Reports of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners of the State of New Jersey, Volume 1The Board, 1913 |
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Page 180 - 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 88 - ... to inmates of the national homes or state homes for disabled volunteer soldiers, and of soldiers
Page 489 - ... in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction, the judgment of the directors as to the value of the property purchased shall be conclusive...
Page 487 - ... than the fair aggregate value of the property, franchises and rights...
Page ii - AN ACT concerning public utilities; to create a Board of Public Utility Commissioners and to prescribe its duties and powers.
Page 304 - As the duty to furnish necessary facilities is coterminous with the powers of the corporation, the obligation to discharge that duty must be considered in connection with the nature and productiveness of the corporate business as a whole, the character of the services required, and the public need...
Page 368 - It shall be the duty of the board, after hearing, to approve of any such proposed issue maturing in more than one year from the date thereof, when satisfied that the same is to be made in accordance with law and the purpose of such issue be approved by said board.
Page 97 - The board shall have power, after hearing, upon notice, by order in writing, to require every public utility as herein defined : (a) To comply with the laws of this State and any municipal ordinance relating thereto and to conform to the duties imposed upon it thereby or by the provisions of its own charter, whether obtained under any general or special law of this State.
Page 437 - If a railroad corporation has bonded its property for an amount that exceeds its fair value, or if its capitalization is largely fictitious, it may not impose upon the public the burden of such increased rates as may be required for the purpose of realizing profits upon such excessive valuation or fictitious capitalization...
Page 403 - This case being at issue upon complaint and answer on file, and having been duly heard and submitted by the parties, and full investigation of the matters and things involved having been had. and the commission having, on the date hereof, made and filed a report containing its findings of fact and conclusions thereon, which said report is hereby referred to and made...