heavy articles, and three cents (3¢) per cubic foot on articles of measurement, per mile, and at the same rate for each fraction of a mile, and not exceeding fifty cents (50¢) per mile for each passenger, and at the same rate for each fraction of a mile, with power to make special contracts with shippers and passengers on their roads in regard to rates of freight, and so as not to exceed the amounts herein designated.Acts 1887, ch. 16, § 2; Shan., § 2249; Code 1932, § 3967; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 65-1808.
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