§ 23-10-437. Intrastate freight — Rules
(a) The Arkansas Department of Transportation is authorized and empowered, as to all freight carried wholly within this state and the cars used therefor: (1) To make and establish all needful rules, general and special, which may be different according to the circumstances and conditions of different railroads and localities and for different kinds and […]
§ 23-10-438. Perishable freight — Duty to furnish cars — Exceptions — Penalty
(a) (1) When a shipper makes a written application to a station agent of a railroad company doing business in this state for cars, to be loaded with any kind of perishable freight such as fruit and vegetables, embraced in the tariff of the company, stating the character of the freight, the kind of cars […]
§ 23-10-439. Perishable freight — Time for loading — Demurrage charges
(a) When cars have been delivered to the shipper as provided for by § 23-10-438, he or she shall have twenty-four (24) hours from 7:00 a.m. of the day following the receipt of the cars in which to load cars. (b) (1) After the expiration of the free time as provided for in this section, […]
§ 23-10-440. Forwarding perishable freight — Penalty for failure
(a) (1) Whenever freight of a character similar to that described in § 23-10-438 is tendered to a railroad company in carload lots or less, and the correct shipping instruction is given, the railroad agent must immediately receive the freight for shipment and issue bills of lading for it. (2) When such shipments have been […]
§ 23-10-441. Shipper’s pass on shipments of livestock or poultry
(a) Whenever any railroad company or corporation doing business within the limits of this state receives and ships any livestock or poultry by the carload, the company or corporation shall, in consideration of the price paid for the car, pass the shipper or his or her employee to and from the point designated in the […]
§ 23-10-442. Shipments of sheep and hogs
(a) All railroad companies, private companies, or individuals owning or operating a railroad in the State of Arkansas are required to furnish a sufficient number of double-decked cars for the shipment of sheep or hogs to supply the demand for such cars on their respective lines. They shall allow shippers to load both decks in […]
§ 23-10-443. Shipments of grain
(a) All persons and corporations owning or operating a railroad in the State of Arkansas are required to furnish cars and equip them with grain-tight doors for shipment of grain in bulk and by the carload. (b) All persons and corporations owning or operating railroads in this state who furnish cars for shipment of grain […]
§ 23-10-444. Shipments of coal, corn, or cottonseed — Duty to weigh and furnish correct weight to consignee — Penalty
(a) All railroads operating in this state are required to keep and maintain track or railroad scales at all stations or depots where as many as one hundred (100) cars of coal, corn, or cottonseed are received annually by the railroad. (b) The railroads are required, at the request of the consignee of a carload […]
§ 23-10-445. Shipments of coal — Duty to weigh loaded cars prior to shipment and issue certificate of weight — Penalty
(a) At all stations at which scales are required to be maintained for the weighing of coal, it shall be the duty of the railroad company to properly weigh each car of coal after the car has been loaded and to furnish to each shipper by written certificate of the weighman, within one (1) day […]
§ 23-10-430. Recovery of demurrage, forfeitures, and charges
All forfeitures, charges, and demurrage that accrue to either shipper or railroad company under this section and §§ 23-10-402, 23-10-403, 23-10-405, 23-10-406, 23-10-409 — 23-10-429 and 23-10-431 may be recovered in any court having jurisdiction.