Railway Legislation in the United StatesMacmillan, 1903 - 329 sider |
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... direct federal agency - and from which the federal government might derive reve- nue were abandoned in 1830. Jackson's deter- mination to free the nation from debt , and to adhere to principles of strict economy , and his uncompromising ...
... direct federal agency - and from which the federal government might derive reve- nue were abandoned in 1830. Jackson's deter- mination to free the nation from debt , and to adhere to principles of strict economy , and his uncompromising ...
Side 44
... direct inquiries to the council , the latter may also act on its own initiative and bring its conclusions and findings before the proper officials . A com- parison of Japanese with Prussian councils shows important differences in their ...
... direct inquiries to the council , the latter may also act on its own initiative and bring its conclusions and findings before the proper officials . A com- parison of Japanese with Prussian councils shows important differences in their ...
Side 61
... direct relation to distance and space occupied . These quotations suffice to indicate the manner in which early charters in different parts of the United States attempted to control rates . The variety existing among provisions of this ...
... direct relation to distance and space occupied . These quotations suffice to indicate the manner in which early charters in different parts of the United States attempted to control rates . The variety existing among provisions of this ...
Side 72
... direct financial aid . The well - known illustrations of the railways owned by the states of Georgia and South ... direct prohibitions of state participation . As a matter of historical interest , however , it may be well to notice a few ...
... direct financial aid . The well - known illustrations of the railways owned by the states of Georgia and South ... direct prohibitions of state participation . As a matter of historical interest , however , it may be well to notice a few ...
Side 97
... direct pro- visions of this kind , while Rhode Island is saved from being classified with these two states by a brief and rather unimportant constitutional pro- vision . In addition , there is an absence of H 97 CHAPTER III ...
... direct pro- visions of this kind , while Rhode Island is saved from being classified with these two states by a brief and rather unimportant constitutional pro- vision . In addition , there is an absence of H 97 CHAPTER III ...
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Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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...
Side 294 - Act required to be done, such common carrier shall be liable to the person or persons injured thereby for the full amount of damages sustained in consequence of any such violation...
Side 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.
Side 193 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created. He may withdraw his grant by discontinuing the use; but, so long as he maintains the use, he...
Side 234 - An Act to regulate commerce," approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, or of any amendment thereof, on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him, may tend to criminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture. But no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing, concerning which he may testify, or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise,...
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 289 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act to enter into any contract, agreement, or combination with any other common carrier or carriers for the pooling of freights of different and competing railroads, or to divide between them the aggregate or net proceeds of the earnings of such railroads, or any portion thereof...