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... four years , excluding dividends paid , was $ 89,515,890 92. In addition to this sum there was expended for con- struction and betterments of rolling stock on roads owned and operated ( excluding those operated but not owned ) by the ...
... four years , excluding dividends paid , was $ 89,515,890 92. In addition to this sum there was expended for con- struction and betterments of rolling stock on roads owned and operated ( excluding those operated but not owned ) by the ...
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... four years In addition to this sum , the company has expended for construction and betterments of its railroad , rolling stock , etc. , the following amounts : In 1881 In 1882 In 1883 In 1884 $ 350,626 60 1,549,109 95 2,169,808 38 ...
... four years In addition to this sum , the company has expended for construction and betterments of its railroad , rolling stock , etc. , the following amounts : In 1881 In 1882 In 1883 In 1884 $ 350,626 60 1,549,109 95 2,169,808 38 ...
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... four and six cents , and an unvarying scale , with no difference between a long and a short haul . Consistency is a jewel which even the majority of this Board do not seem to possess . FREIGHT CHARGES AT PORT COSTA . As an evidence of ...
... four and six cents , and an unvarying scale , with no difference between a long and a short haul . Consistency is a jewel which even the majority of this Board do not seem to possess . FREIGHT CHARGES AT PORT COSTA . As an evidence of ...
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... four years , commencing on the first Monday after the first day of January next succeeding their election . Said ... four thousand dollars per annuin ; the salary of the Secretary shall be twenty - four hundred dollars per annum ; the ...
... four years , commencing on the first Monday after the first day of January next succeeding their election . Said ... four thousand dollars per annuin ; the salary of the Secretary shall be twenty - four hundred dollars per annum ; the ...
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... Four - wheel box freight cars 10. Eight - wheel platform cars .. 11. Four - wheel platform cars . 12. Other cars .. Coal and gravel .... 13. Total market value .. - [ ~~ __feet ] - [ - - ] Number . Average Weight . Market Value . 14 ...
... Four - wheel box freight cars 10. Eight - wheel platform cars .. 11. Four - wheel platform cars . 12. Other cars .. Coal and gravel .... 13. Total market value .. - [ ~~ __feet ] - [ - - ] Number . Average Weight . Market Value . 14 ...
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Page 59 - In America, the powers of sovereignty are divided between the government of the Union and those of the States. They are each sovereign, with respect to the objects committed to it, and neither sovereign with respect to the objects committed to the other.
Page 9 - No railroad or other transportation company shall grant free passes, or passes or tickets at a discount, to any person holding any office of honor, trust, or profit in this State ; and the acceptance of any such pass or ticket, by a member of the Legislature or any public officer, other than Railroad Commissioner, shall work a forfeiture of his office.
Page 59 - The sovereignty of a State extends to everything which exists by its own authority or is introduced by its permission ; but does it extend to those means which are employed by Congress to carry into execution powers conferred on that body by the people of the United States ? We think it demonstrable that it does not.
Page 9 - In all controversies, civil or criminal, the rates of fares and freights established by said Commission shall be deemed conclusively just and reasonable, and in any action against such corporation or company for damages sustained by charging excessive rates, the plaintiff, in addition to the actual damage, may, in the discretion of the Judge or jury recover exemplary damages.
Page 23 - It is the accepted doctrine in this country that a railroad corporation cannot escape the performance of any duty or obligation imposed by its charter, or the general laws of the state, by a voluntary surrender of its road into the hands of lessees.
Page 25 - Provided, That if said route shall be found upon the line of any other railroad route to aid in the construction of which lands have been heretofore granted by the United States, as far as the routes are upon the same general line, the amount of land heretofore granted shall be deducted from the amount granted by this act...
Page 57 - ... a post route and military road subject to the use of the United States for postal, military, naval, and other government services, and also, subject to such regulations as Congress may impose restricting the charges for such government transportation...
Page 59 - All general laws and special acts passed pursuant to this section may be altered from time to time or repealed.
Page 9 - The office of the Board shall be kept open to the public, subject to the rules of the Board, every day, excepting legal holidays, and shall be in charge of the Secretary during the absence of the Board.
Page 21 - The fact that several different and independent agencies are employed in transporting the commodity, some acting entirely in one state, and some acting through two or more states, does in no respect affect the character of the transaction. To the extent in which each agency acts in that transportation, it is subject to the regulation of congress.