8-10 Common Carriers of Messages
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<![CDATA[CHAPTER 8-10COMMON CARRIERS OF MESSAGES8-10-01.Telegraph company must maintain sufficient equipment.All persons,corporations, and companies doing a public telegraph business within the state shall maintain<br>sufficient wires and equipment to give prompt service and dispatch.8-10-02. Order of transmission and delivery of telegraph messages. A carrier ofmessages by telegraph, if it is practicable, shall transmit every such message immediately upon<br>its receipt and shall promptly deliver all messages received in any telegraph office within the<br>state if it is in the power of the telegraph company to locate the party to whom the message is<br>addressed. If this is not practicable and several messages accumulate upon the carrier's hands,<br>the carrier shall transmit and deliver them in the following order:1.Messages on public business from public agents of the United States or this state.2.Messages intended in good faith for immediate publication in newspapers and not<br>for any secret use.3.Messages giving information relating to the sickness or death of any person.4.Other messages in the order in which they were received.8-10-03.Order of transmission of messages other than telegraph.A commoncarrier of messages otherwise than by telegraph shall transmit messages in the order in which<br>the carrier receives them, except that priority must always be given to messages on public<br>business from agents of the United States or this state. The carrier may fix upon certain times<br>for the simultaneous transmission of messages previously received.8-10-04.Damages when message is refused or delayed.Every person whosemessage is refused, postponed, or delayed contrary to the provisions of sections 8-10-02 and<br>8-10-03 is entitled to recover from the carrier that person's actual damages and additional<br>damages for mental distress and anguish caused by the refusal, delay, or postponement.8-10-05.Messages transmitted promptly.All messages left at the office of anytelegraph office must be transmitted promptly if said message is prepaid by the sender. In no<br>case may a full-rate message remain at the telegraph office unsent more than thirty minutes<br>except in case of accident to the lines or during severe storms.8-10-06. Transfer of messages. Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 106, </p>
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