Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioners of the State of Wisconsin, Part 1 |
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... paid by such company during the next preceding year , ending on the 31st day of December ; and if any part of such indebtedness has been incurred in consequence 18 Report of Railroad Commissioners . -REPORT OF DUTIES PERFORMED The work ...
... paid by such company during the next preceding year , ending on the 31st day of December ; and if any part of such indebtedness has been incurred in consequence 18 Report of Railroad Commissioners . -REPORT OF DUTIES PERFORMED The work ...
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... paid by such company during such year ending on the 31st day of the next preceding December , on that part of such indebtedness which is justly chargeable to that part of said railroad that is in this state . " THE QUESTION OF ACTUAL ...
... paid by such company during such year ending on the 31st day of the next preceding December , on that part of such indebtedness which is justly chargeable to that part of said railroad that is in this state . " THE QUESTION OF ACTUAL ...
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... paid , or were able to pay , dividends on stock . 2. The aggregate amount paid from earnings for interest on debt , by all the roads , was $ 4,608.839.29 - an average of less than 5 per cent . on the total debt . 3. The whole amount ...
... paid , or were able to pay , dividends on stock . 2. The aggregate amount paid from earnings for interest on debt , by all the roads , was $ 4,608.839.29 - an average of less than 5 per cent . on the total debt . 3. The whole amount ...
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... paid for operating expenses on a line 1,399 miles in length , while the whole cost of operating the same road the previous year for a line averaging 1,289 miles in length , was but $ 4 , 695,616 - the increase of road over 1872 being ...
... paid for operating expenses on a line 1,399 miles in length , while the whole cost of operating the same road the previous year for a line averaging 1,289 miles in length , was but $ 4 , 695,616 - the increase of road over 1872 being ...
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... paid therefor in excess of the cost of replacement or re- pairs , is as much a portion of the net earnings , as the amount paid for interest or dividends . Precisely how much the apportionment of these expenditures to the proper account ...
... paid therefor in excess of the cost of replacement or re- pairs , is as much a portion of the net earnings , as the amount paid for interest or dividends . Precisely how much the apportionment of these expenditures to the proper account ...
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Page 153 - ... instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by order of the board of directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like order.
Page 17 - Russell, being duly sworn, deposes and says, that he is the petitioner in the foregoing proceedings ; that he has read the foregoing petition and knows the contents thereof, and that the same is true to his own knowledge, except as to the matters therein stated to be alleged on information and belief, and as to those matters he believes it to be true.
Page 165 - Loan and Trust Company, the party of the second part, has caused its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and attested by its Secretary, and these presents to be signed and acknowledged or proved by its President the day and year first above written.
Page 56 - The provision of the Constitution never has been understood to embrace other contracts than those which respect property, or some object of value, and confer rights which may be asserted in a court of justice.
Page 97 - ... and confirm unto the said party of the second part, and to his heirs and assigns forever, [here give description of property].
Page 56 - That the framers of the constitution did not intend to restrain the states in the regulation of their civil institutions, adopted for internal government, and that the instrument they have given us, is not to be so .construed, may be admitted.
Page 88 - Auditor, as aforesaid, be forever barred and foreclosed of and from all equity of redemption and claim of, in.
Page 321 - State, to select, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, from the lands of the United States nearest to the tiers of sections above specified, so much land in alternate sections or parts of sections as shall be equal to such lands as the United States have sold or otherwise appropriated, or to which the right of preemption has attached as aforesaid; which lands (thus selected in lieu of those sold, and to which preemption rights have attached as aforesaid...
Page 83 - The General Assembly shall pass laws to correct abuses and prevent unjust discrimination and extortion in the rates of freight and passenger tariffs on the different railroads in this state, and enforce such laws by adequate penalties, to the extent, if necessary for that purpose, of forfeiture of their property and franchises.
Page 54 - Bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, and laws impairing the obligation of contracts are contrary to the first principles of the social compact, and to every principle of sound legislation.