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Opinion on Powers of Railroad Commission and Incorporated Cities and Towns Over Public Utilities (Classic Reprint) by Max Thelen

Excerpt from Opinion on Powers of Railroad Commission and Incorporated Cities and Towns Over Public Utilities "Nothing in this section shall be construed as a limitation upon any power conferred upon the railroad commission by any provision of this constitution now existing or adopted concurrently herewith." Acting under the provisions of said section of the Constitution, the legislature of this State at its extraordinary session in 1911 passed the Public Utilities Act, which was approved by Governor Johnson on December 23, 1911, and became effective on March 23, 1912. This act confers upon the Railroad Commission very broad powers of regulation and control over the public utilities of this State. Public utilities are defined to include corporations, companies, associations, copartnerships, firms and persons owning, controlling, operating, or managing railroads; street railroads; express and car companies; vessels regularly operating between points within this State; pipe lines; gas plants; electric plants; telephone lines; telegraph lines; water systems; public wharves; and public warehouses. Over public utilities, so defined, the Railroad Commission is given very wide power. The Commission is given power, among others - (a) To fix rates, fares, charges and classifications. (b) To establish through routes and joint rates, fares and charges. (c) To investigate all interstate rates, fares and charges affecting this State and to apply to the Interstate Commerce Commission or to any court of competent jurisdiction for relief. (d) To prescribe just, reasonable, safe and proper service, equipment, facilities and methods. (e) To prescribe additions, extensions, repairs and improvements. (f) To direct that additional cars or trains be operated and that trains stop with greater frequency and at proper places. (g) To direct connections, in proper cases between the tracks of railroad or street railroad corporations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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