Shippers and Carriers of Interstate and Intrastate Freight, Volume 1, Parts 1-6

Front Cover
Harrison Company, 1920
 

Contents

An act to promote the safe transportation in interstate commerce
190
Boiler Inspection
198
The Commissions Duties with Reference to Schedules
204
Rates
206
204a Bills of Lading
212
An act concerning carriers engaged in interstate commerce and their
213
Secs 8604aaa to 8604w
227
Switch Connections
243
Relief under the Fourth Section
244
Water Competition
245
Railroad Owned Steamships
246
Changes in Tariffs
247
Forms of Tariffs
248
Through Routes
249
Complaints for Damages
250
Ferries
258
Bridges
260
Regulating Charges for Transportation by Water
261
Regulating Pilotage Ports Harbors and Vessels
264
Boards of Trade and Exchanges
267
Inspection Quarantine Game Food Liquor and Lottery Laws 59 Taxation Including License Taxes
269
Procedure to Test the Validity of State Regulations
272
CHAPTER II
275
Secretary to Give Information to Parties
287
Same Subject Statutory Provisions
293
Regulations as to Printing and Posting Schedules of Rates for Freight Moving Through Foreign Countries from and to Any Place in the United States
294
Commerce Court
299
Damages
301
Same Subject Conclusion
305
440jj Warranties by Mortgagee
306
Grounds upon Which Orders of the Commission May Be Set Aside
309
CHAPTER III
310
Same Subject Breaking Rates 110 Comparison Between Different Lines as a Means of Deter mining Correct Rate 111 Car Load and Less than Car Lo...
311
Mistake of
312
Lack of Jurisdiction
313
The Substance and Not the Form of the Finding Determines
314
Disregard of the Legal Effect of Undisputed Testimony
315
Lack of Full Hearing
316
Awards of Damages
317
Awards of DamagesParties and Procedure
318
Procedure to Enforce or Annul Orders of the Commission
319
Interlocutory InjunctionsThree Judges to Hear Application
320
Interlocutory InjunctionsNotice and Hearing
321
Interlocutory InjunctionsAppeal from
322
Appeal from Final Judgment
323
Venue of Suits CHAPTER VIII
324
Scope of Chapter
325
Quarantine Laws Relating to Transportation
326
Sherman AntiTrust
327
Clayton AntiTrust
328
Federal Trade Commission
329
329a Merchant Marine 330 Safety Appliance
330
Hours of Service
331
Employers Liability
332
Arbitration And Labor Laws
333
Breaking Seals of Railroad Cars Containing Interstate or For
334
Free Service with Certain Exceptions Prohibited and Penalties
342
347a Joint Use of Terminal Facilities May be Required
348
352a Consolidation of Carriers
354
308a Right of Shipper to Set Aside a Negative Order
356
No Change of Schedules of Rates Shall Be Made Without Notice
360
Names of All Carriers Parties to Schedules Must Be Specified
361
Carriers Shall File Contracts Relating to Traffic Arangements
362
Commission May Prescribe Form of Schedules
363
No Carrier Shall Participate in Interstate Commerce Unless the Charges Therefor are Published and No Such Car rier Shall Deviate from the Published...
364
Preference and Precedence May Be Given Military Traffic in Time of
365
The Commission May Reject Schedules
366
Penalty for Failure to Comply with Orders under Section
367
Penalty for Misstating or Failure to State Rate
368
Must Post Name of Agent
369
Corporations Violating the Act to Regulate Commerce Guilty as Individuals and Punishment Prescribed
370
Rebate Punishment for Offering Granting Soliciting or Ac cepting
371
Act of Officer or Agent When Binding
372
Carrier Filing or Participating in Rate Bound Thereby
373
Forfeiture for Rebating in Addition to Penalties Limitation of Six Years Fixed
374
Jurisdiction over Water Carriers
375
Physical Connection Between Rail Lines and Dock of Water Carriers
376
Through Routes and Joint Rates Between Rail and Water Carriers
377
Proportional Rates to and from Ports
378
Through Rates via Panama Canal
379
Conditions under Which Through Routes and Joint Rates with Water Carriers May Be Operated to Be Prescribed by the Commission
380
Contracts and Combinations to Prevent Continuous Carriage of Freight Prohibited
381
Damages and Attorneys Fees Allowed for Violations
382
Where to Sue for Damages Compulsory Attendance of Wit nesses and Production of Papers
383
Rates on Commodities Requiring Refrigeration
393
Rates on Returned Shipments
394
The Public Interest Must Be Considered in Making Rates
395
General Principles Applicable to the Question What Is a Reasonable Rate?
396
Same Subject Some Statements of the Commission as to Such General Principles
398
Same Subject Illustrative Cases
401
Same Subject Discussion of Principles in Chicago Live Stock Exchange Case
402
Same Subject Rate Considered in and of Itself 130 Same Subject Commission Not Bound by Technical Rules
404
Same Subject Summary
406
Carrier Failing to Comply with Order for Reparation Suit May Be Brought Thereon in United States and State Courts the Order Being Prima Facie Evi...
407
Limitation on Actions for Damages
408
CHAPTER IV
409
Classification of Commodities Should Be without Discrimi nation 161 Uniform Classification 162 Power of the Commission over Classification 163 ...
410
Commission May Suspend or Modify Its Orders
411
Punishment for Knowingly Disobeying an Order Issued under Section Fifteen
412
Special Attorneys May Be Employed
413
Courts May Enforce Obedience to Commissions Order Man datory or Otherwise
414
Schedules Contracts etc Must Be Filed with the Commis sion and When Filed Original or Certified Copy Prima Facie Evidence
415
Rehearings May Be Granted by Commission
416
Procedure before the Commission 417a Division of the Commission
417
417b Functions of Commission May Be Performed by Divisions 417c Procedure of DivisionsRehearing by Whole Commission 418 Salaries and Exp...
418
eign Commerce
419
CHAPTER IX
420
Method of Procedure to Be Prescribed by the Commission
421
How Such Investigation Is Prosecuted
422
Duty of Carriers to Aid the Investigation
423
Valuations to Be Revised and Corrected
424
Carrier to Make Reports
425
Notice of Completion of Valuation
426
Hearings Before Valuation Fixed
427
Effect of Valuation as Evidence
428
Applicable to ReceiversPenalty
429
Jurisdiction of Courts to
430
Requirements as to Transportation of Employees of the Com mission with Supplies Therefor
431
Annual Reports Required and What They Shall Contain Penalties for Failure to Make
432
Commission May Prescribe Form of Keeping Accounts and Inspect Same
433
Penalties for Failure to Keep Accounts and for Falsifying
434
The Commission May Permit the Destruction of Papers
435
Record
439
440qq Retroactive Effect
441
440b Bill of Lading ActTransportation Included in
446
446f Automatic TrainsControl Devices May Be Required
447
Injunctions against Operation of State Statutes
453
440d Order Bill of Lading Negotiable
454
Time Prescribed for Feeding and Unloading Animals
481
Rebates
496
Same Subject Corporation Punishable
497
Summary
498
CHAPTER V
500
Suspension of Rates Régulations and Practices 224 Through Routes and Joint Rates 225 Allowances for Services or Instrumentalities 226 Powers Enu...
501
Effect of the Orders of Boards
507
Judicial Proceedings to Enforce the Orders of the Boards
508
Through Routes
509
Attendance of Witnesses
510
Guilt of Corporation Deemed Guilt of Officers
511
District Courts Invested with Jurisdiction to Prevent Viola tions of the
512
Private Persons May Obtain Injunctive Relief When
513
Procedure in the Issuance of Temporary Restraining Orders
514
Division of Joint Rates 197 Allowances to Shippers for Services and Facilities 198 Distribution of Cars
515
198a Furnishing Cars Car Service 199 Long and Short Haul Provisions History
516
Injunctions in Suits Between Employer and Employee
517
Relationship of Intermediate and Through Rates 201 Water Competition 202 Power of the Commission under the Fourth Section
518
Same Subject Procedure Prescribed
519
Ownership of Water Carriers by Railroads
520
Review of Convictions for Violation of Court Orders
521
Provision for Trial for Disobedience to Orders of Courts
522
Applicable to Contempt Committed in the Presence of the Court 523 Limitation in Proceedings for Contempt
523
That Part of the Act Invalid Not to Affect Validity of Other Portions
524
Dumping Prohibited
525
ACTS REGULATING COMMERCE
566
CHAPTER VI
569
Rehearings 283 Free Copies of Transcript of Testimony When Furnished 284 Orders Must Be Compiled with and Notice Given to the Secretary of th...
570
When Act Effective
595
as the 28hour law Act June 29 1906 Chapter 3594 34 Stat L 607
607
Liability of Carrier to Purchase of Order Bill
618
Courts May Order Delivery of Goods on Loss of Order Bill
672
440p Liability of Carrier on Bill of Lading Indorsed Duplicate
713
440t Claim of Third Person Enforced by Legal Process
719
The Shipping
761
Eight Hour
768
An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon rail
776
440aa Liability of Carrier After Sale of Goods
790
National Prohibition
792
Supplement to Safety Appliance Acts
833

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Page 430 - ... a greater or less compensation for any service rendered, or to be rendered, in the transportation of passengers or property...
Page 278 - If, as has always been understood, the sovereignty of congress, though limited to specified objects, is plenary as to those objects, the power over commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, is vested in congress as absolutely as it would be in a single government, having in its constitution the same restrictions on the exercise of the power as are found in the constitution of the United States.
Page 550 - ... 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 519 - Commission, be authorized to charge less for longer than for shorter distances for the transportation of passengers or property ; and the Commission may from time to time prescribe the extent to which such designated common carrier may be relieved from the operation of this section of this act.
Page 397 - What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return upon the value of that which it employs for the public convenience. On the other hand, what the public is entitled to demand is that no more be exacted from it for the use of a public highway than the services rendered by it are reasonably worth.
Page 388 - 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 240 - What the company is entitled to demand, in order that it may have just compensation, is a fair return upon the reasonable value of the property at the time it is being used for the public.
Page 261 - 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 548 - All complaints for the recovery of damages shall be filed with the Commission within two years from the time the cause of action accrues, and not after...
Page 463 - ... it shall be the duty of every carrier subject to the provisions of this act to provide and furnish such transportation upon reasonable request therefor, and to establish through routes and just and reasonable rates applicable thereto...

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