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2012 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 45 — Public utilities and carriers
RS 45:783 — Unlawful to delay, refuse to receive, transmit or deliver message; penalty
LA Rev Stat § 45:783 What's This?
§783. Unlawful to delay, refuse to receive, transmit or deliver message; penalty
No telegraph company, official or employee of a telegraph company shall wilfully delay, or shall refuse to receive, transmit, or deliver any written message addressed to any person within one mile of their office.
Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than three months, or both.
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