Statutes of the United States of AmericaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1887 - Law |
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... Railroad Company . An act to declare a forfeiture of lands granted to the New Orleans , Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad Company , to confirm title to certain lands , and for other purposes . February 8 , 1887 .... Immediate ...
... Railroad Company . An act to declare a forfeiture of lands granted to the New Orleans , Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad Company , to confirm title to certain lands , and for other purposes . February 8 , 1887 .... Immediate ...
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... Railroad Company February 17 , 1887 ...... .. Robert Strachan . An act for the relief of Robert Strachan . February 17 , 1887 . Military post , Denver , Colo . An act making an appropriation for the establishment and erection of a ...
... Railroad Company February 17 , 1887 ...... .. Robert Strachan . An act for the relief of Robert Strachan . February 17 , 1887 . Military post , Denver , Colo . An act making an appropriation for the establishment and erection of a ...
Page 346
... Railroad Company across the Government farm connected with the Naval Academy at Annapolis , Maryland . February 25 , 1887 . Public building , Troy , N. Y. An act to increase the appropriation for the erection of a public build- ing at ...
... Railroad Company across the Government farm connected with the Naval Academy at Annapolis , Maryland . February 25 , 1887 . Public building , Troy , N. Y. An act to increase the appropriation for the erection of a public build- ing at ...
Page 347
... Railroad investigation . An act authorizing an investigation of the books , accounts , and methods of railroads which have received aid from the United States , and for other purposes . March 3 , 1887 .... Mail - messengers . An act ...
... Railroad investigation . An act authorizing an investigation of the books , accounts , and methods of railroads which have received aid from the United States , and for other purposes . March 3 , 1887 .... Mail - messengers . An act ...
Page 348
... Railroad Company of Alabama to erect a bridge across the Coosa River . March 3 , 1887 Suits against the Government . An act to provide for the bringing of suits against the Government of the United States . March 3 , 1887 ... National ...
... Railroad Company of Alabama to erect a bridge across the Coosa River . March 3 , 1887 Suits against the Government . An act to provide for the bringing of suits against the Government of the United States . March 3 , 1887 ... National ...
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act granting administrator America in Congress appropriation for consul appropriation for pay Approved authorized and directed bridge CHAP clerks of class Commissioner common carrier Congress assembled construction contingent expenses County court Davidson County deceased Department directed to place District of Columbia eight hundred dollars eighteen hundred enacted February 28 fifty dollars five hundred dollars four hundred dollars granting a pension hereby House of Representatives hundred and fifty hundred and twenty Interior January 27 Knox County laborers lands lars March Maury County nine hundred pension laws Provided provisions and limitations public building purchase Railroad Company repairs River salaries sand dollars Secretary Secretary of War Senate and House six hundred dollars Stewart County Territory thereof thousand dollars thousand eight hundred thousand five hundred thousand four hundred thousand six hundred thousand two hundred three hundred three thousand dollars tion Treasury twenty dollars United Williamson County Wilson County
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Page 383 - ... 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...
Page 440 - That in order to aid in acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects connected with agriculture, and to promote scientific investigation and experiment respecting the principles and applications of agricultural science...
Page 382 - That in case any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall do, cause to be done, or permit to be done, any act, matter, or thing in this Act prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or shall omit to do any act, matter, or thing in this Act required to be done, such common carrier shall be liable to the person or persons injured thereby for the full amount of damages sustained in consequence of any such violation of the provisions of this Act...
Page 387 - ... nothing in this Act contained shall in any way abridge or alter the remedies now existing at common law or by statute, but the provisions of this Act are in addition to such remedies...
Page 379 - That if any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, directly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device, charge, demand, collect or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation...
Page 386 - 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.
Page 383 - Commission (and produce books and papers if so ordered) and give evidence touching the matter in question ; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Page 384 - ... may apply to said commission by petition, which shall briefly state the facts; whereupon a statement of the charges thus made shall be forwarded by the commission to such common carrier, who shall be called upon to satisfy the complaint or to answer the same in writing within a reasonable time, to be specified by the commission.
Page 380 - ... 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 379 - ... from one State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, to any other State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or from any place in the United States to an adjacent foreign country...