§ 66. Checks for baggage. A check, made of some proper substance of\nconvenient size and form, plainly stamped with numbers, and furnished\nwith a convenient strap or other appendage for attaching to baggage,\nshall be affixed to every piece or parcel of baggage when taken for\ntransportation for a passenger by the agent or employee of such\ncorporation, if there is a handle, loop or fixture therefor upon the\npiece or parcel of baggage, and a duplicate thereof given to the\npassenger or person delivering the same to him. If such check be\nrefused on demand the corporation shall pay to the passenger the sum of\nten dollars, and no fare shall be collected or received from him; and if\nhe shall have paid his fare it shall be refunded to him by the conductor\nin charge of the train. Such baggage shall be delivered, without\nunnecessary delay, to the passenger or any person acting in his behalf,\nat the place to which it was to be transported, where the cars usually\nstop, or at any other regular intermediate stopping place upon notice to\nthe baggage-master in charge of baggage on the train of not less than\nthirty minutes, upon presentation of such duplicate check to the officer\nor agent of the railroad corporation, or of any corporation, over any\nportion of whose road it was transported. Bicycles are hereby declared\nto be and be deemed baggage for the purposes of this article and shall\nbe transported as baggage for passengers by railroad corporations and\nsubject to the same liabilities, and no such passenger shall be required\nto crate, cover or otherwise protect any such bicycle; provided,\nhowever, that a railroad corporation shall not be required to transport,\nunder the provisions of this section, more than one bicycle for a single\nperson.\n
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