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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... Regulate Such Commerce &c., &c United States. Congress Uriah Hunt Painter. lawful by the second section of the bill ... regulating the great subject of which it treats . It is not a harsh and vindictive bill , as some who will come under ...
... Regulate Such Commerce &c., &c United States. Congress Uriah Hunt Painter. lawful by the second section of the bill ... regulating the great subject of which it treats . It is not a harsh and vindictive bill , as some who will come under ...
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... Regulate Such Commerce &c., &c United States. Congress Uriah Hunt Painter. held to be good by the courts of the United States . Judge Nelson , in the circuit court in Massachusetts , and Judge Matthews , in the circuit court in Ohio ...
... Regulate Such Commerce &c., &c United States. Congress Uriah Hunt Painter. held to be good by the courts of the United States . Judge Nelson , in the circuit court in Massachusetts , and Judge Matthews , in the circuit court in Ohio ...
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... Regulate Such Commerce &c., &c United States. Congress Uriah Hunt Painter. of the nation and the welfare of its people . Lut this bill presents these alternatives . Senators may feel , perhaps , that I am overstating this matter . I want ...
... Regulate Such Commerce &c., &c United States. Congress Uriah Hunt Painter. of the nation and the welfare of its people . Lut this bill presents these alternatives . Senators may feel , perhaps , that I am overstating this matter . I want ...
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... Regulate Such Commerce &c., &c United States. Congress Uriah Hunt Painter. of its track , to do a greater through ... regulate great federations of railroads with respect to matters relating to commerce among the States than to regulate a ...
... Regulate Such Commerce &c., &c United States. Congress Uriah Hunt Painter. of its track , to do a greater through ... regulate great federations of railroads with respect to matters relating to commerce among the States than to regulate a ...
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... Regulate Such Commerce &c., &c United States. Congress Uriah Hunt Painter. The Senator from Massachusetts [ Mr. HOAR ] asks me if I have in my mind statistics bearing on the point as to whether the net receipts of the railroad companies ...
... Regulate Such Commerce &c., &c United States. Congress Uriah Hunt Painter. The Senator from Massachusetts [ Mr. HOAR ] asks me if I have in my mind statistics bearing on the point as to whether the net receipts of the railroad companies ...
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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.