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HISTORY OF INTER-STATE COMMERCE LEGISLATION .

Containing review of decisions of Supreme Court

of the United States upon inter-State com-

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CHAPTER II.

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TO WHAT COMMON CARRIERS THE INTER-STATE

COMMERCE ACT APPLIES

First : Common carriers by land

Second : Common carriers partly by railroad

and partly by water

Third: Terms“ railroad” and “transportation'

defined

Fourth : Internal State commerce not affected .

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CHAPTER III.

RATES, CHARGES, AND FARES WHICH COMMON CAR-

RIERS MAY COLLECT

First : Power of Congress to fix charges con-

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Second: Meaning of reasonable and just

In what ways the carrier's charges may be

investigated

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CHAPTER IV.

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THE ACTS WHICH THE COMMON CARRIER IS PRO-

HIBITED FROM DOING BY THE INTER-STATE

COMMERCE ACT

First : “Unjust discrimination"

I.-Does the Act regulate services rendered

before its passage

II.—“ Unjust discrimination," how estab-

lished

III.-“ Unjust discrimination" a question

for courts or Inter-State Commission 23

IV.-Exceptions under second section.

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V.-Remedies under second section

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Second : Giving undue or unreasonable prefer-

ence, or subjecting any person, etc., to un-

due or unreasonable prejudice, prohibited. 24

The different acts which are unlawful under

this section

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Carriers dealing with each other

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To afford facilities, etc., to each other

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Franchises and contracts abrogated by Inter-

State Commerce Act

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Third : “Long- and short-haul ” section dis-

cussed

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I. Argument of Hon. Shelby M. Cullom in

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II. Editorial of N. Y. Times, Jan. 15, 1887,

on same subject (note)

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Resumé of first, second, third, and fourth

sections

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Fourth : Pools and division of earnings pro-

hibited

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Fifth : Combinations not to make carriage of

freight continuous, prohibited

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Sixth: Exceptions from the operation of the Act, 47

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DUTY OF COMMON CARRIERS TO PREPARE, PRINT,

AND PUBLISH SCHEDULES OF RATES, FARES,

AND CHARGES

Schedules of freight rates and passenger fares,

how to be kept

Preparing schedules and contents thereof.

Advance in rates

Reduction in rates

Carrier not to demand, etc., greater or less

compensation than published rates

Filing schedules, contracts, etc., with Com-

mission

Publishing joint rates, etc.

Remedies against carrier for refusing, etc., to

file and publish schedules, etc.

Comments on sixth section

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CHAPTER VI.

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PENALTIES AND REMEDIES FOR VIOLATING Act

First : Carrier liable for full amount of dam-

ages and attorney's fee to party injured

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Second : Remedy of party injured-either Com-

mission or courts

Third : Carrier violating, etc., any provision of

Act guilty of misdemeanor and liable to fine

of $5,000 for each offence.

Fourth : Each day's continuance of illegal pool-

ing of freights a separate offence

Fifth : Carrier receiving freight for foreign

country neglecting to keep schedules, liable

to penalty.

Sixth : Carrier failing to obey mandamus, pun-

ishable as for contempt

Seventh : Failure to obey order of Circuit Court,

a contempt

Eighth : General penalties for disobeying, etc.,

lawful orders, etc., of Commission

Ninth : Existing remedies by statute and at

common law, preserved

Comments upon preceding sections

1.-Criminal remedy against carrier

II.—Civil remedies of party injured

III.—Remedies of complainants whether dam-

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CHAPTER VII.

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THE INTER-STATE COMMERCE COMMISSION

Title of Commission

Number of Commissioners and manner of ap-

pointment .

Term of office

Removal

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