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FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE-FIRST CALLED SESSION. 63
State defining and regulating trusts, monopolies, and conspiracies
in restraint of trade; and that no provision of this Act shall
be construed as authorizing any agreement and/or combination
of capital, skill, or acts and/or any combination or consolidation
now prohibited by the Anti-trust Laws of this State and/or the
laws of this State prohibiting trusts, monopolies, and/or conspiracies
in restraint of trade; and that no provision of this Act
is intended or shall be construed as authorizing any agreement,
act, combination, consolidation, or otherwise, which is now prohibited
under the Anti-trust Laws of this State and/or the laws
prohibiting and defining trusts, monopolies and/or conspiracies
in restraint of trade.
SEC. 8c. No person, association of persons or corporation,
whether a common carrier or otherwise, shall be permitted to
transport crude oil or petroleum in this State unless Such crude
oil or petroleum has been produced and/or purchased in accordance
with the laws of the State of Texas and/or any order, rule
or regulation of the Railroad Commission made in pursuance
thereof.
SEC. 9. The Railroad Commission of Texas shall have authority
to make rules and regulations for the enforcement of the
provisions of this Act.
SEC. 10. Any person, association of persons or corporation,
or the Attorney General of Texas on behalf of the State, may
institute proceedings before the Railroad Commission, or apply
for a hearing before said Commission, upon any question relating
to the enforcement of this Act, and jurisdiction is hereby
conferred upon said Commission to hear and determine the same
after the notice provided by Article 6038, Revised Civil Statutes
of Texas. The Commission shall not make any order establishing,
prescribing or modifying rates, rules or regulations, as
herein provided, except upon like notice and hearing as provided
in said Article 6038.
SEC. 11. For the violation of any provision of this Act, or
for the violation of any valid rule or regulation promulgated
hereunder or any order passed by the Railroad Commission in
pursuance of any such provision, rule or regulation, such person,
association of persons, or corporation shall be subject to a
penalty of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor
more than One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) for each offense
recoverable in the name of the State in any District Court in
Travis County, Texas, and each day of such violation shall constitute
a separate offense. One half of such penalty may be recovered
by and for the use of any person, association of persons
or corporation against whom there shall have been an unlawful
discrimination as herein defined, such suit to be brought in the
name of and for the use of the party or parties aggrieved.
SEC. 11a. For any violation of any provision of this Act, or
for the violation of any valid rule or regulation promulgated
hereunder by the Railroad Commission, in pursuance of such
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1931-1933 [Volume 28], book, 1933; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17293/m1/71/?q=waco+tornado: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .