...Souse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers...the transportation of passengers or property wholly hy railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water, when both are used, under a common control,...

...shall apply only to the carriage and transportation by such company or companies of passengers and property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad...partly by water (when both are used under a common management, control or arrangement), from one place or station to another place or station, both being...

...entirely by rail the words in parenthesis may be eliminated from the statute. The terms of the act now apply to "any common carrier or carriers engaged in...transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad from one state or territory in the United States or the District of Columbia to any other state or...

...referred to in the bill, the first section of which is as follows: "SECTION 1. That the pro visions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property by railroad, under a common control, management, or arrangement for a continuous carriage...

...Honse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of this Act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers...from one State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, to any other State or Territory of the United States, or in the District...

...CARRIERS ARE SURJECT TO THE ACT. The carriers who are subject to the Act are those who are " engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly...shipment, from one State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia to any other State or Territory of the U iifted States or the District...

...particnlar as to leave a considerable nnmber nnaffected. The act by its first section was declared to " apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in...partly by railroad and partly by water when both are nsed, nnder a common control, management, or arrangement for a continnons carriage or shipment from...

...empowered to regulate. The provisions of the act apply to common carriers engaged in transportation " wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly...under a common control, management, or arrangement, for a continuous carriage " from State to State, etc. This language confines the scope of the law within...

...jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission, that is, those engaged in interstate transportation partly by railroad and partly by water when both are...under a common control, management, or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment; and, under certain conditions, those owned, controlled, or operated...

...Congress in 1887, for the regulation of rates and the management of interState commerce. It applies to carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers...property wholly by railroad or partly by railroad and partly by water, from one State, Territory or District of the United States to any other State, Territory...