Railway Legislation in the United StatesMacmillan, 1903 - 329 pages |
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Page 135
... complaint , the railway commissioner shall investigate connections made between rail- way companies , and if he thinks the case of suffi- cient importance he shall bring the same before a board composed of the commissioner , the ...
... complaint , the railway commissioner shall investigate connections made between rail- way companies , and if he thinks the case of suffi- cient importance he shall bring the same before a board composed of the commissioner , the ...
Page 143
... complaint . " SECTION 2. No person other than the one specified in any railroad mileage book or other railroad ticket limited to the use of the person or persons specified thereon at the time of its issu- ance by the railroad company ...
... complaint . " SECTION 2. No person other than the one specified in any railroad mileage book or other railroad ticket limited to the use of the person or persons specified thereon at the time of its issu- ance by the railroad company ...
Page 149
... provisions found in a number of other states . Alabama . — What constitutes extortion decided by jury . Penalty , double the damage inflicted upon a shipper plus attorney fees . Commission hears complaint.1 149 GENERAL RAILWAY LEGISLATION.
... provisions found in a number of other states . Alabama . — What constitutes extortion decided by jury . Penalty , double the damage inflicted upon a shipper plus attorney fees . Commission hears complaint.1 149 GENERAL RAILWAY LEGISLATION.
Page 150
Balthasar Henry Meyer. upon a shipper plus attorney fees . Commission hears complaint.1 California . - Railway commission given power to correct abuses . Railways obliged to transport for each other without delay , to grant right of ...
Balthasar Henry Meyer. upon a shipper plus attorney fees . Commission hears complaint.1 California . - Railway commission given power to correct abuses . Railways obliged to transport for each other without delay , to grant right of ...
Page 157
... complaint , the commission may also revise and fix rates on milk . The railway corpo- rations of Tennessee are required to file schedules with the commission and to secure a certificate of privilege , with which the same shall be ...
... complaint , the commission may also revise and fix rates on milk . The railway corpo- rations of Tennessee are required to file schedules with the commission and to secure a certificate of privilege , with which the same shall be ...
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Page 292 - 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 291 - ... keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted, and shall have the right to obtain from such common carriers full and complete information necessary to enable the Commission to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created...
Page 281 - America in congress assembled, that the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 288 - Act required to be done, such common carrier shall be liable to the person or persons injured thereby for the full amount of damages sustained in consequence of any such violation...
Page 292 - Such attendance of witnesses, and the production of such documentary evidence, may be required from any place in the United States, at any designated place of hearing.
Page 291 - ... the date of the taking effect of this Act, the term of each to be designated by the President, but their successors shall be appointed for terms of seven years, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the commissioner whom he shall succeed.
Page 189 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created. He may withdraw his grant by discontinuing the use; but, so long as he maintains the use, he...
Page 230 - An Act to regulate commerce," approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, or of any amendment thereof, on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him, may tend to criminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture. But no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing, concerning which he may testify, or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise,...
Page 307 - An act [to amend an act entitled an act] to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Page 301 - 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...