A Treatise on Franchises: Especially Those of Public Service Corporations : Containing Also in an Appendix the Public Service Commissions Law of New York and the Public Utility Law of Wisconsin

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Banks Law Publishing Company, 1909 - 1130 pages
 

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30 Franchises Essential and not 40 Franchise Distinguished from
30
False Billing etc by Carrier 40 Liability for Loss or Damage
34
Franchise Differs from Grant Franchise or Privilege
36
Right to Supply Water Gas or tract
48
49 Change in Nature and Rela 60 Corporation Considered as Civil
49
1797m60 Commission to deter of commission
53
porationsPublic and Pri 64 To What Extent Corporations
55
Approval of Issue of Stock Fixing Price of Gas or Elec
69
1797m9 Forms of bookkeeping 1797m30 Publicity of joint rates
70
1797m64 Utility dissatisfied with indeterminate plan
71
Electric Light Heat and 86 Hospital Corporation
78
Corporate Franchise or 48 Same Subject Continued
88
National and State Powers 128 Power of Congress to Declare
120
ARTICLE II
122
DELEGATION OF POWERMUNICIPAL QUASIMUNICIPAL
137
Law or Public Utilities Act States
141
142 Corporations Created by Waters Wholly Within
142
Delegation to the President 154 Delegation to American Rail
151
160 Delegation to Commission of 166 Delegation to Public Service
160
CHAPTER VI
163
171 Delegation to CourtsGener Grant of Use of Streets
171
Delegation to Federal Circuit 184 Delegation of PowersPower
177
Company When Manu
180
Delegation to Municipalities 193 Dock Department no Power
185
Market Company
187
NATURE OF VARIOUS CORPORATIONS
188
Power of Electrical Commis Gas RatesLighting Plant
191
Railroad Companies as Public
194
Railroads as Highways
201
Plain Language of Constitu 220 Amendments to Constitution
207
Telegraph and Telephone
209
Commerce
225
Validity of StatutesGener Constitutional Require
230
CHAPTER IX
239
260 Practical Construction by 275 Same Subject Continued
260
Parties
267
sion Exercised by United States
272
Orders of Interstate Com Power of Over Municipali
279
Banks Police Power
287
156 Delegation to Board of Agri 158 Delegation to Commissioners
306
316 Same Subject Instances 319 Reservation of Power
316
Obligation of Contract ent Times Extension
322
339 Impairment of Obligation of 340 Impairment of Obligation
339
road Company City Fee or Tax Continued
346
Power of State to Impose Decisions
352
364 Regulation and Control of Locomotive Engineers
364
Regulation of Commerce 382 Regulation of Railroads
370
Bridge Companies 76 Electric Light Heat and Power
371
Regulation of Commerce Adjusting Damage Claims
376
Same Subject Instances
438
Instances
444
Same Subject Continued
457
of Citizens of the United
465
Power to Alienate Franchises Taxation etc Continued
466
Same Subject Continued
471
CHAPTER XIX
477
terModifying or Enlarg
483
Same Subject
489
What Is not a ContractOb
495
January 4 1909
513
Reservation of Power to of Contracts
526
CommerceInsurance sions
561
rations Police Power
577
Examination and License
578
Exemption Eminent Do Street Paving by Street
652
Regulation of FaresStreet Findings
654
Tickets Discrimination
683
Discrimination
695
CHAPTER XXIV
725
Same Subject Application
733
Uniformity and Equality
741
Same Subject
750
Franchise TaxCapital Stock
761
Franchise
773
Franchise TaxWhat Is
782
FranchisesExemption from
788
Power to Exempt from Tax
804
Franchise Tax Telegraph
813
Construction of Statutes
835
Power to Mortgage Repeal
838
Power to Purchase 488 Forfeiture of Franchise
871
PROVISIONS RELATING TO RAILROADS STREET RAILROADS
879
CHAPTER XVI
880
COMMON CARRIERS
891
PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE POWERS OF THE COMMISSIONS
906
462 Power to Alienate Franchises 463 Power to Alienate Franchises
908
Power of Commissions to Order Forfeitures
913
PROVISIONS RELATING TO GAS AND ELECTRICAL CORPORATIONS
921
80 Board of Railroad Commis road Commissioners Abol
933
APPENDIX
941
proved by commis
956
CONSTITUTIONAL LAWINTERPRETATION OR CONSTRUCTION
977
to other utilities
978
Headnotes Opinion
985
plain
989
CONSTITUTIONAL LAWINTERPRETATION OR CONSTRUCTION
1028
Prospective and Retrospec
1030
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Page 515 - York of 1828, chapter 18, title 3, it was enacted that -the charter of every corporation that shall hereafter be granted by the legislature shall be subject to alteration, suspension and repeal, in the discretion of the legislature.
Page 698 - Act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Page 609 - ... nor more than five hundred dollars, and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months.
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