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... attitude toward the public which revealed slight consciousness of social responsibility . * 43 Cong . I sess . , S. rep . 307 . These conditions led to an irresistible demand for national legis- 4 INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION.
... attitude toward the public which revealed slight consciousness of social responsibility . * 43 Cong . I sess . , S. rep . 307 . These conditions led to an irresistible demand for national legis- 4 INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION.
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... session after session , but all failed of passage in either house until 1874. In that year the House of Representa- tives passed a bill , aiming at rate reduction , and in 1878 it passed a bill , introduced by John H. Reagan of Texas ...
... session after session , but all failed of passage in either house until 1874. In that year the House of Representa- tives passed a bill , aiming at rate reduction , and in 1878 it passed a bill , introduced by John H. Reagan of Texas ...
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... sess . , S. Rep . 46 , p . 215 ( 1886 ) . 9 118 U. S. , 557 . 10 See Haney : A congressional history of railways , vol . II , pp . 281-312 , and Ripley , Railroads : Rates and regulation , pp . 450-1 . the act made the commission ...
... sess . , S. Rep . 46 , p . 215 ( 1886 ) . 9 118 U. S. , 557 . 10 See Haney : A congressional history of railways , vol . II , pp . 281-312 , and Ripley , Railroads : Rates and regulation , pp . 450-1 . the act made the commission ...
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... session of that court was held on February 15 , 1911 , and the thirty - six cases pending in the various circuit courts . relating to matters under its jurisdiction were transferred to its docket . The court assumed its duties under ...
... session of that court was held on February 15 , 1911 , and the thirty - six cases pending in the various circuit courts . relating to matters under its jurisdiction were transferred to its docket . The court assumed its duties under ...
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... , 1917 , and again to the first Monday in December , 1918 . 68 65 65 Cong . 3 sess . , H. rep . 1170 . three members should participate in the consideration and decision and 18-5 HISTORY 49 ORGANIZATION Statutory Provisions The Commission.
... , 1917 , and again to the first Monday in December , 1918 . 68 65 65 Cong . 3 sess . , H. rep . 1170 . three members should participate in the consideration and decision and 18-5 HISTORY 49 ORGANIZATION Statutory Provisions The Commission.
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Página 106 - All of the expenses of the Commission, including all necessary expenses for transportation incurred by the Commissioners or by their employees under their orders, in making any investigation, or upon official business in any other places than in the city of Washington, shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the Commission.
Página 15 - 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...
Página 23 - Columbia, or to any foreign country, any article or commodity, other than timber and the manufactured products thereof, manufactured, mined, or produced by it, or under its authority, or which it may own in whole, or in part, or in which it may have any interest direct or indirect except such articles or commodities as may be necessary and intended for its use in the conduct of its business as a common carrier.
Página 50 - The President, in time of war, is empowered, through the Secretary of War, to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation, or any part thereof, and to utilize the same to the exclusion, as far as may be necessary, of all other traffic thereon for the transfer or transportation of troops, war material, and equipment, or for such other purposes connected with the emergency as may be needful or desirable.
Página 67 - ... power to require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all such documentary evidence relating to any matter under investigation.
Página 80 - Act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers, or of like kind of property, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line or route in the same direction...
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Página 75 - In so prescribing and determining the divisions of joint rates, fares and charges, the Commission shall give due consideration, among other things, to the efficiency with which the carriers concerned are operated, the amount of revenue required to pay their respective operating expenses, taxes, and a fair return on their railway property held for and used in the service of transportation...
Página 22 - ... transportation" shall include cars and other vehicles and all instrumentalities and facilities of shipment or carriage, irrespective of ownership or of any contract, express or implied, for the use thereof and all services in connection with the receipt, delivery, elevation, and transfer in transit, ventilation, refrigeration or icing, storage, and handling of property transported...
Página 149 - An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes, and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes...