Show SIXTEEN ON ANn TEN Off Senate Passes Bill Regulating The Hours of Handling Trains PETTUS ONLY ONE AGAINST IT In C C hO bo Join a vote olo or of 70 to I 1 the tho today 1 a bill pro that a 11 wn engaged In trains not lIot work more mere than 16 10 hours which period II In to he bo followed by 10 hours oC It duty rite fhe ono one negative rote voto WaS cast b by J rite fhe was reach reached ell after nn an ell en entire tire dO day spent In iii considerIng the tho sub subject eC parliamentary situation Was confused during the entire time caused b by the tho 40 O 1111 and 1 the tho lh three oe substitutes for tOl the orIgInal bill hili of which had to be disposed of ar arThe The hilt bill whIch was ns filially trots n a offered today hi Senator and not lIot In prInt It was in III several respects b by the tho son scot att The bill hili provides that under certaIn and In case ot it accident the tho lime lI od zany ho he exceeded The fhe enforcement ok of tIme tho law Is placed In thin the hands or of the Interstate corn com commIssion mIssion nHI auth the federal C t the tho pen peU provided being a I title lIue ot of nut IlOt less than nor more 1000 Tue act actis is III to apply to al all trains doing an litter Inter State 0 or foreign commerce commerce The bill and the for It reported b by the tho committee wern vern taken up tori tOI amendment Many amendments were accepted amI mann rejected then Senator nn a entire whIch witS rejected Senator then thon presented his substitute whIch on roll call was no 36 to 32 It was wall then In order to toof of otter tel to this substitute many were presented Holl call roll cull call as 1111 the tho amendments camo caine forward nut lInt three of at these were adopted vii 1110 by Senator making an exceptIon ot of the tho time limIt lit In tho case calO lit ot trains delayed or Of ortho tIme tho unexpected delayS In making train another b by Senator Moth Ial lory modifying the penalty and the thIrd by b Senator Gallinger substituting time tho words or off duty dUlY for tor the words worda for lor forrest rest lu In the provision regarding the rest period Anions Among the rejected was ono rne b toy Senator excepting from the tho operation ol of the law railroads whollY Py lY withIn II a This was wua defeated upon roll call the vote 16 to 30 Senator tol failed In his en endeavor deavor to Id a neW section to blot hIli sub fixing the liability ot of the tho roads In III case cuso ot of accident After Atter the bill had reached cached the tho stage ot f a final vote voto Senator Knox discovered that hint It should bo be Improved by strIking out the tho words carryIng Inter tate freight or In Its to trains affected and iii rt In hauling e rains The Knox amendment was vas tabled The rho final vote voto was then thon taken on the tho Jill the tho full tull text of at whIch follows TEXT OF TIlE TUE DILL lie it enacted etc that It shall ho for lo any common carrier currier by In nay any territory ot of the UnIted or 01 the tho District a of ColumbIa or toy ot of Its or agents or common carrier In Interstate I or ir to reIgn by railroad 0 or any o if Its or Its agents to require engaged In or or it permIt ruBy connected with tile the movement or of any lilt train rain carrying interstate foreign or for tor freight 0 or passengers to in dut duty more than itI 16 consecutIve tours hours except when hen by casualty occur oc ur Ing after such has started on onus his us trip or hy by unknown casualty cc 00 before ho started on hIs trip except when by 01 0 an delay of trains scheduled to o with the train on whIch match lIuch Is serving ho he Is hut from reaching Ills hili terminal 0 r to require or PermIt any such em who has been on duty dillY 16 ire hours to go on duty without liar Ing load at least 10 oft niT duty dut or to requIre Or permit any such who has been blen on dut duty II 10 hours In the tho aggregate In any 2 period to Continue on duty or to go on duty with without out having hind at least eight hours Off of dut duty within such 2 period Sec any such common ca car cartier tier or tiny ot of Its or agents violating an any of at the tho ot of this act Is hereby declared to bt b guilty ot of ota ofa a and aud upon conviction thereof shah bo be IJ by a line ot of not less than tOO nor thai 1000 and It shall II II be the lilt ot of the In te to lull Investigate all cases ot of the violation ot of this to lodo hod with the broiler dis district attorneys complaints ot of such rio 10 many como come to Its See Sec 3 to enable the stout slon to execute and the pr vi ot of this act lt it mihall have thu vow pow power er em to 10 emploY su or othe Its liS inn be necessary To ro en enforce force the provisions of this act the commission and Its agents or hereunto duly dub by order ordel ot of said shaH have the thc power to 10 nd oaths wit nos es take testimony require the production ot of and papers Impels The may also older depositions taken before an any officer lu in any or orthe the tho DIstrict ot Of Columbia qualified by to tI take ko tho same inline sameI lit if this let act not I apPly to reI let or trains |