(415 p.) State regulation of railways. Prepared by the statistician [Henry C. Adams. The tabulations and original draft of the text, by Harrison S. SmalleyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1903 - Railroad law |
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... gives the authority for the statements found throughout the report , but serves as an index to the particular statutes now in force , thus enabling any one who may so desire to refer easily to the details of a statute relative to any ...
... gives the authority for the statements found throughout the report , but serves as an index to the particular statutes now in force , thus enabling any one who may so desire to refer easily to the details of a statute relative to any ...
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... give evidence of this fact . Acts were passed during the period , which modified or extended the laws on this subject in nearly five hundred particulars . The phase of the subject which received most special attention is that of ...
... give evidence of this fact . Acts were passed during the period , which modified or extended the laws on this subject in nearly five hundred particulars . The phase of the subject which received most special attention is that of ...
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... give the years in which both the original and the present commissions were established in each State . By reference to these columns a few facts of interest may be observed . No strong commission existed before 1871. Of the twenty ...
... give the years in which both the original and the present commissions were established in each State . By reference to these columns a few facts of interest may be observed . No strong commission existed before 1871. Of the twenty ...
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... give reasonable notice of their investigations or of their intention to fix rates , serving such notice upon the railroads to be affected , and also required to hear the parties , in person or by attorney , and to receive such pertinent ...
... give reasonable notice of their investigations or of their intention to fix rates , serving such notice upon the railroads to be affected , and also required to hear the parties , in person or by attorney , and to receive such pertinent ...
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... mentary provisions specially applicable to railroads . The following summary gives the number of States in which each form of the law prevailed STATE RAILROAD STATUTES . 23 Other statutory provisions pertaining to railroads TABLE.
... mentary provisions specially applicable to railroads . The following summary gives the number of States in which each form of the law prevailed STATE RAILROAD STATUTES . 23 Other statutory provisions pertaining to railroads TABLE.
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Page 347 - ALABAMA ALASKA ARIZONA ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT DELAWARE DIST. OF COLUMBIA FLORIDA GEORGIA HAWAII IDAHO ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MAINE MARYLAND MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI MONTANA NEBRASKA...
Page 51 - New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
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Page 26 - ... make such order respecting the same as may be conducive to the interests of the city.
Page 31 - ... is to engage, and if the board shall determine that the business or undertaking is one for which a corporation may lawfully be formed, and that the applicants are acting in good faith, the application shall be granted, and a certificate setting forth that the application has been approved shall be indorsed...
Page 35 - At present the commission of pharmacy consists of three persons appointed by the governor for a term of six years.
Page 26 - Institute, and, by that name, to remain in perpetual succession, with full power to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, to acquire, hold, and convey property, real and personal...
Page 54 - The executive department consists of the governor, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, attorney-general and superintendent of public instruction, all of whom are elected for four years.
Page 56 - There shall be established in the state of Nebraska, a board to be styled the Nebraska State Board of Pharmacy. Said board shall consist of the attorney general, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, and commissioner of public lands and buildings, and said board shall appoint five (5) examiners, or secretaries, who shall be skillful retail apothecaries, of seven (7) years...
Page 32 - ... administrative. It is unnecessary, however, to do so in this case, for it is immaterial whether the powers of that court, so called, aside from those that are judicial, are of the one character or of the other, or are a blending of both. A court does not (to use the language of the act) "classify freight," nor "require the construction and maintenance of depots, switches, side tracks, stock yards, cars, and other facilities for the public convenience," nor "regulate crossings and intersections...