Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners, Volume 6

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The Commission, 1883
Fourth report is accompanied by "Map and profiles of Iowa railroads, 1881".
 

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Página 603 - serious doubts respecting the extent of any given power, it is a well settled rule that the objects for which it was given, especially when those objects are expressed in the instrument Itself should have great influence in the construction. We know of no reason for excluding this rule from the present case.
Página 709 - Commissioners, it shall appear that any railroad corporation fails in any respect or particular to comply with the terms of its charter or the laws of the State, or whenever in their judgment any repairs are necessary upon its road, or any addition to its rolling stock, or any addition to or change
Página 73 - the several States." The difficulty has never been as to the existence of this power, but as to what is to be deemed an encroachment upon it: for, as has been often said, "legislation may, in a great variety of ways, affect commerce, and persons engaged in it, without constituting a regulation of it, within the meaning of the constitution.
Página 709 - Said Commissioners shall have the general supervision of all railroads in the State operated by steam, and shall inquire into any neglect or violation of the laws of this State by any railroad corporation doing business therein, or by the officers, agents or employes thereof, and shall
Página 697 - Whenever in the judgment of the Railroad Commissioners, it shall appear that any railroad corporation fails in any respect or particular to comply with the terms of its charter or the laws of the State * * * * * or any addition to, or change of its stations or station-houses * * * * * or any change in
Página 64 - 11. No railroad corporation shall charge, demand or receive from any person, company or corporation, for the transportation of persons or property, or for any other service a greater sum than it shall at the same time charge, demand or receive from any other person, company or corporation for a like
Página 711 - sum of twenty-five dollars, which may be recovered in the name of the State of Missouri to the use of the school fund of the county wherein said crossing is situate; and it shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney to prosecute for and recover the same.
Página 710 - cars, and shall furnish sufficient accommodations for the transportation of all such passengers, baggage, mails and express freight as shall, within a reasonable time previous thereto, be offered for transportation at the place of starting, at the junctions of other railroads, and at
Página 68 - charge to be made by the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company for fare and freight upon the transportation of persons and property carried within the State, or taken up outside the State and brought within it, or taken up inside the State and carried without. * * * As to the effect of
Página 709 - and shall from time to time carefully examine and inspect the condition of each railroad in the State and of its equipment and the manner of its conduct and management with reference to the public safety and convenience." ******" Whenever in the judgment of the

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