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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... amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill ( S. 1532 ) to regulate commerce having met , after full and free conference , have agreed to recommend , and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows- Mr. CULLOM . The ...
... amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill ( S. 1532 ) to regulate commerce having met , after full and free conference , have agreed to recommend , and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows- Mr. CULLOM . The ...
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... amendment proposed by the conference committee to the Senate bill in italics , so that every Senator can see exactly ... amendments proposed in italics , so that every Senator can see exactly the changes made in the Senate bill . I ...
... amendment proposed by the conference committee to the Senate bill in italics , so that every Senator can see exactly ... amendments proposed in italics , so that every Senator can see exactly the changes made in the Senate bill . I ...
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... amendment the other House made , a single amendment to that bill , should be printed , and then the Senate bill should be printed with each and every amendment proposed by the conference committee , these amendments being in capital ...
... amendment the other House made , a single amendment to that bill , should be printed , and then the Senate bill should be printed with each and every amendment proposed by the conference committee , these amendments being in capital ...
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... amended by striking out the words " and proper , ' in line 12 , and substituting therefor the words " proper and equal , as to require railroads to afford " equal " as well as " reasonable and proper " facilities to connecting roads for ...
... amended by striking out the words " and proper , ' in line 12 , and substituting therefor the words " proper and equal , as to require railroads to afford " equal " as well as " reasonable and proper " facilities to connecting roads for ...
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... amended by adding to the provisions for compelling officers of railroads to testify , when summoned by the commission , the following : The claim that any such testimony or evidence may tend to criminate the per- son giving such ...
... amended by adding to the provisions for compelling officers of railroads to testify , when summoned by the commission , the following : The claim that any such testimony or evidence may tend to criminate the per- son giving such ...
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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.