 | United States U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on interstate commerce - 1917 - 530 pages
...importance to the public welfare. Under act of Congress approved August 29, 1916 — " The President, in time of war, is empowered, through the Secretary of...same, to the exclusion as far as may be necessary of ;ill other traffic thereon, for the transfer or transportation of troops, war material, and equipment... | |
 | United States - 1917 - 1716 pages
...t;m' of irar posseuon and control 7fl4'zy be faA-en of traneportalion. Rysterns.—The President. in time of war, is empowered, through the Secretary of...take possession and assume control of any system or systenis of transportation, or any part thereof, and to utilize the same, to the exclusion as far as... | |
 | Woodrow Wilson - 1917 - 520 pages
...in the national defense to take possession and assume control of certain systems of transportation and to utilize the same, to the exclusion as far as may be necessary of other than war traffic thereon, for the transportation of troops, war material and equipment therefor,... | |
 | United States - 1918 - 766 pages
...In time of war possession and control may be talcen of transportation systems. — The President, in time of war, is empowered, through the Secretary of...for such other purposes connected with the emergency ;is may be needful or desirable. Id., 6.\5. 525c. Obstructing or retarding, etc., orderly conduct or... | |
 | Nebraska. State Railway Commission - 1918 - 774 pages
...beyond cavil by the provision of the act of August 29, 1916. which reads as follows: "The President in time of war is empowered, through the Secretary of...be necessary, of all other traffic thereon for the transter or transportation of troops, war material and equipment, or for such other purposes connected... | |
 | Philip Robert Dillon - 1918 - 378 pages
...for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1917." It contained the following provision : "The President, in time of war, is empowered, through the Secretary of...same, to the exclusion as far as may be necessary of other than war traffic thereon, for the transfer or transportation of troops, war material and equipment,... | |
 | 1918 - 678 pages
...President derived his power from Section 1 of the act of Aug. 29, 1916, which says: The President, in time of war. Is empowered, through the Secretary of...utilize the same, to the exclusion as far as may be noci.-ssary of all other traffic thereon, for the transfer or transportation of lÉ-оор.ч. war... | |
 | Henry Clifford Spurr, Ellsworth Nichols - 1918 - 1230 pages
...beyond cavil by the provision of the Act of August 29, 1916, which reads as follows: "The President in time of war is empowered, through the Secretary of...systems of transportation or any part thereof, and to util126 the same to the exclusion, as far as may be necessary, of all other traffic thereon for the... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce - 1918 - 976 pages
...Army for the fiscal yead ending June 30, 1917, and for other purposes." as follows: The President, in time of war, is empowered, through the Secretary of...or systems of transportation, or any part thereof, mid to utilize the same, to the exclusion us fur as may be necessary of nil other traffic thereon,... | |
 | American Bar Association - 1918 - 880 pages
...COMMUNICATIONS. By rider attached to the Appropriation Act (August 29, 1910) , the President was authorized " to take possession and assume control of any system...thereof and to utilize the same to the exclusion, so far as may be necessary, of all other traffic thereon for the transfer or transportation of troops,... | |
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June 30, 1917. and for other purposes.' as lollows: " *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... 
