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OF THE

BOARD.

OF

RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS

OF

NORTH CAROLINA,

FOR THE

YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1891.

RALEIGH:

JOSEPHUS DANIELS, STATE PRINTER AND Binder.

PRESSES OF EDWARDS & BROUGHTON.

1892.

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COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS,

Raleigh, December 31, 1891.

› His Excellency THOMAS M. HOLT,

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Governor of North Carolina.

SIR: In compliance with law, the Railroad Commissioners ectfully submit their first report, beginning the first day of April,

I.

On the first day of April, 1891, members of the Board of Comissioners convened at the Capitol in Raleigh. Present-James W. Wilson, Chairman; T. W. Mason and E. C. Beddingfield, Associate Commissioners.

After taking the prescribed oath of office, administered by Associate Justice A. C. Avery, of the Supreme Court, they proceeded to he election of H. C. Brown, Clerk of the Board.

After their organization, as soon as practicable, the Commissioners >ceeded to adopt Rules of Practice in cases and proceedings before Commission, and also rules governing the transportation of ight and passengers, in pursuance of the Act creating the Comission. Before entering upon this work, Chairman Wilson visited e Commissioners of Georgia and made a study of their rules and rocedure and the workings of the Commission in that State. The hairman v. as induced to make this visit because the Act of North arolina was similar to that of Georgia in many respects, which tter Act had been in operation for a period of ten years. It also ppeared that the Act of Congress, creating the Inter-state Commerce ommission, had been copied by the General Assembly in many of is sections and provisions. Therefore, in adopting Rules of Practice and rules governing the transportation of freight and passengers, the Board have followed mainly those adopted by the Inter-state Commerce Commission and the Commission of Georgia, making such

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