RS 734 - School children; reduced fare provision in franchise
In all franchises which may be granted by any state, parish, or municipal corporation, the parish of Orleans excepted, for any street or interurban railway, there shall be a provision that all children, attending the schools in the city or parish in which the railway is situated, shall be afforded transportation over such railway at a price not exceeding three-fifths of the regular fare. Each child shall have the right to the reduced fare only when going to or returning from school, and only when in possession of a certificate from the principal of the school which the child attends, declaring that the child is a pupil of the school.