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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That the commission hereby created shall have authority to inquire into the management of the business of all common carriers subject to the provisions of this act , and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which ...
That the commission hereby created shall have authority to inquire into the management of the business of all common carriers subject to the provisions of this act , and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which ...
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The commission shall have authority to employ and fix the compensation of such other employés as it may find necessary to the proper performance of its duties , subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior .
The commission shall have authority to employ and fix the compensation of such other employés as it may find necessary to the proper performance of its duties , subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior .
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Mr. Nimmo is certainly good authority by reason of the attention which he has given to this su bject . As far back as 1879 he said : The use of the term “ pool " as a designation of the agreements entered into between railroad companies ...
Mr. Nimmo is certainly good authority by reason of the attention which he has given to this su bject . As far back as 1879 he said : The use of the term “ pool " as a designation of the agreements entered into between railroad companies ...
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Sometimes the same authority agrees upon and fixes the rates , and sometimes it does not — the same authority which apportions or divides the traffic . The maintenance of rates is in no sense per se part of the pooling contract , and it ...
Sometimes the same authority agrees upon and fixes the rates , and sometimes it does not — the same authority which apportions or divides the traffic . The maintenance of rates is in no sense per se part of the pooling contract , and it ...
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But the English authorities upon many questions connected with railway law are hardly safe guides upon similar ... which by statute is invested with authority to hear complaints and make orders , which relieve the public against any ...
But the English authorities upon many questions connected with railway law are hardly safe guides upon similar ... which by statute is invested with authority to hear complaints and make orders , which relieve the public against any ...
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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.