§ 8-303. Telegrams to show times sent and received

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   (a) Requirement. -- A telegraph company engaged in the business of transmitting communications by telegraph in the State and charging tolls for providing this service shall show conspicuously on each telegram delivered:

   (1) under the caption "time filed", the time the telegram was filed at the place of origin for transmission; and

   (2) under the caption "time received", the time the telegram was received at the office from which it is to be delivered.

(b) Penalty. -- A telegraph company is liable for a fine of not less than $ 10 and not more than $ 200 for each telegram it delivers in violation of subsection (a) of this section.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 23, § 327; 1998, ch. 8, § 2.

                    
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