Extension of Tenure of Government Control of Railroads Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce United States Senate Sixty fifth Congress Third Session on the Extension of Time for Relinquishment by the Government of Railroads to Corporate Ownership and Control

Release on 1919 | by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce

Before private parties can own , construct , or operate railroads the Government must grant them the power to exercise certain sovereign functions . Such are the rights of eminent domain and of taxation as exercised in the rate - making ...

Extension of Tenure of Government Control of Railroads Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce United States Senate Sixty fifth Congress Third Session on the Extension of Time for Relinquishment by the Government of Railroads to Corporate Ownership and Control

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce
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ISBN: HARVARD:HX7DYC
Category: Railroads
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Language: en
Pages: 684

It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own

Authors: Richard White

Categories: Biography & Autobiography

Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-02-16 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

A centerpiece of the New History of the American West, this book embodies the theme that, as succeeding groups have occupied the American West and shaped the land, they have done so without regard for present inhabitants. Like the cowboy herding the dogies, they have cared little about the cost