EXPLANATORY NOTE. Table IV deals with the powers of railroad commissions. These powers are defined in greater or less detail in all the commission laws. Part A deals with powers relative to conditions of business administration-in regard to proceedings, in regard to rates, over business management, over accounts, and over reports of railroads. The most significant point in this connection pertains to power of commissions over rates, and extended comment thereon may be found in the text preceding the tables. Part B is devoted to the powers of railroad commissions over matters of construction, maintenance, and technical operation in general, and in regard to roadway, crossings, stations, and trains. Although a study of the laws of all the States discloses a large number of details, a comparatively small number has been the subject of legislation in any one State. The figures in the body of the following table indicate that the State in question has a statute conforming to the statement made in the boring of the column in which the figures appear. These figures refer, also, to the section, chapter, or page of the particular compilation of statutes or laws which is authority for the statement. The titles of these compilations are to be found in the second column of Table I. The abbreviations observed throughout the tables are the following: C........Constitution. C. C.....Criminal Code. P. C. .Penal Code. C. C. P..Code of Civil Procedure. S. L ....Session Laws. References to Session Laws are to pages, except where indicated by ch. (chapter). 75 |