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... otherwise known as the Inter - state Commerce law , which went into effect
April 5 , 1887 . No congressional enactment , probably , has ever called out such
widely differing interpretations , while none has ever before undertaken so
directly ...
... otherwise known as the Inter - state Commerce law , which went into effect
April 5 , 1887 . No congressional enactment , probably , has ever called out such
widely differing interpretations , while none has ever before undertaken so
directly ...
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... time when the increased rates , fares , or charges will go into effect ; and the
proposed changes shall be shown by printing new schedules , or shall be plainly
indicated upon the schedules in force at the time and kept for public inspection .
... time when the increased rates , fares , or charges will go into effect ; and the
proposed changes shall be shown by printing new schedules , or shall be plainly
indicated upon the schedules in force at the time and kept for public inspection .
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... on its own motion in the same manner and to the same effect as though
complaint had been made . No complaint shall at any time be dismissed because
of the absence of direct damage to the complainant . INVESTIGATION OF
CHARGES .
... on its own motion in the same manner and to the same effect as though
complaint had been made . No complaint shall at any time be dismissed because
of the absence of direct damage to the complainant . INVESTIGATION OF
CHARGES .
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... to the satisfaction of the party complaining , a statement to that effect shall be
entered of record by the Commission , and the said common carrier shall
thereupon be relieved from further liability or penalty for such particular violation
of law .
... to the satisfaction of the party complaining , a statement to that effect shall be
entered of record by the Commission , and the said common carrier shall
thereupon be relieved from further liability or penalty for such particular violation
of law .
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... is hereby appropriated for the use and purposes of this act for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth , anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty - eight , and the
intervening time anterior thereto . WHEN THE ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT . Sec .
... is hereby appropriated for the use and purposes of this act for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth , anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty - eight , and the
intervening time anterior thereto . WHEN THE ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT . Sec .
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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.