Amendments to Interstate Commerce Act (revocation of Water Carrier Certificates and Permits, and Recordation of Mortgages, Leases, Etc., on Motor Vehicles Subject to ICC) ...: Hearing...H.R. 3792 and S. 3185..April 12, 1954

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Page 7 - Inherent advantages of each; to promote safe, adequate, economical, and efficient service and foster sound economic conditions in transportation and among the several carriers...
Page 11 - Commission, made as provided in section 204 (d), commanding obedience to the provision of this part, or to the rule or regulation of the Commission thereunder, or to the term, condition, or limitation of such certificate, permit, or license, found by the Commission to have been violated by such holder...
Page 26 - Certificates, permits, and licenses shall be effective from the date specified therein, and shall remain in effect until suspended or terminated as herein provided. Any such certificate, permit, or license may, upon application of the holder thereof, in the discretion of the Commission, be amended or revoked, in whole or in part...
Page 26 - And provided further, That the right to engage in transportation in interstate or foreign commerce by virtue of any certificate, permit, license, or any application filed pursuant to the provisions of section...
Page 4 - Any such certificate * • * may, upon application of the holder thereof, in the discretion of the Commission, be amended or revoked, in whole or In part, or may upon complaint, or on the Commission's own initiative, after notice and hearing, be suspended, changed, or revoked, in whole or in part, for willful failure...
Page 19 - That no such certificate * * * shall be revoked (except upon application of the holder) unless the holder thereof willfully fails to comply within a reasonable time, not less than thirty days, to be fixed by the Commission, with a lawful order of the Commission, made as provided in section 204...
Page 3 - Commission's own initiative, after notice and hearing, be suspended, changed, or revoked, in whole or in part, for willful failure to comply with any provision of this part, or with any lawful order, rule, or regulation of the Commission promulgated thereunder, or with any term, condition, or limitation of such certificate, permit, or license...
Page 51 - Commission's statutory power under § 309 (d) to fix "terms, conditions, and limitations" for water carrier certificate holders. Whether the Commission could, under this authority, have imposed a restriction in an original certificate as to the type of service a water carrier could utilize to serve its shippers best is by no means free from doubt. Yet the alleged authority to alter a certificate after it has been finally granted...
Page 31 - ... room for argument, we are inclined to believe that provision for the revocation or suspension of water carrier certificates or permits is not essential, if adequate penalty provisions are provided for violations of part III. Revocation or suspension, in the case of motor carriers, is believed to be the most effective means of enforcement, since there are so many such carriers, and the operations of the great majority are so small, that enforcement through penal actions in courts presents many...
Page 2 - ... may be suspended by the Commission, upon reasonable notice of not less than fifteen days to the carrier...

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