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 is not now in order until the question is taken on the motion of the Senator from Missouri [ Mr. Vest ] . Mr. EDMUNDS . Let the title of the bill be read for information . The PRESIDENT pro tempore .
That is not now in order until the question is taken on the motion of the Senator from Missouri [ Mr. Vest ] . Mr. EDMUNDS . Let the title of the bill be read for information . The PRESIDENT pro tempore .
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My opinion is that it is a privileged question , that he has a right to call it up at any moment he chooses to do so . The PRESIDENT pro tempore . The Chair will examine the rules . [ A pause . ] The Chair will have Rule IX read .
My opinion is that it is a privileged question , that he has a right to call it up at any moment he chooses to do so . The PRESIDENT pro tempore . The Chair will examine the rules . [ A pause . ] The Chair will have Rule IX read .
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But Congress has for years been informing itself concerning all of the phases of the question . Committees have spent months of time in the investigation . They have visited various sections of the country , examining hundreds of ...
But Congress has for years been informing itself concerning all of the phases of the question . Committees have spent months of time in the investigation . They have visited various sections of the country , examining hundreds of ...
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If this question were directed against the bill as it came from the House of Representatives it would admit of none other than an affirmative answer ; for it simply declared that no railroad company subject to its terms should charge ...
If this question were directed against the bill as it came from the House of Representatives it would admit of none other than an affirmative answer ; for it simply declared that no railroad company subject to its terms should charge ...
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It is not a question of whether we shall legislate for the regulation of interstate commerce transacted by railroads , but it is a question of how we shall legislate . It is a vast and complicated subject that we deal with , vaster and ...
It is not a question of whether we shall legislate for the regulation of interstate commerce transacted by railroads , but it is a question of how we shall legislate . It is a vast and complicated subject that we deal with , vaster 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.
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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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