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Fourth Power to require attendance of witnesses, production of books, etc.

Fifth May invoke aid of U. S. courts.

Duty of U. S. courts in premises

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Rules of, and practice before, Commission
First How Commission is to conduct pro-
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Second Majority to constitute quorum Third: Commission may make and amend general orders

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First Any person, etc., complaining of any
thing done, etc., or omitted, etc.
Second Complaint forwarded by Railroad
Commission or Railroad Commissioner

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Comments upon sections creating Commission,
First Powers of Commission analyzed.
Second Commission's method of investiga-

tion examined.

Third: Consideration of question of enforc-
ing the judgment of Commission
Fourth Constitutional questions-

(a) Power of Congress to "regulate" com

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INTRODUCTION.

PERHAPS

ERHAPS no measure that ever passed Congress equals in importance the law which has now become famous under the name of the Inter-State Commerce Act. It is the first attempt on the 'part of the National Government to regulate, if not to control, a private commercial business; for, although the transportation of passengers and property is regarded as one in which the public has an interest, it is, in its main features, not different from any other private commercial occupation. The capital invested in such enterprises is generally furnished by individuals, and the business, in its financial features, is conducted purely for private gain. For the past few years, however, public attention has been steadily concentrating around the subject of the government of railroad corporations, and, step by step, the Legislatures of the different States have encroached upon the prerogatives of these bodies, and

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