The Interstate Commerce Commission: Its History, Activities and Organization, Vydání 18John Hopkins Press, 1923 - Počet stran: 169 |
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... companies , so far as the public interest may require the same . " But the first significant step in state control was the creation of the Massachusetts Railroad Commission in 1869 , the model of the so - called " weak " or supervisory ...
... companies , so far as the public interest may require the same . " But the first significant step in state control was the creation of the Massachusetts Railroad Commission in 1869 , the model of the so - called " weak " or supervisory ...
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... companies to compel compliance with the commission's decisions or the laws regulating railroad transportation . The burden of proof as to the reasonableness of rates was shifted from the state , as it had been under the common law , to ...
... companies to compel compliance with the commission's decisions or the laws regulating railroad transportation . The burden of proof as to the reasonableness of rates was shifted from the state , as it had been under the common law , to ...
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... companies ; oil- tank cars , live - stock cars , etc. 2. Provision against the sudden raising of joint rates . 3. Authority and means to effect uniformity in publishing rates , to supervise and examine contracts and statistics required ...
... companies ; oil- tank cars , live - stock cars , etc. 2. Provision against the sudden raising of joint rates . 3. Authority and means to effect uniformity in publishing rates , to supervise and examine contracts and statistics required ...
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... companies referred to in the statute were provided for . Little appears to have been accomplished by the commission under this law . In the annual report for 1895 , the commission reported that only three out of twelve companies had ...
... companies referred to in the statute were provided for . Little appears to have been accomplished by the commission under this law . In the annual report for 1895 , the commission reported that only three out of twelve companies had ...
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... companies involved . " It was not until December , 1906 that a second attempt was made to settle a dispute under the law . In the compilation of national statistics of railroads and analy- sis and standardization of accounts much had ...
... companies involved . " It was not until December , 1906 that a second attempt was made to settle a dispute under the law . In the compilation of national statistics of railroads and analy- sis and standardization of accounts much had ...
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Strana 106 - All of the expenses of the Commission, including all necessary expenses for transportation incurred by the Commissioners or by their employees under their orders, in making any investigation, or upon official business in any other places than in the city of Washington, shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the Commission.
Strana 15 - 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...
Strana 23 - Columbia, or to any foreign country, any article or commodity, other than timber and the manufactured products thereof, manufactured, mined, or produced by it, or under its authority, or which it may own in whole, or in part, or in which it may have any interest direct or indirect except such articles or commodities as may be necessary and intended for its use in the conduct of its business as a common carrier.
Strana 50 - The President, in time of war, is empowered, through the Secretary of War, to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation, or any part thereof, and to utilize the same to the exclusion, as far as may be necessary, of all other traffic thereon for the transfer or transportation of troops, war material, and equipment, or for such other purposes connected with the emergency as may be needful or desirable.
Strana 124 - Session, 1912 — 2 vols. what services are maintaining stations at any city or point in the United States. The Institute hopes that upon the completion of the present series, it will be able to prepare a complete classified statement of the technical and other facilities at the disposal of the government. The present monographs will then furnish the details regarding the organization, equipment, and work of the institutions so listed and classified. OUTLINE OF ORGANIZATION * INTERSTATE COMMERCE...
Strana 67 - ... power to require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all such documentary evidence relating to any matter under investigation.
Strana 80 - Act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers, or of like kind of property, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line or route in the same direction...
Strana v - THE INSTITUTE FOR GOVERNMENT RESEARCH STUDIES IN ADMINISTRATION. The System of Financial Administration of Great Britain. By WF Willoughby, WW Willoughby, and SM Lindsay. 378 pp.
Strana 75 - In so prescribing and determining the divisions of joint rates, fares and charges, the Commission shall give due consideration, among other things, to the efficiency with which the carriers concerned are operated, the amount of revenue required to pay their respective operating expenses, taxes, and a fair return on their railway property held for and used in the service of transportation...
Strana 149 - An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes, and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes...