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... carriers that are subject to the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission , has been rewritten . The first paragraph designates the common carriers to whom the act applies , dividing them into three classes described in sub ...
... carriers that are subject to the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission , has been rewritten . The first paragraph designates the common carriers to whom the act applies , dividing them into three classes described in sub ...
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... carrier to provide itself with additional equipment ? If so , and the ... common carrier obli- gations will be discussed later . Paragraph 12 seems to ... subject to this act , " then it would seem that their equip- ment is not subject to ...
... carrier to provide itself with additional equipment ? If so , and the ... common carrier obli- gations will be discussed later . Paragraph 12 seems to ... subject to this act , " then it would seem that their equip- ment is not subject to ...
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... subject to this act , " does it not become subject to all the car service ... carriers subject to the act to furnish " transportation " on reasonable request ... common law and enforcible only in the courts ; that the amendment of 1906 ...
... subject to this act , " does it not become subject to all the car service ... carriers subject to the act to furnish " transportation " on reasonable request ... common law and enforcible only in the courts ; that the amendment of 1906 ...
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... common law . Under the amendment the most that can be said is that the duty is particularized . Its sanction is not ... carrier by railroad subject to the act , a party to the hearing , to provide itself with safe and adequate facilities for ...
... common law . Under the amendment the most that can be said is that the duty is particularized . Its sanction is not ... carrier by railroad subject to the act , a party to the hearing , to provide itself with safe and adequate facilities for ...
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... carrier subject to the act to make an extension of its line by construction ... common carriers their car service . There is one limitation on this power ... carrier to perform its common carrier duties to the public . The duty to provide ...
... carrier subject to the act to make an extension of its line by construction ... common carriers their car service . There is one limitation on this power ... carrier to perform its common carrier duties to the public . The duty to provide ...
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Commentaries on the Interstate Commerce Act, 1921 (Classic Reprint) Karl Knox Gartner No preview available - 2017 |
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Act to regulate agent application August 9 authority bill of lading car service carrier by railroad carrier or carriers charges classification Commerce Court Commissioners common carrier subject common law complaint Congress consignee corporation court damages deemed district District of Columbia divisions duty employees enforcement equipment establish facilities fares February 28 filed fixed Former Act former and present freight furnish hearing Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Commission investigation issue joint rates June 18 June 29 liability matter ment mission necessary nineteen hundred numbered offense officer old act operating otherwise Panama Canal paragraph party passengers or property person portation prescribe Present Act SEC proceedings provisions rail railway reasonable receive and transport regulate commerce reparation respect rier route rules schedules section 15-a securities shipment shipper sion specified tariffs thereof thereto tion traffic trans transportation of passengers United unlawful valuation violation writs of mandamus
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Page 88 - 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 127 - All of the expenses of the Commission, including all necessary expenses for transportation incurred by the Commissioners or by their employees under their orders, in making any investigation, or upon official business in any other places than in the city of Washington, shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the Commission. Until otherwise provided by law, the Commission may rent suitable offices for its use. The Auditor for the State and Other Departments...
Page 116 - In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates the Commission shall initiate, modify, establish or adjust such rates so that carriers as a whole (or as a whole in each of such rate groups or territories as the Commission may from time to time designate) will, under honest, efficient and economical management and reasonable expenditures for maintenance of way, structures and equipment, earn an aggregate annual net, railway operating income equal, as nearly as may be, to a fair...
Page 75 - That the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management, or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 76 - Provided, however, That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property, or to the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of property wholly within one State and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid...
Page 105 - Such attendance of witnesses, and the production of such documentary evidence, may be required from any place in the United States, at any designated place of hearing.
Page 123 - It shall be the duty of the various district attorneys, under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States, to prosecute for the recovery of forfeitures.
Page 102 - ... or with any other corporation, company, person or party, shall willfully do or cause to be done, or shall willingly suffer or permit to be done, any act, matter or thing in this act prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or who shall aid or abet therein, or shall willfully omit or fail to do any act, matter or tiling in this act required to be done...
Page 89 - 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 97 - Act; nor shall any carrier charge or demand or collect or receive a greater or less or different compensation for such transportation of passengers or property, or for any service in connection therewith, between the points named in such tariffs than the rates, fares, and charges which are specified in the tariff filed and in effect at the time...