Sec. 4. All carriers subject to the provisions of this chapter shall deliver to a consignee on a private track, a track used by the consignee for loading or unloading, or on their public delivery track, and receive from a connecting carrier, at any terminal point in this state, for the purpose of delivery to points located on its line at the terminal or points reached over or through its line at the terminal, all carload freight tendered it by a connecting line, and shall deliver the same to the consignee on a private track, or on its tracks, or to the connecting line on its tracks at the terminal, within twenty-four (24) hours after the freight is tendered. If a carrier fails to deliver a car, it shall pay to the consignee the sum of five dollars ($5) for each twenty-four (24) hours or major part thereof that it fails to make delivery as required by this section. Wrecks, strikes, or accidents to tracks are a sufficient excuse for failure to make delivery. The sum due because of a forfeiture may be deducted from the freight charges following a shipment. The Indiana department of transportation, after a full hearing of all parties interested, may relieve a carrier from switching carload freight at terminal points which is to be delivered upon its public delivery tracks at a terminal when it appears that the facilities of the carrier at the point are only sufficient to care for the business originating and terminating on its line at the point. Each carrier may impose and collect a reasonable transportation charge for the performance of the service required by this section.
Formerly: Acts 1907, c.231, s.4. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.16; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.34; P.L.18-1990, SEC.42.