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... deem best in the management of railway properties . Japan was the next country to establish an advisory council by law . The Japanese council is composed of not more than twenty persons , representing the cabinet departments , both ...
... deem best in the management of railway properties . Japan was the next country to establish an advisory council by law . The Japanese council is composed of not more than twenty persons , representing the cabinet departments , both ...
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... deem it expedient , personally to examine into any or all of the transactions or proceedings of any railroad corporation that now is , or hereafter may be , authorized and established in this state , in order to secure to all the ...
... deem it expedient , personally to examine into any or all of the transactions or proceedings of any railroad corporation that now is , or hereafter may be , authorized and established in this state , in order to secure to all the ...
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... deemed sufficient and proper for the purpose of the corporation . " This law was amended in 1853 , 1856 , and 1857 , but in 1861 3 the whole of it was repealed and another law , supplemen- tary to the original general act of 1850 , was ...
... deemed sufficient and proper for the purpose of the corporation . " This law was amended in 1853 , 1856 , and 1857 , but in 1861 3 the whole of it was repealed and another law , supplemen- tary to the original general act of 1850 , was ...
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... deem proper . Wisconsin . The legislature of Wisconsin ex- pressly reserves the power to pass laws relating to reasonable maximum rates , the correction of abuses , unjust discrimination , and for the protection of the just rights of ...
... deem proper . Wisconsin . The legislature of Wisconsin ex- pressly reserves the power to pass laws relating to reasonable maximum rates , the correction of abuses , unjust discrimination , and for the protection of the just rights of ...
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... deemed a separate offence . " In words identical with or similar to these , the pooling of freight or the division of business is prohibited in Arkansas , California , Iowa , Kansas , Minnesota , Nebraska , North Dakota , South Da- kota ...
... deemed a separate offence . " In words identical with or similar to these , the pooling of freight or the division of business is prohibited in Arkansas , California , Iowa , Kansas , Minnesota , Nebraska , North Dakota , South Da- kota ...
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Page 292 - 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 291 - ... 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 281 - 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 288 - Act required to be done, such common carrier shall be liable to the person or persons injured thereby for the full amount of damages sustained in consequence of any such violation...
Page 292 - Such attendance of witnesses, and the production of such documentary evidence, may be required from any place in the United States, at any designated place of hearing.
Page 291 - ... the date of the taking effect of this Act, the term of each to be designated by the President, but their successors shall be appointed for terms of seven 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 189 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created. He may withdraw his grant by discontinuing the use; but, so long as he maintains the use, he...
Page 230 - An Act to regulate commerce," approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, or of any amendment thereof, on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him, may tend to criminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture. But no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing, concerning which he may testify, or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise,...
Page 307 - An act [to amend an act entitled an act] to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Page 301 - That nothing in this act shall prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of property free or at reduced rates for the United States, State, or municipal governments...