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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Page 181
But this question manifestly can not be settled in advance . Take the law as it
stands without any such bill , the question as to whether the 5 per cent . rebate
constitutes a reasonable rate under the circumstances is a question which now ,
if ...
But this question manifestly can not be settled in advance . Take the law as it
stands without any such bill , the question as to whether the 5 per cent . rebate
constitutes a reasonable rate under the circumstances is a question which now ,
if ...
Page 190
As to the order of precedence the Chair is not now prepared to determine before
the question arises . Mr. HOAR . I am not aware that the Senator from Illinois has
made any motion as yet with regard to the report . The PRESIDENT pro tempore
...
As to the order of precedence the Chair is not now prepared to determine before
the question arises . Mr. HOAR . I am not aware that the Senator from Illinois has
made any motion as yet with regard to the report . The PRESIDENT pro tempore
...
Page 297
Is it to be expected that this bill , which , at best , is to formulate a general
principle , must be , or can be , so framed that there can be no question as to its
application to the infinite number of cases which may arise ? If the rule be a fair
one ...
Is it to be expected that this bill , which , at best , is to formulate a general
principle , must be , or can be , so framed that there can be no question as to its
application to the infinite number of cases which may arise ? If the rule be a fair
one ...
Page 343
The question recurs on agreeing to the report of the committee of conference . Mr.
WRIGHT . I now move to recommit the report without instruction . The PRESIDING
OFFICER . The senator from Iowa moves that the report be recommitted to the ...
The question recurs on agreeing to the report of the committee of conference . Mr.
WRIGHT . I now move to recommit the report without instruction . The PRESIDING
OFFICER . The senator from Iowa moves that the report be recommitted to the ...
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I make the point of order that debate is not in order now even on a point of order
after the previous question has been ... All questions incidental to that are
covered by it , and no debate can be allowed upon it relating to the question
upon which ...
I make the point of order that debate is not in order now even on a point of order
after the previous question has been ... All questions incidental to that are
covered by it , and no debate can be allowed upon it relating to the question
upon which ...
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Page 607 - ... a greater or less compensation for any service rendered, or to be rendered, in the transportation of passengers or property, subject to the provisions of this act, than it charges, demands, collects or receives from any other person or persons for doing for him or them a like and contemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, such common carrier shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination, which is hereby prohibited...
Page 140 - 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 607 - America in congress assembled, that the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 454 - ... 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 608 - ... for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance ; but this shall not be construed as authorizing any common carrier, within the terms of this act, to charge and receive as great compensation for a shorter as for a longer distance: Provided, however, That upon application to the Commission appointed under the provisions of tula act, such common carrier may.
Page 5 - 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 355 - 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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