§ 46-9-152. Duty of Railroad Companies to Provide Conductors and Other Employees With Baggage Checks; Duty of Conductors to Check Trunks and Baggage
A railroad company shall have the duty of providing its conductors, agents, or employees with checks so as to check all trunks or separate baggage of passengers from station to station on its roads when required. It shall be the duty of the conductor of every passenger train to cause, upon application to him, all […]
§ 46-9-170. Failure of Person Issuing or Selling Passenger Tickets on Board Vessel to Include Country of Registry on Advertisement, Circular, or Other Printed Paper in Regard to Passage
No person issuing, selling, or offering to sell any passenger ticket on board any vessel, including the owner or consignee of such vessel or his agents, servants, or employees, shall omit reference to the country of registry of such vessel from any advertisement, circular, circular letter, pamphlet, card, handbill, or other printed paper, or from […]
§ 46-9-171. Contents of Tickets, Certificates, Orders, or Receipts Issued as Evidence of a Right of Passage on the High Seas; Required Signatures on Such Tickets, Certificates, Orders, or Receipts
A ticket or instrument issued as evidence of a right of passage on the high seas from any port in this state to any port of any other state or nation, every certificate or order issued for the purpose or under pretense of procuring such ticket or instrument, and every receipt for money paid for […]
§ 46-9-172. Penalty
Any person, partnership, association, firm, agency, or corporation violating any provision of this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, provided that no violator shall be fined less than $500.00 for each violation. History. Ga. L. 1966, p. 26, § 3.
§ 46-9-132. Duty of Carriers of Passengers to Exercise Extraordinary Diligence
A carrier of passengers must exercise extraordinary diligence to protect the lives and persons of his passengers but is not liable for injuries to them after having used such diligence. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2040; Code 1868, § 2041; Code 1873, § 2067; Code 1882, § 2067; Civil Code 1895, § 2266; Civil Code […]
§ 46-9-133. Duty of Common Carriers of Passengers to Furnish Comfortable Seats and to Light and Ventilate Cars
Common carriers doing business in this state shall furnish to their passengers comfortable seats and shall have the railroad car or other vehicle well and sufficiently lighted and ventilated. Any common carrier which violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History. Ga. L. 1863-64, p. 132, § 1; Code 1868, § 4498; […]
§ 46-9-134. Duty of Conductors or Other Railroad Employees to Assign Passengers to Cars and Compartments; Investing of Conductors and Railroad Employees With Police Powers
All conductors or other railroad employees in charge of passenger cars shall assign all passengers to their respective cars, or compartments of cars, provided by the railroad company. All conductors of street cars and buses shall assign all passengers to seats on the cars under their charge. All conductors and other employees of railroads and […]
§ 46-9-135. Duty of Passengers to Remain in Assigned Car, Compartment, or Seat; Ejectment of Passenger by Conductor and Railroad Employees
No passenger shall remain in any car, compartment, or seat other than the one to which he has been assigned. The conductor and any and all employees on such cars shall have the power to eject from the train or car any passenger who refuses to remain in the car, compartment, or seat assigned to […]
§ 46-9-136. Carriage of Baggage
A carrier of passengers may limit the value of the baggage which may be taken on board in proportion to the fare paid. A carrier of passengers shall be responsible for the value of lost baggage, regardless of whether an extra charge was demanded or paid for carriage of the baggage, provided that a carrier […]
§ 46-9-137. Granting of Passes by Common Carriers to Former Employees and Their Immediate Family
Common carriers may grant passes upon their transportation lines to any former employee of the company and his immediate family if such employee, owing to length of service or because of an injury suffered in the service of the company, has been retired from the company but is kept on the payroll under a system […]