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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... Massachusetts has very well sug- gested there are a great many important interests to be considered ; the representatives of those interests should have a right to see this bill in print more than twenty - four hours , as well as the ...
... Massachusetts has very well sug- gested there are a great many important interests to be considered ; the representatives of those interests should have a right to see this bill in print more than twenty - four hours , as well as the ...
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... Massachusetts and the Senator from Rhode Island in reference to this bill , and I appeal to the chairman of the committee to consent to the setting of a day after the recess , and that that day shall not be fixed sooner than at least ...
... Massachusetts and the Senator from Rhode Island in reference to this bill , and I appeal to the chairman of the committee to consent to the setting of a day after the recess , and that that day shall not be fixed sooner than at least ...
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... Massachusetts . In addition to that , they have a railroad commission . That commis- sion has very little power . It has power to hear complaints and to make report to the attorney - general of the State and to the Legisla- ture . That ...
... Massachusetts . In addition to that , they have a railroad commission . That commis- sion has very little power . It has power to hear complaints and to make report to the attorney - general of the State and to the Legisla- ture . That ...
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... Massachusetts , and Judge Matthews , in the circuit court in Ohio , have explicitly decided that when once executed the law would compel a party who had in his hands any money which , under the contract , should be paid to another party ...
... Massachusetts , and Judge Matthews , in the circuit court in Ohio , have explicitly decided that when once executed the law would compel a party who had in his hands any money which , under the contract , should be paid to another party ...
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... are constantly subject to change , and it is impracticable that any fixed rules or set of rules should be formulated which in practice would tend to prevent such changes . The Senator from Massachusetts [ Mr. HOAR ] asks me 58.
... are constantly subject to change , and it is impracticable that any fixed rules or set of rules should be formulated which in practice would tend to prevent such changes . The Senator from Massachusetts [ Mr. HOAR ] asks me 58.
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Page 144 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this 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 458 - ... that upon application to the Commission appointed under the provisions of this act, such common carrier may, in special cases, after investigation by the Commission, be authorized to charge less for longer than for shorter distances for the transportation of passengers or property ; and the Commission may from time to time prescribe the extent to which such designated common carrier may be relieved from the operation of this section of this act.
Page 9 - Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall, according to their respective powers, afford all reasonable, proper, and equal facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines, and for the receiving, forwarding, and delivering of passengers and property to and from their several lines and those connecting therewith...
Page 359 - If such carrier shall not satisfy the complaint within the time specified, or there shall appear to be any reasonable ground for investigating said complaint, it shall be the duty of the commission to investigate the matters complained of in such manner and by such means as it shall deem proper.