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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... passed the Senate , shall be printed with the amendment proposed by the conference committee to the Senate bill in italics , so that every Senator can see exactly what changes are pro- posed in the Senate bill . Mr. HARRIS . I desire to ...
... passed the Senate , shall be printed with the amendment proposed by the conference committee to the Senate bill in italics , so that every Senator can see exactly what changes are pro- posed in the Senate bill . Mr. HARRIS . I desire to ...
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... passed the Senate , and then the House bill as it passed the House , or the substitute for the Senate bill now reported . My judgment is that Senators will be able to know all about the changes that occur by printing the Senate bill as ...
... passed the Senate , and then the House bill as it passed the House , or the substitute for the Senate bill now reported . My judgment is that Senators will be able to know all about the changes that occur by printing the Senate bill as ...
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... passed by the Senate was calculated to cure whatever evils had grown out of the system of railroad pooling , so that before the report of the commis- sion which was provided for in the Senate bill upon this subject should be made , the ...
... passed by the Senate was calculated to cure whatever evils had grown out of the system of railroad pooling , so that before the report of the commis- sion which was provided for in the Senate bill upon this subject should be made , the ...
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... passed by . But unless we do press the bill forward with a view to getting it through this branch of Congress and allowing the other branch to have an opportunity to consider it as well - and if we dis- agree to it we have got to have ...
... passed by . But unless we do press the bill forward with a view to getting it through this branch of Congress and allowing the other branch to have an opportunity to consider it as well - and if we dis- agree to it we have got to have ...
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... passed the Senate . It preserves the clause of that bill which declared that the provision relative to the shorter and longer distances shall not be construed as authorizing any common carrier within the terms of the act to charge and ...
... passed the Senate . It preserves the clause of that bill which declared that the provision relative to the shorter and longer distances shall not be construed as authorizing any common carrier within the terms of the act to charge and ...
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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.