Light on the Law: A Reference Book on "The Act to Regulate Commerce" : Comprising the Inter-state Commerce Law, as Enacted, the Original Reagan and Cullom Bills, Debates in Congress on Railway Regulation, Interpretations of the Law by Railway Officials and Associations, Organization and Official Action of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Etc. ... |
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... effect April 5 , 1887. No congressional enactment , probably , has ever called out such widely differing interpretations , while none has ever before undertaken so directly to regulate and govern business and financial interests of such ...
... effect April 5 , 1887. No congressional enactment , probably , has ever called out such widely differing interpretations , while none has ever before undertaken so directly to regulate and govern business and financial interests of such ...
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... effect ; and the proposed changes shall be shown by printing new schedules , or shall be plainly indicated upon the schedules in force at the time and kept for public inspection . Reductions in such published rates , fares , or charges ...
... effect ; and the proposed changes shall be shown by printing new schedules , or shall be plainly indicated upon the schedules in force at the time and kept for public inspection . Reductions in such published rates , fares , or charges ...
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... effect as though complaint had been made . No complaint shall at any time be dismissed because of the absence of direct damage to the complainant . INVESTIGATION OF CHARGES , Sec . 14. That whenever an INTER - STATE COMMERCE LAW . 17.
... effect as though complaint had been made . No complaint shall at any time be dismissed because of the absence of direct damage to the complainant . INVESTIGATION OF CHARGES , Sec . 14. That whenever an INTER - STATE COMMERCE LAW . 17.
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... effect shall be entered of record by the Commission , and the said common carrier shall thereupon be relieved from further liability or penalty for such particular violation of law . PROCEEDINGS IN COUrt . Sec . 16. That whenever any ...
... effect shall be entered of record by the Commission , and the said common carrier shall thereupon be relieved from further liability or penalty for such particular violation of law . PROCEEDINGS IN COUrt . Sec . 16. That whenever any ...
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... EFFECT . Sec . 24. That the provisions of sections eleven and eighteen of this act , relating to the appointment and organization of the Commission herein provided for , shall take effect immediately , and the remaining provisions of ...
... EFFECT . Sec . 24. That the provisions of sections eleven and eighteen of this act , relating to the appointment and organization of the Commission herein provided for , shall take effect immediately , and the remaining provisions of ...
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Page 123 - Act to charge and receive as great compensation for a shorter as for a longer distance; provided, however, 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...
Page 30 - ... a greater or less compensation for any service rendered, or to be rendered, in the transportation of passengers or property...
Page 17 - 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 30 - America in congress assembled, 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 34 - Act, and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted, and shall have the right to obtain from such common carriers full and complete information necessary to enable the Commission to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created...
Page 9 - 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 55 - 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 13 - 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 16 - President; but their successors shall be appointed for terms of six years, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the Commissioner whom he shall succeed.
Page 15 - That any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act, or, whenever such common carrier is a corporation, any director or officer thereof, or any receiver, trustee, lessee, agent, or person acting for or employed by such corporation...