Petroleum, Hearing Before a Subcommittee ... on S. 790 and H.R. 5366 ... April 27 - May 3, 1937 |
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Page 91 - From and after May first, nineteen hundred and eight, it shall be unlawful for any railroad company to transport from any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, to any other State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, or to any foreign country, any article or commodity, other than timber and the manufactured products thereof, manufactured, mined, or produced by it, or under its authority, or which it may own in whole, or in part, or in which it may have any interest direct or indirect...
Page 145 - person" means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a joint-stock company, a trust, any unincorporated organization, or a government or political subdivision thereof. As used in this paragraph the term "trust...
Page 92 - Resolved, That copies of this resolution be sent to the Members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives from the upper Midwest area and that they be urged to give this proposed legislation their interest and support.
Page 91 - Columbia, or to any foreign country, any article or commodity, other than timber and the manufactured products thereof, manufactured, mined, or produced by it, or under its authority, or which it may own in whole, or in part, or in which it may have any interest direct or indirect except such articles or commodities as may be necessary and intended for its use in the conduct of its business as a common carrier.
Page 146 - That the provisions of this Act shall apply to any corporation or any person or persons engaged in the transportation of oil or other commodity, except water and except natural or artificial gas, by means of pipe lines, or partly by pipe lines and partly by railroad, or partly by pipe lines and partly by water, who shall be considered and held to be common carriers within the meaning and purpose of this Act...
Page 205 - That copies of these resolutions be sent by the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the presiding officers of both branches of Congress and to each of the Senators and Representatives in Congress from Massachusetts.
Page 1 - The pertinent point is that where the subject of commerce is one as to which the power of the State may constitutionally be exerted by restiction or prohibition in order to prevent harmful consequences, the Congress may, if it sees fit, put forth its power to regulate interstate commerce so as to prevent that commerce from being used to impede the carrying out of the State policy.
Page 208 - That it is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress to protect interstate and foreign commerce from the diversion and obstruction of, and the burden and harmful effect upon, such commerce caused by contraband oil as herein defined, and to encourage the conservation of deposits of crude oil situated within the United States. SEC. 2. As used in this Act — (1) The term "contraband oil...