Inspection tended. ex appointed under the act of February seventeenth, e teen hundred and eleven, shall inspect and shall have th same powers and duties with respect to all the parts & appurtenances of the locomotive and tender that the now have with respect to the boiler of a locomotive and the appurtenances thereof, and the said act of February seventeenth, nineteen hundred and eleven, shall applyi and include the entire locomotive and tender and all the Examination of parts with the same force and effect as it now applies inspectors. locomotive boilers and their appurtenances. That p the passage of this act all inspectors and applicants f the position of inspector shall be examined touching the qualifications and fitness with respect to the addition duties imposed by this act. Safety appliance laws not altered. (SEC. 3.) That nothing in this act shall be held to alte amend, change, repeal, or modify any other act of Car gress than the said act of February seventeenth, ninetee hundred and eleven, to which reference is herein specif cally made, or any order of the Interstate Commerte Commission promulgated under the safety appliance a of March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and supplemental acts. Commission di rected to investi gate and report on necessity for block signals. 34 Stat. L., 838. Commission to take testimony and BLOCK SIGNAL RESOLUTION. JOINT RESOLUTION Directing the Interstate Commerce Comme sion to investigate and report on block-signal systems and app ances for the automatic control of railway trains. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Interstate Commerce Commission be, and it hereby, directed to investigate and report on the use and necessity for block-signal systems and appliances fr the automatic control of railway trains in the United States. For this purpose the Commission is authorized to employ persons who are familiar with the subject, and may use such of its own employees as are necessary make a thorough examination into the matter. to In transmitting its report to the Congress the Commis make recommenda- sion shall recommend such legislation as to the Commis tions. sion seems advisable. To carry out and give effect to the provisions of this resolution, the Commission shall have power to issue subpœnas, administer oaths, examine witnesses, require the production of books and papers, and receive depositions taken before any proper officer in any State or Territory of the United States. Urgent deficiency act (appropriations) of October twenty-second, nineteen hundred and thirteen, provides that the Interstate Commerce Commission, at its discretion, may investigate and report in regard to the use and necessity for block-signal systems and appliances for the automatic control of railway trains and any appliances or systems intended to promote the safety of railway operation, including experimental tests of such systems and appliances as shall be furnished in completed shape, to such Commission for such investigation and test, free of cost to the Government, in accordance with the provisions of the joint resolution approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six. Block signal tests. 38 Stat. L., 219. Absorption, noncompetitive short lines by main lines.. Excepted from hours-of-service act............. Account, false, by shipper to obtain refund. Accounting, moneys derived from operation of carriers under Federal 128 126 127 127 127 127 127 127 27 Additions, President may order carriers under Federal control to make.... Adjacent foreign country, transportation to and from. 25 87 96 111 .110-111 7 16 27 129 40 10-11 13-54 145 Agency, carriers to maintain, in Washington to receive priority orders... 53005-18-10 Agents of carrier: Acts of, are deemed to be acts of carrier.... Carriers deemed to know acts of.. Name of, to be posted at stations.. Passes to ..... Service of process on carrier by leaving copy with.... Service of order of Commission on.. To be designated... Agents of Commission, special, to inspect accounts and receive evidence, Aggregate of intermediate rates, greater than through rate.......... Agreement: Annual report of carrier concerning.... Carriers under Federal control to accept terms of this and other acts.. 109 106 Compensation to carriers under Federal control where no, entered into.. 109 107 sion for maintenance, etc........ Conditioned upon purchaser not to deal with competitor. For pooling of freights and division of earnings unlawful.. No person excused from producing.. Of carriers to be filed with Commission. Of Government-aided lines to be filed with Commission. Of road operated under, included in term "railroad”.... President authorized to enter into and may make special, with car- riers under Federal control...... To break bulk unlawful if to prevent continuous carriage. Aid to carriers from United States, etc., value of.. Air brakes, percentage of cars in train.... Allowance: Shipper to obtain, by false means, a misdemeanor...... To Government made by carriers in consideration of land grants, etc... To owners of traffic for services rendered..... 21 96 8 108 24 Amend, Federal-control act does not, state taxation laws.. 117 American Railway Association to designate height of drawbars.. 57-68 120 134 44 Analysis of methods of ascertaining costs of property of carriers.. Commission may require and prescribe method of making..... Government-aided railroad or telegraph lines. Statistics in, are public records..... Annual reports of Commission: Printed for distribution... To Congress Antitrust acts: Not repealed by Clayton Act.................. Order under Clayton Act does not relieve from.... |