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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... United States. Congress Uriah Hunt Painter. So , in my judgment , the apprehension of the Senator from Connecti- cut that it is going to be injurious to the business of the country will prove to be unfounded ; at least I hope and I ...
... United States. Congress Uriah Hunt Painter. So , in my judgment , the apprehension of the Senator from Connecti- cut that it is going to be injurious to the business of the country will prove to be unfounded ; at least I hope and I ...
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... United States. Congress Uriah Hunt Painter. AMENDMENT . Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the ... United States , or the District of Columbia , to any other State or Territory of the United States , or the District ...
... United States. Congress Uriah Hunt Painter. AMENDMENT . Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the ... United States , or the District of Columbia , to any other State or Territory of the United States , or the District ...
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... United States to be carried through a foreign country to any place in the United States shall also in like manner print and keep for public inspection , at every depot where such freight is received for shipment , schedules showing the ...
... United States to be carried through a foreign country to any place in the United States shall also in like manner print and keep for public inspection , at every depot where such freight is received for shipment , schedules showing the ...
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... United States. Congress Uriah Hunt Painter. wherein such common carrier accepts traffic and has an agent to perform such service , to compel compliance with the aforesaid provisions of this section ; and such writ shall issue in the name ...
... United States. Congress Uriah Hunt Painter. wherein such common carrier accepts traffic and has an agent to perform such service , to compel compliance with the aforesaid provisions of this section ; and such writ shall issue in the name ...
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... United States. Congress Uriah Hunt Painter. the same political party . No person in the employ of , or holding any ... United States in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the produc- tion of books , papers , and ...
... United States. Congress Uriah Hunt Painter. the same political party . No person in the employ of , or holding any ... United States in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the produc- tion of books , papers , and ...
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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.