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THE INTER - STATE COMMERCE COMMISSION , THE INTER - STATE
COMMERCE LAW , 109 110 THE ORIGINAL REAGAN BILL , THE ORIGINAL
CULLOM BILL , DEBATES ON THE INTER - STATE COMMERCE BILL :
REMARKS OF ...
THE INTER - STATE COMMERCE COMMISSION , THE INTER - STATE
COMMERCE LAW , 109 110 THE ORIGINAL REAGAN BILL , THE ORIGINAL
CULLOM BILL , DEBATES ON THE INTER - STATE COMMERCE BILL :
REMARKS OF ...
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The House refused to concur in this bill , but on July 30 , 1886 , passed what is
known as the Reagan bill . The Senate failing to concur , a conference committee
was appointed by each body , and the result of their deliberations was the “ Act ...
The House refused to concur in this bill , but on July 30 , 1886 , passed what is
known as the Reagan bill . The Senate failing to concur , a conference committee
was appointed by each body , and the result of their deliberations was the “ Act ...
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THE ORIGINAL “ REAGAN BILL . ” IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES . -
MARCH 8 , 1886 . MR . REAGAN , from the Committee on Commerce , reported
the following bill as a substitute for H . R . 2412 : A BILL TO REGULATE INTER ...
THE ORIGINAL “ REAGAN BILL . ” IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES . -
MARCH 8 , 1886 . MR . REAGAN , from the Committee on Commerce , reported
the following bill as a substitute for H . R . 2412 : A BILL TO REGULATE INTER ...
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... company or companies , receiver or receivers , trustee or trustees , lessee or
lessees , agent or agents , or other person or persons acting or engaged in any of
the matters and things mentioned in this act . THE ORIGINAL “ CULLOM BILL .
... company or companies , receiver or receivers , trustee or trustees , lessee or
lessees , agent or agents , or other person or persons acting or engaged in any of
the matters and things mentioned in this act . THE ORIGINAL “ CULLOM BILL .
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A BILL TO REGULATE COMMERCE . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That
the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in
...
A BILL TO REGULATE COMMERCE . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That
the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in
...
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Page 11 - 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 22 - 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 26 - Act, and shall 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 3 - Provided, however, that the provisions of this act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property, or to the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of property, wholly within one State, and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid.
Page 47 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Page 6 - That if any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, directly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device, charge, demand, collect or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation...
Page 10 - President; but their successors shall be appointed for terms of six 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 9 - That any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act, or, whenever such common carrier is a corporation, any director or officer thereof, or any receiver, trustee, lessee, agent, or person acting for or employed by such corporation...
Page 173 - ... for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance ; but this shall not be construed as authorizing any common carrier within the terms of this Act to charge and receive as great compensation for a shorter as for a longer distance...
Page 26 - And in case of disobedience to a subpoena the commission may invoke the aid of any court of the United States in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence.