Railway Legislation in the United StatesMacmillan, 1903 - 329 pages |
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... appears to be the prevailing tendency . This is a commendable feature of contemporary railway history , for rail- ways have so many peculiarities of their own that separate treatment of them in our laws is likely to result in better ...
... appears to be the prevailing tendency . This is a commendable feature of contemporary railway history , for rail- ways have so many peculiarities of their own that separate treatment of them in our laws is likely to result in better ...
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... appears to be well established . The Canadian law , for instance , de- fines such terms as " company , " " court , " " depart- ment , " " goods , " " highway , " " lines , " " map or plans , " " near , " " owner , " " railway , " " toll ...
... appears to be well established . The Canadian law , for instance , de- fines such terms as " company , " " court , " " depart- ment , " " goods , " " highway , " " lines , " " map or plans , " " near , " " owner , " " railway , " " toll ...
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... appear to have accomplished considerable good . At a time when published tariffs constitute little more than " a basis from which to calculate con- cessions and discriminations " anything which is likely to assist in reëstablishing ...
... appear to have accomplished considerable good . At a time when published tariffs constitute little more than " a basis from which to calculate con- cessions and discriminations " anything which is likely to assist in reëstablishing ...
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... appears to be the most feasible plan , is that of accepting the present territorial limits of the dominating freight classifications and organizing an interstate council within each of them , with the possible division of the territory ...
... appears to be the most feasible plan , is that of accepting the present territorial limits of the dominating freight classifications and organizing an interstate council within each of them , with the possible division of the territory ...
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... appear in the Atlantic States farther north . In 1837 North Carolina granted a charter which provided for maximum rates as follows : " On persons , not exceeding six cents per mile for each , unless the distances to which any person be ...
... appear in the Atlantic States farther north . In 1837 North Carolina granted a charter which provided for maximum rates as follows : " On persons , not exceeding six cents per mile for each , unless the distances to which any person be ...
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Page 298 - Commission (and produce books and papers if so ordered) and give evidence touching the matter in question ; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Page 297 - ... keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted, and shall have the right to obtain from such common carriers full and complete information necessary to enable the Commission to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created...
Page 287 - Provided, however, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property, or to the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of property, wholly within one State, and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid.
Page 287 - 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 298 - Such attendance of witnesses, and the production of such documentary evidence, may be required from any place in the United States, at any designated place of hearing.
Page 297 - ... the date of the taking effect of this Act, the term of each to be designated by the President, but their successors shall be appointed for terms of seven years, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the commissioner whom he shall succeed.
Page 313 - An act [to amend an act entitled an act] to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Page 307 - That nothing in this act shall prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of property free or at reduced rates for the United States, State, or municipal governments...
Page 295 - ... done, or shall aid or abet any such omission or failure, or shall be guilty of any infraction of this act, or shall aid or abet therein, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof in any district court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such offense was committed, be subject to a fine of not to exceed five thousand dollars for each offense...
Page 307 - ... or the issuance of mileage, excursion, or commutation passenger tickets; nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit any common carrier from giving reduced rates to ministers of religion, or to municipal governments for the transportation of indigent persons, or to inmates of the National Homes or State Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and of Soldiers