| 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 - 1921 - 826 pages
...commerce, as amended, which prescribes a new statutory rule of ratemaking. The statute reads as follows: In the exercise of its power to prescribe Just and...adjust such rates so that carriers as a whole (or at a whoh in each of ruch rate groups or territaria as the Commission may from time to time designate)... | |
| 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 - 1928 - 1036 pages
...21, and will be a violation of section 15a, which charges the commission with the duty of adjusting rates so that carriers as a whole or as a whole in each group, designated by the commission, will earn a fair return. However, it appears that the protesting... | |
| 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... | |
| Economics - 1920 - 964 pages
...But the significant contribution of the new act is the standard direct for measuring total income: In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and...carriers as a whole (or as a whole in each of such of rate groups or territories as the Commission may from time to time designate) will, under honest,... | |
| 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... | |
| Electronic journals - 1921 - 868 pages
...recommendations advanced by the authors. — ED. As a means of rate adjustment the new railroad act provides : In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and...carriers as a whole (or as a whole in each of such groups or territories as the Commission may from time to time designate) will, under honest, efficient... | |
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