Investigation of Public Utility Corporations: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce, United States Senate, Seventieth Congress, First Session, on S. Res. 83, Parte4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1928 - 257 páginas |
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Página 165
... involved directly in the case of Kilbourn v . Thompson ( 103 U. S. 168 ) , which has become an historic case in presenting the limitations of con- gressional power . That case was not only important in itself but it has been repeatedly ...
... involved directly in the case of Kilbourn v . Thompson ( 103 U. S. 168 ) , which has become an historic case in presenting the limitations of con- gressional power . That case was not only important in itself but it has been repeatedly ...
Página 167
... involved the competency of the Congress to create an administrative agency with power to inquire into the affairs of carriers , and in sustaining the power of the Congress to create that body it became necessary for the court to discuss ...
... involved the competency of the Congress to create an administrative agency with power to inquire into the affairs of carriers , and in sustaining the power of the Congress to create that body it became necessary for the court to discuss ...
Página 168
... involved . Here the rights of thousands of persons who are to be made subject to the proposed inquiry are at issue . You can not determine how the power that you may grant may be exercised , whether by the moderation and restraint and ...
... involved . Here the rights of thousands of persons who are to be made subject to the proposed inquiry are at issue . You can not determine how the power that you may grant may be exercised , whether by the moderation and restraint and ...
Página 173
... involved . A little while ago I asked a question having in mind that the corrupt practices act would cover all cases of expenditure by corporations or individuals , particularly by corporations , to the election of Senators and ...
... involved . A little while ago I asked a question having in mind that the corrupt practices act would cover all cases of expenditure by corporations or individuals , particularly by corporations , to the election of Senators and ...
Página 178
... involved a general inquiry into the purely local operations and structure of thousands of corporations which were not subject to control by Congress and upon the subject matter of whose operations within the terms of the resolution ...
... involved a general inquiry into the purely local operations and structure of thousands of corporations which were not subject to control by Congress and upon the subject matter of whose operations within the terms of the resolution ...
Términos y frases comunes
amount Association authority average blue sky law blue-sky census CHAIRMAN character charged cities citizen committee common stock Constitution construction consumers corporation engaged cost customers dividends earnings electric company electrical energy EMERY engaged in interstate excess exercise fact Federal Trade Commission financing fourth amendment holding company holding-company increase industry inquiry Interstate Commerce Commission intrastate investigation jurisdiction kilowatt-hours kilowatts legislate LENROOT light and power limited line extension ment mittee municipal Muscle Shoals National operating companies opinion panies Pennsylvania plant porations preferred stock present private affairs proposed public ownership Public Service Commission public utility corporations purpose question Railroad Railway RANSOM referred regulation require resolution respect revenue rural Rushville Electric Light security issues Senator HAWES Senator HOWELL Senator SACKETT Senator WALSH Senator WHEELER sold statement stocks and bonds subject matter subsidiary Supreme Court tion United utility companies WALSH of Montana witness Yes Yes
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Página 240 - We hold, however, that the basis of all calculations as to the reasonableness of rates to be charged by a corporation maintaining a highway under legislative sanction must be the fair value of the property being used by it for the convenience of the public...
Página 164 - ... by the laws of England be guilty of a trespass, yet where private papers are removed and carried away the secret nature of those goods will be an aggravation of the trespass, and demand more considerable damages in that respect.
Página 240 - And in order to ascertain that value, the original cost of construction, the amount expended in permanent improvements, the amount and market value of its bonds and stock, the present as compared with the original cost of construction, the probable earning capacity of the property under particular rates prescribed by statute and the sum required to meet operating expenses, are all matters for consideration, and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case.
Página 240 - ... the original cost of construction, the probable earning capacity of the property under the particular rates prescribed by statute, and the sum required to meet operating expenses, are all matters for consideration, and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case.
Página 165 - Though the proceeding in question is divested of many of the aggravating incidents of actual search and seizure, yet, as before said, it contains their substance and essence, and effects their substantial purpose.
Página 202 - There can be no doubt of the general power of a State to regulate the fares and freights which may be charged and received by railroads or other carriers, and that this regulation can be carried on by means of a Commission. Such a Commission is merely an administrative board created by the State for carrying into effect the will of the State as expressed by its Legislature.
Página 153 - UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE, Washington, DC The committee met at 10 o'clock am, pursuant to adjournment on yesterday, in room 212, Senate Office Building, Senator James E.
Página 240 - What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return upon the value of that which it employs for the public convenience. On the other hand, what the public is entitled to demand is that no more be exacted from it for the use of a public highway than the services rendered by it are reasonably worth.
Página 181 - Anyone •who respects the spirit as well as the letter of the fourth amendment would be loath to believe that Congress intended to authorize one of its subordinate agencies to sweep all our traditions into the fire (Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brimson, 154 US 447, 479) and to direct fishing expeditions into private papers on the possibility that they may disclose evidence of crime.
Página 180 - One, that the two houses of Congress, in their separate relations, possess not only such powers as are expressly granted to them by the Constitution, but such auxiliary powers as are necessary and appropriate to make the express powers effective ; and, the other, that neither house is invested with "general...