Supplement to Snyder's Interstate Commerce Act and Federal Anti-trust Laws

APPROVED JUNE 29, 1906, AMENDING THE COM-
MERCE ACT AND ELKINS Act,

WITH AN INTRODUCTION

AND FULL NOTES OF JUDICIAL DECISIONS REN-
DERED SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF THE
WORK IN JULY, 1904, WITH A REFER-
ENCE TO THE ANTI-TRUST LAWS
OF THE SEVERAL STATES.

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INCLUDING ALSO

THE EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY BILL, PURE FOOD BILL, MEAT
INSPECTION BILL AND HALL-MARK OR JEWELERS'
LIABILITY BILL.

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CONTAINING ALSO INDEX AND TABLE OF CASES

By WILLIAM amartine

OF THE NEW YORK BAR

1845-16

NEW YORK

BAKER, VOORHIS & COMPANY

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Transport.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

Federal control

Railways of the United States

Railway legislation prior to 1906

Community of interest among carriers

Need of supplemental legislation

Result of carrier being dealer

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viii

ix

X

xi

xii

xiv

XV

xviii

xix

Coal properties controlled by carriers

Power of visitation and supervision

Records of carrier must be uniform

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Appraisal of railroad property

xxix

The Chesapeake and Ohio case and Tobacco Trust decisions..

Analysis of Interstate Commerce Act.

SEC. 1. Interstate commerce defined Definitions

carrier Railroad transportation - Charges must be

reasonable - Free transportation, when prohibited

Carriers not to deal in commodities transported

Switches and terminal facilities

2. Rebates prohibited - Unjust discrimination defined....

Preferences and advantages · Duty of connecting lines.

3.

4. Long and short haul regulations. Power of commis-

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eign country-Change of rates must be on notice-

Provision as to joint tariff rates Publication con-

dition precedent Preference time of war

Elkins Act-Sec. 1. Liability for acts of agents, re-

ceivers, trustees, etc. - Rebates - Forfeiture of three

times amount as additional penalty

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Continuous carriage from point of ship-

7-10

10-13

7. Commerce act

ment to point of destination

13

8. Liability of carrier in damages

14

9. Remedy of shipper in alternative by complaint to com-

mission or suit in Federal court

14

10. Criminal liability of carrier - Criminal liability of car-
rier for false bills, weights or classification — Crim-
inal liability of shipper for false weights, bills or clas-
sification Joint and several liability of shipper and

11.

carrier

Interstate Commerce Commission created

12. Commission may prosecute through United States Dis-

trict Attorney - Witnesses - Attendance compulsory

Penalty for disobedience of witness — Testimony

taken by deposition - Deposition, how taken - For-

eign witnesses

13. Complaint to commission, how made-Investigations,

how conducted Complaints by State Railroad Com-

mission

14. Reports and findings of commission shall be evidence.. 20-21

15. Commission may fix rates - When order of commission

takes effect Supplemental order, joint rates - Pay-

ment by carrier for services and instrumentalities.. 21-23

16. Order for damages, how enforced-Findings of com-
mission prima facie evidence Damage claims to be
mission prima facie evidence Damage claims to be
filed within two years - Damage claims Parties
Order, how served, modification or suspension of —
Orders, how enforced - Penalties and forfeitures
When orders enforced by injunction — Appeal—Venue
Provisions as to court review - Schedules filed

prima facie evidence