| United States. Court of Claims - Law reports, digests, etc - 1942 - 868 pages
...may be termed a rule of rate making, indicating certain factors which, among others, the Commission, in the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates, must take into consideration. The bill provides (sec. 206) for the return to carriers of amounts which... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1928 - 1130 pages
...basis or that those near a market may enjoy the advantage of their location. That act does provide that in the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates the Commission shall establish them so that carriers as a whole or in rate groups will earn a fair return upon the value... | |
| United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - Interstate commerce - 1942 - 924 pages
...would not meet the test of reasonableness found in section 15a of the act. That section provides that, in the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates, the Commission shall give due consideration, among other factors, to the effect of rates on the movement of traffic by the... | |
| United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - Interstate commerce - 1933 - 1174 pages
...imposes a duty upon the commission rather than upon the carriers, and that duty is to be performed "In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates." That power is specifically conferred by section 15 (1), which authorizes and empowers us — • to... | |
| Edgar Watkins - Carriers - 1920 - 940 pages
...section 422 Transportation Act 1920. § 405B. Commission's Power to Initiate Rates — Fair Return. — In the exercise of its power to. prescribe just and...Commission shall initiate, modify, establish or adjust rates so that carriers as a whole (or as a whole in each of such rate groups or territories as the... | |
| Karl Knox Gartner - Interstate commerce - 1921 - 186 pages
...joint facility rents." Paragraph 2 is the most important of the entire section and is quoted in toto: In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and...Commission shall initiate, modify, establish or adjust such rate so that carriers as a whole (or as a whole in each of such rate groups or territories as the Commission... | |
| Aaron Morton Sakolski - Railroads - 1921 - 138 pages
...from such loans to be prescribed by the Commission. Interstate Commerce Commission to Initiate Rates. In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates, the Interstate Commerce Commission can initiate as well as modify and establish rates. Rate-Making Rule.... | |
| Isaiah Leo Sharfman - Railroads - 1921 - 586 pages
...expression of public policy; it is free from technical complexities or confusing legislative verbiage. "In the exercise. of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates," the declaration specifies, "the Commission shall initiate, modify, establish or adjust such rates so that... | |
| Henry Clifford Spurr, Ellsworth Nichols - Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 1036 pages
...rules by 'which the Interstate Commerce Commission is to be governed, as distinctly stated in paragraph 2, "In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates." That power, as stated in § 15 of the Interstate Commerce Act, is the power to prescribe just and reasonable... | |
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