...give, or to solicit, accept or reçoive any rebate, conсеняшп or discrimination [n reject to the transportation of any property in interstate or foreign commerce by any common carrier subject l u salj act to regulate com-merce arid the acts amerdatury thereof whereby any such property shall...

...fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than twenty thousand dollars for each offense; and it shall be unlawful for any person, persons, or corporation to offer, £rant, or give, or to solicit, accept or receive any rebate, rates concession, or discrimination in...

...adherence to the mandate of Congress the Elkina act was subsequently passed, section 1 of which says: "It shall be unlawful for any person, persons or corporation...solicit, accept or receive any rebate, concession or discrimiuatiot In respect to the transportation of auy property in interstate or foreigu curai merce...

...act." Section 2 of the Hepburn law amends the foregoing section of the Elkins law as follows: " * * * It shall be unlawful for any person, persons or corporation...grant, or give, or to solicit, accept, or receive nny rebate, concession, or discrimination in respect to the transportation of any property in interstate...

...Hepburn Act (Act June 29, 1906, c. 3591, 34 Stat. 586 [Comp. St. § 8597]), in which is provided: "And it shall be unlawful for any person, persons, or corporation to offer, grant, or give, or to solicit, accent or receive any rebate, concession, or discrimination in respect to the transportation of any...

...not less '.ban one thousand dollars nor more than twenty thousand dollars for each offense ; and i shall be unlawful for any person, persons, or corporation to offer, grant, or give or solicit, accept, or receive any rebate, concession, or discrimination In respect of the •-Tansportatlon...

...transportation of property shall constitute a misdemeanor. The enactment then proceeds as follows: "And it shall be unlawful for any person, persons, or corporation to offer, jirsmt. or give, or to solicit, accept, or receive, any rebate, concession, or discrimination in respect...

...discrimination practiced." And that the New Haven road "be enjoined and restrained from accepting or receiving any rebate, concession or discrimination in respect...of any property in interstate or foreign commerce carried by it. " Opinion of the Court. 200 US A preliminary restraining order was issued conforming...

...3 14 Stat. at L. 484. 1 25 Stat. at L. 858. 4 32 Stat. at L. 847. By this act it is made unlawful " to offer, grant, or give, or to solicit, accept, or...any rebate, concession, or discrimination in respect to the transportation of any property in interstate or foreign commerce." 8 Davis v. United States,...

...misdemeanors.' Nor does it seem that the language of the Elkins' Act 4 — which made it unlawful for any person or corporation to offer, grant, or give, or to solicit, accept, or receive any rebate — will warrant a construction that prevents the agreement of the seven persons involved in this case...