legislation relating thereto as the Commission may deem necessary.

SEC. 22. That nothing in this act shall apply to the carriage, storage, or handling of property free or at reduced rates for the United States, State, or municipal governments, or for charitable purposes, or to or from fairs and expositions for exhibition thereat, or the issuance of mileage, excursion, or commutation passenger tickets; nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit any common carrier from giving reduced rates to ministers of religion; nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent railroads from giving free carriage to their own officers and employees, or to prevent the principal officers of any railroad company or companies. from exchanging passes or tickets with other railroad companies for their officers and employees; and nothing in this act contained shall in any way abridge or alter the remedies now existing at common law or by statute, but the provisions of this act are in addition to such remedies. Provided, That no pending litigation shall in any way be affected by this

act.

SEC. 23. That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the use and purposes of this act for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and the intervening time anterior thereto.

SEC. 24. That the provisions of sections eleven and eighteen of this act, relating to the appointment and organization of the Commission herein provided for, shall take effect immediately, and the remaining provisions of this act shall take effect sixty days after its passage.

Approved, February 4, 1887.

INDEX.

ABSTRACT QUESTIONS.

OPINIONS ON.-The Commission will not express opinions on abstract ques-
tions; nor on questions presented by ex parte statements of fact; nor on
questions of the construction of the statute when no controversy is
pending.

In re Order of Railway Conductors, 8.
In re Traders' and Travelers' Union, 8.
In re Iowa Barbed Steel Wire Co., 17.
In re St. Louis Millers' Association, 20.
In re Disabled Soldiers and Sailors, 28.

ACT TO REGULATE COMMERCE.

1. TEXT OF, in full, 660.

2. HISTORY OF.

In re Louisville v. Nashville R. R. Co., 74.
Report of Interstate Commerce Commission, 256.

3. FEATURES OF, stated.

Report of Interstate Commerce Commission, 269.

4. AMENDMENTS TO, recommended.

Report of Interstate Commerce Commission, 323.

5. CONSTRUCTION OF FIRST SECTION.-Carriers subject to its jurisdiction. In-
terstate commerce.

Report of Interstate Commerce Commission, 271.

Heck and Petree v. East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia R. R. et al.,
495.

Missouri and Illinois Tie and Lumber Co. v. Cape Girardeau and South-
western Railway Co., 30.

In re Express Companies, 349.

In re Filing of Joint Tariffs, 657.

6. CONSTRUCTION OF FIRST SECTION.-Instrumentalities of shipment or car-
riage.

Heck and Petree v. East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia R. R. et al., 495.

7. CONSTRUCTION OF FIRST SECTION.-Reasonable charges.

Boards of Trade Union, &c. v. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul R. R.
Co., 215.

Report of Interstate Commerce Commission, 312.

Evans v. Oregon R'y and Navigation Co., 325.

Reed v. Oregon R'y and Navigation Co., 325.

Raymond v. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul R. R., 230.

Reynolds v. Western N. Y. and Pa. R. R. Co., 393.

Farrar v. East Tennessee, Va. and Ga. R. R. et al., 480.
Pyle & Sons . East Tennessee, Va. and Ga. R. R., 465.
Crews v. Richmond and Danville R. R. Co., 401.

8. CONSTRUCTION OF SECOND SECTION.-Unjust discrimination.
Providence Coal Co. v. Providence and Worcester R. R. Co., 107.
Larrison v. Chicago and Grand Trunk R. R. Co., 147.

Smith v. Northern Pacific R. R. Co., 208.

Harwell v. Columbus and Western R. R. Co., 236.

Riddle, Dean & Co. v. Pittsburgh and Lake Erie R. R. Co., 374.
Crews v. Richmond and Danville R. R. Co., 401.

Rice v. Louisville and Nashville R. R. Co., 503.

Riddle, Dean & Co. v. N. Y., Lake Erie and W. R. R. Co., 594.

Riddle, Dean & Co. v. Baltimore and Ohio R. R. Co., 608.

Burton Stock Car Co. v. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy R. R. Co. et
al., 132.

Boston Chamber of Commerce v. Lake Shore and M. S. R. R., 436.
Councill v. Western and Atlantic R. R. Co., 339.

Heard v. Georgia R. R. Co., 428.

9. CONSTRUCTION OF THIRD SECTION.-Preference or advantage.
Providence Coal Co. v. Providence and Worcester R. R. Co., 107.

Keith v. Kentucky Central R. R. et al., 189.

Boards of Trade Union, &c. v. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul R. R.
Co., 215.

Raymond v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. Co., 230.

Harwell v. Columbus and Western R'y Co., 236.

Councill v. Western and Atlantic R. R. Co., 339.

Reynolds v. Western N. Y. and Pa. R. R. Co., 393.

Boston Chamber of Commerce v. Lake Shore and M. S. R'y Co., 436.
Crews v. Richmond and Danville R. R. Co., 401.

Heard v. Georgia R. R. Co., 428.

Heck & Petree v. East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. R. R. Co., 495.

Pyle & Sons . East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. R. R. Co., 465.

Rice v. Louisville and Nashville R. R. Co., 503.

In re Underbilling, 633.

10. CONSTRUCTION OF THIRD SECTION.-Facilities for interchange of traffic.
Chicago v. Alton R. R. Co. v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co., 86.

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific R. R. Co. v. N. Y. Central and
H. R.R. R. Co., 86.

11. CONSTRUCTion of Fourth SECTION.-Long and short haul clause.
In re Louisville and Nashville R. R. Co., 31.

Boston and Albany R. R. Co. v. Boston and Lowell R. R. Co. et al., 158.
Vermont State Grange v. Boston and Lowell R. R. Co. et al., 158.

Thatcher v. Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. et al., 152.

Allen v. Louisville, New Albany and Chicago R. R. Co., 199.

Harwell v. Columbus and Western R. R. Co., 236.

Report of Interstate Commerce Commission, 278.

In re Tariffs of Columbus and Western R. R. Co., 626.

12. CONSTRUCTION OF SIXTH SECTION.-Filing and publication of schedules.
In re Publication of Joint Tariffs, 6.

In re Joint Tariffs and Schedules, 225.

In re Filing of Joint Tariffs, 657.

In re Publication of Export Tariffs, 658.

Report of Interstate Commerce Commission, 292.

Rice v. Louisville and Nashville R. R. Co., 503.

13. CONSTRUCTION OF EIGHTH SECTION.-Counsel or attorney's fee.
Councill v. Western and Atlantic R. R. Co., 339.

14. CONSTRUCTION OF THIRTEENTH, FOURTEENTH and FIFTEENTH SECTIONS.
--Complaints and adjudications.

Report of Interstate Commerce Commission, 295.

15. CONSTRUCTION OF FOURTEENTH SECTION.-Damages.
Councill v. Western and Atlantic R. R. Co., 339.

Heck & Petree v. East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. R. R. Co., 495.
Riddle, Dean & Co. v. N. Y., Lake Erie and W. R. R. Co., 594.

16. CONSTRUCTION OF TWENTIETH SECTION.-Annual Reports from Carriers.
Report of Interstate Commerce Commission, 301.

17. CONSTRUCTION OF TWENTY-SECOND SECTION.-Mileage Tickets, Charities,
Government Rates, etc.

Larrison v. Chicago and Grand Trunk R'y Co., 147.

Michigan Central R. R. Co. v. Chicago and Grand Trunk R'y Co., 147.
Associated Wholesale Grocers of St. Louis v. Missouri Pacific R'y Co.,
156.

In re U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, 21.

In re Indian Supplies, 15.

In re Disabled Soldiers and Sailors, 28.

18. CONSTRUCTION, RULE OF.-The Act is highly remedial in its purpose and
scope, and should be construed liberally-fairly, of course, but always
with the object in view of reaching as closely as possible the end pro-
pesed by the legislative intention, and making the beneficial result
desired operative to its greatest available extent.

In re Express Companies, 362.

The Act deals with the substance of things, and contemplates proceed-
ings which are speedy and direct.

Riddle, Dean & Co. v. Pittsburgh and Lake Erie R. R. Co., 490.

19. NOT RETROACTIVE.

Ottinger v. Southern Pacific Co., 144.

Farrar v. East Tennessee, Va. and Ga. R. R. Co., 489.

AMENDMENTS.

1. WHEN ALLOWED.-Rule X., 5.

Harwell v. Columbus and Western R. R. Co., 237.

Reynolds v. Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway Company,
347.

2. WHEN REFUSED. -An amendment which proposes to substitute for the
original cause of complaint something quite distinct and different will
not be allowed. If the party desires to make a new case he should do
so by a new complaint.

Riddle, Dean & Company v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,

372.

3. In deciding upon applications for the amendment of complaints the
Commission acts upon the principle recognized in courts of justice.--.

BAGGAGE.

EXTRA ALLOWANCE OF.-Commission has no power to compel arrangements
for giving to commercial travelers an extra amount of free baggage in
consideration of some security against liability.

Traders' and Travelers' Union v. Phila. and Reading R. R. Co.,

122.

BOSTON EXPORT TRADE.

1. REBATES TO.-It seems not to be illegal for railroad companies connect-
ing Boston with Western points to make the rates from such points to
Boston, upon grain and provisions for export as low as the rates to
New York, although upon like property for local consumption the rates
are higher to Boston than to New York.

In re Export Trade of Boston, 24.

2. REDUCTIONS IN FAVOR OF.-The fact that the export rates through Bos-
ton have been made by the carriers the same as corresponding rates
through New York, in order to put Boston on an equality with other