Railway Legislation in the United StatesMacmillan, 1903 - 329 pages |
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... points treated in charters varies from about a dozen to more than forty . In a very small number of cases charters are even more fragmentary . The fragmentary charter may have been granted for an important railway , and the complete ...
... points treated in charters varies from about a dozen to more than forty . In a very small number of cases charters are even more fragmentary . The fragmentary charter may have been granted for an important railway , and the complete ...
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... point ; such as sign boards , fences , right of way , and the ringing of bells . Gradually the scope of the general laws was extended , until finally they embraced all the provisions of the best private charters and became general laws ...
... point ; such as sign boards , fences , right of way , and the ringing of bells . Gradually the scope of the general laws was extended , until finally they embraced all the provisions of the best private charters and became general laws ...
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... point of view of a railway company whose system lies in different states . A railway system should be operated as a unified network . This is demanded alike by public and private interests . But how can the best results be obtained if ...
... point of view of a railway company whose system lies in different states . A railway system should be operated as a unified network . This is demanded alike by public and private interests . But how can the best results be obtained if ...
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... points of view which were later incorporated in general laws . The relative promptness and thoroughness with which European countries legislated upon railway subjects saved them from some of the excesses of the evils from which we have ...
... points of view which were later incorporated in general laws . The relative promptness and thoroughness with which European countries legislated upon railway subjects saved them from some of the excesses of the evils from which we have ...
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... points common to all these railways , additional legislation should be formulated for each separate class of railways . It seems highly inex- pedient to attempt to regulate a great interstate system by means of the same laws which are ...
... points common to all these railways , additional legislation should be formulated for each separate class of railways . It seems highly inex- pedient to attempt to regulate a great interstate system by means of the same laws which are ...
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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