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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I hope the Senator will now , in order to save any trouble , yet the Senate to 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 hope the Senator will now , in order to save any trouble , yet the Senate to 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 .
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... been necessary to get an agreement I think I would not bave withheld my assent to that change . But I was unable to agree 1 to the surrender of the provision in the Senate recovery of damages in their own behalf in thedistrict or .
... been necessary to get an agreement I think I would not bave withheld my assent to that change . But I was unable to agree 1 to the surrender of the provision in the Senate recovery of damages in their own behalf in thedistrict or .
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I hope , myself , that when this bill comes up for consideration we shall have fair consideration of it , fair discussion of it , and I believe that the Senate , if it is going to agree to any bill at all on this subject , ought to take ...
I hope , myself , that when this bill comes up for consideration we shall have fair consideration of it , fair discussion of it , and I believe that the Senate , if it is going to agree to any bill at all on this subject , ought to take ...
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... respective Houses as follows : That the House recede from its amendment and agree to the bill of the Senate , with the following amendment thereto , in the nature of a substitute , and that the Senate agree to the same : AMENDMENT .
... respective Houses as follows : That the House recede from its amendment and agree to the bill of the Senate , with the following amendment thereto , in the nature of a substitute , and that the Senate agree to the same : AMENDMENT .
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... and also all the road in use by any corporation operating a railroad , whether owned or operated under a contract , agreement , or lease ; and the term “ transportation " shall include all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage .
... and also all the road in use by any corporation operating a railroad , whether owned or operated under a contract , agreement , or lease ; and the term “ transportation " shall include all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage .
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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.
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| Title | 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 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, United States. Congress |
| Author | United States. Congress |
| Editor | Uriah Hunt Painter |
| Published | 1884 |
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