Interstate Commerce: Debate in Forty-Eighth Congress, Second Session [-Fiftieth Congress], on the Bill (H.R. 5461) to Establish a Board of Commissioners of Interstate Commerce and to Regulate Such Commerce &c., &c |
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... stands it is largely in the discretion of the commission , and as the whole scheme of national control is new in this country , in my judgment it is wisest to go no further than the committee proposes on so doubtful a point until we see ...
... stands it is largely in the discretion of the commission , and as the whole scheme of national control is new in this country , in my judgment it is wisest to go no further than the committee proposes on so doubtful a point until we see ...
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... stands it is made unlawful to charge any person more or less than the published rate , and the car- riers are required to adhere to such published rates until they have been changed in the manner specified . The published rates can not ...
... stands it is made unlawful to charge any person more or less than the published rate , and the car- riers are required to adhere to such published rates until they have been changed in the manner specified . The published rates can not ...
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... stand how in these great corporations the details of management must be left largely to subordinates , who may exceed their authority and perhaps successfully conceal from their official chiefs all knowledge of complaints that are made ...
... stand how in these great corporations the details of management must be left largely to subordinates , who may exceed their authority and perhaps successfully conceal from their official chiefs all knowledge of complaints that are made ...
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... stands is perhaps a more per- fect bill on this subject than has ever been introduced in the Congress of the United States before . There may be many suggestions of amend- ment by honorable Senators during the consideration of the bill ...
... stands is perhaps a more per- fect bill on this subject than has ever been introduced in the Congress of the United States before . There may be many suggestions of amend- ment by honorable Senators during the consideration of the bill ...
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... stands in the bill is as follows : SEC . 4. That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggrgate for the transportation of passengers or property subject to the provisions of ...
... stands in the bill is as follows : SEC . 4. That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggrgate for the transportation of passengers or property subject to the provisions of ...
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Page 223 - Commission (and produce books and papers if so ordered) and give evidence touching the matter in question ; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Page 139 - ... than it charges, demands, collects or receives from any other person or persons for doing for him or them a like and contemporaneous service In the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, such common carrier shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination, which Is hereby prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
Page 87 - Act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Page 218 - Court of equity, and without the formal pleadings and proceedings applicable to ordinary suits in equity, but in such manner as to do justice in the premises; and to this end such Court shall have power, if it think fit, to direct and prosecute, in" such mode and by such persons as it may appoint, all such inquiries as the Court may think needful to enable it to form a just judgment in the matter of such petition...
Page 561 - That nothing in this Act shall prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of property free or at reduced rates for the United States, State, or municipal governments...
Page 69 - ... the carriage of freights from being and being treated as one continuous carriage from the place of shipment to the place of destination, unless such break, stoppage, or interruption was made in good faith for some necessary purpose, and without any intent to avoid or unnecessarily interrupt such continuous carriage or to evade any of the provisions of this act.
Page 408 - The costs and expenses of such prosecution shall be paid out of the appropriation for the expenses of the courts of the United States.
Page 561 - ... nothing in this Act contained shall in any way abridge or alter the remedies now existing at common law or by statute, but the provisions of this Act are in addition to such remedies...
Page 218 - ... shall happen, alleging such violation or disobedience as the case may be; and the said Court shall have power to hear and determine the matter, on such short notice to the common carrier complained of as the Court shall deem reasonable; and such notice may be served on such common carrier, his or its officers, agents, or servants...
Page 556 - That if any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, directly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device, charge, demand, collect, or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation...