Providing for Early Completion of River and Harbor Projects by Issuance of Bonds: Hearings, Seventy-second Congress, First SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1932 - 234 страница |
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Страница 221 - That upon application to the Commission appointed under the provisions of this act, such common carrier may, in special cases, after investigation by the Commission, be authorized to charge less for longer than for shorter distances for the transportation of passengers or property ; and the Commission may from time to time prescribe the extent to which such designated common carrier may be relieved from the operation of this section of this act.
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