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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I think the Senate is entitled to each successive step respecting this important matter , and that the first thing to ... being in capital letters , so that we may not make a mistake in respect to what the conference committee propose .
I think the Senate is entitled to each successive step respecting this important matter , and that the first thing to ... being in capital letters , so that we may not make a mistake in respect to what the conference committee propose .
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Nine sections of the Senate bill have not been changed in any respect , except as to the numbering , namely : Sections 6 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 16 , 17 , and 18 . Section 20 of the Senate bill has been amended by inserting the ...
Nine sections of the Senate bill have not been changed in any respect , except as to the numbering , namely : Sections 6 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 16 , 17 , and 18 . Section 20 of the Senate bill has been amended by inserting the ...
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... respect whatsoever , or to subject any particular person , company , firm , corporation , or locality , or any particular description of traffic , to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect whatsoever .
... respect whatsoever , or to subject any particular person , company , firm , corporation , or locality , or any particular description of traffic , to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect whatsoever .
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That whenever an investigation shall be made by said commission , it shall be its duty to make a report in writing in respect thereto , which shall include the findings of fact upon which the conclusions of the commission are based ...
That whenever an investigation shall be made by said commission , it shall be its duty to make a report in writing in respect thereto , which shall include the findings of fact upon which the conclusions of the commission are based ...
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When the subject in dispute shall be of the value of 2.000 or more , either party to such proceeding before said court may appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States , under the same rrgulations now provided by law in respect of ...
When the subject in dispute shall be of the value of 2.000 or more , either party to such proceeding before said court may appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States , under the same rrgulations now provided by law in respect of ...
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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.