Interstate Commerce: Debate in Forty-Eighth Congress, Second Session [-Fiftieth Congress], on the Bill (H.R. 5461) to Establish a Board of Commissioners of Interstate Commerce and to Regulate Such Commerce &c., &c |
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... votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill ( S. 1532 ) to regulate commerce ... vote upon it to - day , because I think it is due to the Senate that every member should have an opportunity of ...
... votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill ( S. 1532 ) to regulate commerce ... vote upon it to - day , because I think it is due to the Senate that every member should have an opportunity of ...
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... voted to take a recess until the 4th of January . I hope that Senators will be prepared , if they desire to make any remarks upon the subject , to make them without delay , so that we can get a vote upon the question as early as ...
... voted to take a recess until the 4th of January . I hope that Senators will be prepared , if they desire to make any remarks upon the subject , to make them without delay , so that we can get a vote upon the question as early as ...
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... vote only for what upon mature de- liberation I believe is the best legislation . I do not believe that the legislation will fail if this bill goes back to a conference with an indi- cation that the Senate will not consent to brand as ...
... vote only for what upon mature de- liberation I believe is the best legislation . I do not believe that the legislation will fail if this bill goes back to a conference with an indi- cation that the Senate will not consent to brand as ...
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... vote of 47 to 4 , and it passed the House as amended in that body on the 30th of July last , by a vote of 192 to 41. Now , when the Conferees on the part of the two Houses have agreed on a bill satisfactory to both , it seems to me that ...
... vote of 47 to 4 , and it passed the House as amended in that body on the 30th of July last , by a vote of 192 to 41. Now , when the Conferees on the part of the two Houses have agreed on a bill satisfactory to both , it seems to me that ...
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... vote for the report of the conference committee without saying a word ; but when I was urged by intelligent boards of trade in Kentucky and elsewhere to vote against this measure , I thought it was due to myself and respectful to them ...
... vote for the report of the conference committee without saying a word ; but when I was urged by intelligent boards of trade in Kentucky and elsewhere to vote against this measure , I thought it was due to myself and respectful to them ...
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Page 144 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Page 458 - ... that upon application to the Commission appointed under the provisions of this act, such common carrier may, in special cases, after investigation by the Commission, be authorized to charge less for longer than for shorter distances for the transportation of passengers or property ; and the Commission may from time to time prescribe the extent to which such designated common carrier may be relieved from the operation of this section of this act.
Page 9 - Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall, according to their respective powers, afford all reasonable, proper, and equal facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines, and for the receiving, forwarding, and delivering of passengers and property to and from their several lines and those connecting therewith...
Page 359 - If such carrier shall not satisfy the complaint within the time specified, or there shall appear to be any reasonable ground for investigating said complaint, it shall be the duty of the commission to investigate the matters complained of in such manner and by such means as it shall deem proper.