N.Y. Railroad Law § 60: Issue and use of mileage books

§ 60. Issue and use of mileage books. Every railroad corporation

operating a railroad in this state, the line or lines of which are more

than one hundred miles in length, and which is authorized by law to

charge a maximum fare of more than two cents per mile, and not more than

three cents per mile, and which does charge a maximum fare of more than

two cents per mile, shall issue mileage books having either five hundred

or one thousand coupons attached thereto, entitling the holder thereof,

upon complying with the conditions hereof, to travel either five hundred

or one thousand miles on the line or lines of such railroad, for which

the corporation may charge a sum not to exceed two cents per mile. Such

mileage books shall be kept for sale by such corporation at every ticket

office of such corporation in an incorporated village or city, and any

of such books shall be issued immediately upon application therefor.

Upon presentation of such mileage book to a conductor on any train, on

any line of railroad owned or operated by said railroad corporation, the

holder thereof, or any member of his family or firm, or any salesman of

his firm, shall be entitled to travel for a number of miles equal to the

number of coupons detached by such conductor. Such mileage book shall

entitle the holder thereof to the same rights and privileges in respect

to the transportation of person and property to which the highest class

ticket issued by such corporation would entitle him. Such mileage books

shall be good until all coupons attached thereto have been used. Any

railroad corporation which shall refuse to issue a mileage book, as

provided by this section, or in violation hereof, to accept such mileage

book for transportation, shall forfeit fifty dollars, to be recovered by

the party to whom such refusal is made; but no action can be maintained

therefor unless commenced within one year after the cause of action

accrues.