Documents of the Senate of the State of New York, Volume 11E. Croswell, 1917 |
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Page 316 - ... has removed, or is about to remove, property from the State, with intent to defraud his or its creditors; or has assigned, disposed of, or secreted, or is about to assign, dispose of, or secrete property, with the like intent...
Page 82 - ... the commission shall with due regard among other things to a reasonable average return upon the value of the property actually used in the public service and to the necessity of making reservation out of income for surplus and contingencies...
Page 177 - ... for the reimbursement of moneys actually expended from income, or from any other moneys in the treasury of the...
Page 344 - electrical corporation," when used in this chapter, includes every corporation, company, association, joint-stock association, partnership and person, their lessees, trustees or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever (other than a railroad or street railroad corporation generating electricity solely for railroad or street railroad purposes or for the use of its tenants and not for sale to others...
Page 117 - At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.
Page 119 - ... be filed and recorded in the office of the clerk or register of the county where it has its principal place of business...
Page 209 - Every railroad corporation shall start and run its cars for the transportation of passengers and property at regular times, to be fixed by public notice, and shall furnish sufficient accommodations for the transportation of all passengers and property which shall be offered for transportation at the place of starting, within a reasonable time previously thereto, and at the junctions of other railroads, and at the usual...
Page 396 - It is dangerous to undertake to formulate abstract definitions in deciding a concrete case, but we take it that for such purposes as are involved in this and similar applications a public convenience and necessity...
Page 177 - ... such expenditures in such manner as to enable the commission to ascertain the amount of moneys so expended and the purposes for which such expenditure was made...
Page 291 - It is simply provided that the burden of proof is upon the carrier to show that the proposed increase in rate is