Practitioners' Journal, Volume 23, Issue 5

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Association of Interstate Commerce Commission Practitioners., 1956
 

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Page 486 - ... respectively; also to hire and occupy houses and warehouses for the purposes of their commerce; and generally the merchants and traders of each nation, respectively, shall enjoy the most complete protection and security for their commerce, subject always to the laws and statutes of the two countries, respectively.
Page 459 - That nothing in this act shall prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of property free or at reduced rates for the United States, State, or municipal governments...
Page 455 - ... including the compensation to be paid and other terms of any contract, agreement, or arrangement for the use of any locomotive, car, or other vehicle not owned by the carrier using it (and whether or not owned by another carrier), and the penalties or other sanctions for nonobservance of such rules, regulations, or practices.
Page 455 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers, or of like kind of property, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line or route in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Page 442 - ... (e) This section shall not be construed as indicating an intent on the part of Congress to occupy the field in which this section operates to the exclusion of a law of any State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession of the United States, and no law of any State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession of the United States which would be valid in the absence of the section shall be declared invalid, and no local authorities shall be deprived of any jurisdiction over any offense over which they...
Page 511 - In our opinion, public convenience and necessity, in a proper case, may be found in operating economies and those things which contribute to expedition, safety, and efficiency in operation, all of which, though they benefit first the carrier, indirectly contribute to public safety and more reliable, more expeditious, and cheaper transportation.
Page 457 - We recommend that section 20a (2), requiring authorization by the Commission of the issuance of securities by certain common carriers and other corporations, be amended by including any contract for the purchase or lease of equipment not to be fully performed within 1 year from the date of the contract.
Page 457 - After this section takes effect it shall be unlawful for any officer or director of any carrier subject to this Act to receive for his own benefit, directly or indirectly, any money or thing of value in respect of negotiation, hypothecation, or sale of any securities issued or to be issued by such carrier, or to share in any of the proceeds thereof, or to participate in the making or paying of any dividends of such carriers from any funds properly included in capital account.
Page 440 - The findings of evidentiary fact, as distinguished from ultimate conclusions of fact, made by the presiding officer shall not be set aside by the agency on review of the presiding officer's initial decisions unless such findings of evidentiary fact are contrary to the weight of the evidence.
Page 438 - PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTION 1 WHEREAS, The American Bar Association, taking cognizance of the March 1955 report to the Congress by the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government, commonly known as the Hoover Commission, on the subject of Legal Services and Procedure, of the report of its Task Force on that subject, and of the report of the President's Conference on Administrative Procedure, believes that approval and implementation of the following stated resolutions will bring...

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