Interstate Commerce Act -- Agricultural Exemptions: Hearings Before a Subcommittee ... Eighty-fifth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 5823, a Bill to Amend Section 203 (b)(6) of the Interstate Commerce Act, as Amended. April 23, 24, and 25, 1958Considers legislation to terminate motor carriers exemption from ICC regulation for interstate transport of frozen foods and manufactured agricultural products. |
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Page 244 - Congress to provide for fair and impartial regulation of all modes of transportation subject to the provisions of this Act, so administered as to recognize and preserve the inherent advantages of each; to promote safe, adequate, economical, and efficient service and foster sound economic conditions In transportation and among the several carriers...
Page 121 - As some indication of the volume of unregulated traffic, according to a study made by the Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics of the Interstate Commerce Commission...
Page 14 - ... motor vehicles used in carrying property consisting of ordinary livestock, fish (including shell fish), or agricultural (including horticultural) commodities (not including manufactured products thereof), if such motor vehicles are not used in carrying any other property, or passengers, for compensation...
Page 63 - Act, shall the provisions of this part, except the provisions of section 204 relative to qualifications and maximum hours of service of employees and safety of operation or standards of equipment...
Page 172 - Molasses — Not exempt — Bureau opinion. Moss, see Forest products. Mushrooms, fresh — Exempt — Case 4. Nursery stock, see Horticultural commodities. Nuts (including peanuts) : Peanut meal — Not exempt — Bureau opinion. Peanut shells, ground — Exempt — Case 20 Note 4. Polished — Exempt — Bureau opinion. Raw, shelled or unshelled — Exempt — Cases 1, 3, and 18. Roasted or boiled — Not exempt — Bureau opinion. Shelled, raw — Exempt — Cases 3 and 18. Shells — Exempt —...
Page 172 - ... empowered to make such order in cases where rates dependent upon and varying with declared or agreed values would, in its opinion, be just and reasonable under the circumstances and conditions surrounding the transportation. The term 'ordinary livestock...
Page 350 - ... the Commission shall issue such certificate without requiring further proof that public convenience and necessity will be served by such operation, and without further proceedings...
Page 117 - Motor vehicles controlled and operated by any farmer when used in the transportation of his agricultural (including horticultural) commodities and products thereof, or in the transportation of supplies to his farm...
Page 367 - ... releases announce the construction of a turning basin at Camp Lejeune, a large United States marine base, on the inland waterway. This new adjunct of the base is described as the latest step in the improvement of training facilities involving LSM (landing ship, medium) craft. Just last week in Washington before the transportation and communications subcommittee of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Arthur S. Flemming, Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization, stated...
Page 350 - June 1, 1935, over the route or routes or within the territory for which application Is made and has so operated since that time, or if engaged in furnishing seasonal service only, was In bona fide operation on June 1, 1935, during the season ordinarily covered by its operation...