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584 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3591. 1906. ·T¤¤6 79- 1906- CHAP 3591.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to regulate commerce," [H' B" 12987*] approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and all Acts amend- [Public No. 337.] atory thereof, and to enlarge the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission. · Be it emwted by the Senate and House 0_/`R esentatives of the United 1“‘°”“*,§,§‘g_°°‘““'°'°° States of America in Oonpress assembled, 'Phht section one of an Act €<;k€d24» v- 879- entitled "An Act to regu ate c0mmerce," approved February fourth, umeighteen hundred and eighty-seven, be amended so as to read as fo lows:, $f{§,,f,",f§;°,, by _ "SEc. 1. That the provisions of this Act shall apply to any corporapipe lines. ¤~i¤¤¤¤¤. tron or any person or persons engaged .1D the transportation of Oll or °‘°·"°‘"°°““"°““ th mt t te d t t 1 ‘r1‘1 ~b °‘°‘ ?£§S°§£"§}}’.t it.-,S"E$" °Z€»H.“§"pi§Ei?L’tS"Z¤S’,°3a3;i,?’»T§ i·’·..”’{“t»€Z5’ JZ partly by pipe lines andppartly by water, who shall be considered and eld to be common carriers within the meaning and purpose of this Act, argd to any common carrier ori1cp1rri§1sr;p1gagp1d( in the transportation 0 ngers or property w 0 y yroa or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used under a common control, management, or arrangement for a continuous carriage or shipment), from one State or Territory of the United States, or the District of wimm Columbia, to any other State or Territory of the United States, or the "' pratmct of Columbia, orffrom one p11;;:: in ai1T<;]_r1*it0riySt0 another place rn esame errr cry or rom anyp in the United States toan ad`a- cent foreign country; or from any place in the United States through T'““'“m""‘°’"" a foreign country to any other place in the United States, and also to the transportation in ,1ike manner of property shipped from any place ` in the United States to a foreign count and carried from such place to a port of transshipment, or shippedlfrom a foreign country to any place in the `United `tates and carried such place from a port of W1 'f’,m”°°,;, Sm, not entry either in the United States or an ad]acent foreign country; Pmi¤¢1¤d<·>d- mded, hmnever, That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or propert , or to the receiving, deliverin , stora e, or handlin of ro rt whollv within one State and n g g 2 _ P P8 .Y . ot ihippgl go or fgpm a foreign country from or to any State or Terri- 0 a oresai . , E’g{°g'gu};’f¤,*§;l°¥* "The term ‘_c0mmon carrier’ as used in this Act; shall include

  • §¤Q;¤i¤¤¤ of express companies and sleeping car companies. The term ‘railr0ad,’

' as used in this Act, shall inclu e 'all bri ges and ferries used or operated in connection with any railroad, and also all the road in use by Switches, tu-mlm gnyfprgémpopggegzrngialraizroadéw};1cEherl0wnedl0r£l0perated_under hcmd“’cw"“ded' s traclzsgand terminal lfscilities dt zvefyslrpdz u eadan Switches, purs, , in us or necessary in the transportation of the persons or ro ert dt d h ' U N and also all freight depots, yards, and glfoulhdsyusddldphscesssiyliii DQQ{gg§Qg’e°;‘Q§;‘a°d the transportation or delrvery of any of said property; and the term };>i¤%wi¤¤. swung. ‘trans]p0rtation’ shall include cars and other vehicles and all instru- 'mepta itiesfand facilities of shipment or carriage, irrespective of owners rp or 0 any contract express or implied for the use th f d all services in connection with the receipt,,delivery, elevzihbh, ghd transfer m transit, ventilation, refri eration or icing, stora e and handlrn of ro ertv trans rted· and it shall be , _ 2 _ P P - P0_ , the duty 0 ever ¤»»-»-»-~---. §3Z‘§"£r3`$Z’“‘iLE?OEh$ "2°¥’giI§’5‘§’ ii this ME ill ""?"d" “"d f“""“K lish throughoroutes andQust and ria is mhllugs t Gm lit, Sud to estab, Charges to be just _;Au Char QS made fl); 3 T ‘ I rs na edra eg app rea le thereto. I ,,,,1 ,€,,_,,,mbk,_ the mms Orgamm of V ny sen ice ren ere or to be rendered in Prohibition. mcmm dpemwith qhapasspngers or property as aforesaid, or in con- » - — ]ust and reasonable: and every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service or any part thereof is prohibited pmmbim and geclared to be unlawful,. V · ‘ ' . 0 common carrier Slll`•]8(‘t to the provisions of this Act, shall, after January iirst, nineteen hundred and seven. directly or indirectly,