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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... agree that this measure may be assigned for the second day after the holidays . Then we shall be sure of what is going to happen . Mr. CULLOM . I do not know that Congress is going to have any holidays , so far as an adjournment is ...
... agree that this measure may be assigned for the second day after the holidays . Then we shall be sure of what is going to happen . Mr. CULLOM . I do not know that Congress is going to have any holidays , so far as an adjournment is ...
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... agreement I think I would not have withheld my assent to that change . But I was unable to agree to the surrender of the provision in the Senate bill 5 recovery of damages in their own behalf in the district ...
... agreement I think I would not have withheld my assent to that change . But I was unable to agree to the surrender of the provision in the Senate bill 5 recovery of damages in their own behalf in the district ...
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... agree to any bill at all on this subject , ought to take the conference report . Every one knows that this question has been bandied about here from one Congress to another for many years , and Congress has never yet done anything on ...
... agree to any bill at all on this subject , ought to take the conference report . Every one knows that this question has been bandied about here from one Congress to another for many years , and Congress has never yet done anything on ...
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... agree to the bill of the Sen- ate , with the following amendment thereto , in the nature of a substitute , and that the Senate agree to the same : AMENDMENT . Strike out all after the enacting clause and The PRESIDENT pro tempore. This ...
... agree to the bill of the Sen- ate , with the following amendment thereto , in the nature of a substitute , and that the Senate agree to the same : AMENDMENT . Strike out all after the enacting clause and The PRESIDENT pro tempore. This ...
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... agreement , or lease ; and the term " transportation " shall include all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage . All charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transpor- tation of passengers or property as ...
... agreement , or lease ; and the term " transportation " shall include all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage . All charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transpor- tation of passengers or property as ...
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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.