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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... motion to postpone until after the holidays . Mr. HOAR . The Senator will allow me to make a suggestion to him . This is a matter in which my constituency as that of every other Sena- tor - there is nothing peculiar in my condition ...
... motion to postpone until after the holidays . Mr. HOAR . The Senator will allow me to make a suggestion to him . This is a matter in which my constituency as that of every other Sena- tor - there is nothing peculiar in my condition ...
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... motion , I desire to make a state- ment of the changes in the bill . The following is a statement of the changes in the bill as passed by the Senate which have been agreed to and are recommended by the committee of conference : Section ...
... motion , I desire to make a state- ment of the changes in the bill . The following is a statement of the changes in the bill as passed by the Senate which have been agreed to and are recommended by the committee of conference : Section ...
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... motion ? What number of copies will be printed under The PRESIDENT pro tempore . The question is on the motion of the Senator from Illinois [ Mr. CULLOM ] . The motion was agreed to . Mr. CULLOM . I move now that 5,000 copies of the ...
... motion ? What number of copies will be printed under The PRESIDENT pro tempore . The question is on the motion of the Senator from Illinois [ Mr. CULLOM ] . The motion was agreed to . Mr. CULLOM . I move now that 5,000 copies of the ...
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... motion in the same manner and to the same effect as though complaint had been made . No complaint shall at any time be dismissed because of the absence of direct damage to the complainant . SEC . 14. That whenever an investigation shall ...
... motion in the same manner and to the same effect as though complaint had been made . No complaint shall at any time be dismissed because of the absence of direct damage to the complainant . SEC . 14. That whenever an investigation shall ...
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... motion that the consideration of this report be postponed until the second Monday in January next , which will be a few days after the ordinary reassembling of Congress for the customary holiday recess . Mr. CULLOM . I gave notice that ...
... motion that the consideration of this report be postponed until the second Monday in January next , which will be a few days after the ordinary reassembling of Congress for the customary holiday recess . Mr. CULLOM . I gave notice that ...
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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.