All discrimination in charges or facilities
for transportation and all charges of higher
rates for short than for long distances are
prohibited. Any railroad may connect with,
cross or intersect any other railroad. No
railroad or transportation company shall
control or consolidate with parallel or com
peting lines, and juries are to decide the
question whether l.nes are parallel or com
peting. The legislature is forbidden to
grant any foreign association or corpora
tion a license to build, operate or lease
railroad lines in South Carolina, but in case
of Interstate lines -the owners must be in
corporated under the state laws. No gen
eral or spti-ial law shall be passed for tho
benefit of any foreign corporation operating
a railroad in the state. The leg.slature is
forbidden to grant any charter for banking
purposes, but corporations or associations
for such purposes may be formed under
general laws.
