Goods Hidden from View by Wrapping and Boxing: Hearing Before Subcommittee...on S. 538, S. 3069 and S. 3954 |
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act entitled act to amend act to regulate acts amendatory thereof actual value amend an act apply approved February fourth approved March fourth based upon value bill of lading boxing carload Carmack amendment carrier's liability cattle cent CHAIRMAN CHANDLER CLARK classification commodity common carrier Congress consignor contract COWAN Cummins amendment Cummins bill declared value ELLISON D enlarge the powers entitled An act exempt FAULKNER freight HARRISON hidden from view hundred and eighty-seven Interstate Commerce Commission lawfully loss or damage ment nineteen hundred offered and received ordinary live stock pound property shipped purpose railroad rate schedules rates based rates dependent receipt or bill received for transportation recovery regulate commerce released value require the shipper Senator CUMMINS Senator HUGHES shipment suggestion tariff tion transportation company true value uniform bill UNITED STATES SENATE unlawful view by wrapping Weeks bill WILLARD SAULSBURY writing the value
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Page 41 - ... any common carrier, railroad or transportation company to which such property may be delivered or over whose line or lines such property may pass, and no contract, receipt, rule or regulation shall exempt such common carrier, railroad, or transportation company from the liability hereby imposed...
Page 60 - An act to regulate commerce," approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and all acts amendatory thereof, and to enlarge the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission...
Page 21 - That so much of an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to regulate commerce...
Page 31 - That any common carrier, railroad, or transportation company receiving property for transportation from a point in one State to a point in another State shall issue a receipt or bill of lading therefor and shall be liable to the lawful holder thereof for any loss, damage, or injury to such property caused by it...
Page 31 - Columbia to a point in another state or territory, or from a point in a state or territory to a point in the District of Columbia, or from any point in the United States to a point in an adjacent foreign country...
Page 32 - Provided, however, That if the loss, damage or injury complained of was due to delay or damage while being loaded or unloaded, or damaged in transit by carelessness or negligence, then no notice of claim nor filing of claim shall be required as a condition precedent to recovery.
Page 41 - Provided, that nothing in this section shall deprive any holder of such receipt or bill of lading of any remedy or right of action which he has under existing law.
Page 33 - It also contains additional provisions substantially like those cited from the official classification. All of the terms of the uniform bill of lading are printed in the classification, but the livestock contract form does not so appear. The live-stock ratings are stated to be based upon values declared by shippers, not exceeding certain stated values
Page 2 - Provided, however, That the provisions hereof respecting liability for full actual loss, damage, or injury, notwithstanding any limitation of liability or recovery or representation or agreement or release as to value, and declaring any such limitation to be unlawful and void...
Page 52 - ... agreed upon; and the commission is hereby empowered to make such order in cases where rates dependent upon and varying with declared or agreed values would, in its opinion, be just and reasonable under the circumstances and conditions surrounding the transportation. The term