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Art.
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Sec.
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Public Service Commission —
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Cont'd:
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Powers — Cont'd :
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Regulations, practices, equipment,
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appliances and services of
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common carriers, etc., may be
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fixed and prescribed by com-
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mission ....................
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381
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Repairs, improvements or changes
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in tracks, terminals, stations,
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motive power or other equip-
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ment, facilities or devices
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may be ordered to be made
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by common carriers.........
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381
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Service, regulation of, by.........
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381,386
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To prescribe systems of accounts
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and records, and to have ac-
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cess to same ................
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387
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Practice in proceedings in court
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arising hereunder ...........
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420
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Preference in trial of cases under
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Public Service Commission
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Law .......................
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353
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Proceedings to be public...........
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355
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Court Action:
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Answer of commission; trial of
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action .....................
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415
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Appeal by either party to court
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of appeals; when taken; ac-
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celeration ..................
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418
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Burden of proof on com-
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plainant ...................
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419
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Copy of complaint to be served
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with summons for commis-
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sion as defendant............
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415
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How and where instituted....
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415
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Injunction suspending or stay-
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ing order of commission;
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when, where and how issued
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415
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Matters reviewable by such
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proceedings ................
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415
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Precedence of action...........
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415
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Procedure where new or addi-
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tional evidence is adduced
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at trial in such proceedings;
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re-hearing before commis-
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sion and order thereon....
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416
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Judgment in such proceed-
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ings to be on altered, modi-
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fied or amended by order
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of commission, or its origi-
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nal order, if not rescinded
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after rehearing ...........
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416
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Stay of proceedings in court
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pending such rehearing ....
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416
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When such appeal or right of
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recourse to courts must be
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filed .......................
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415
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Proceedings under secs. 388, 389,
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401, 402 or 405..............
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Process in actions and proceedings
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in court; service of.........
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420
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Public freight, motor vehicles — Du-
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ties and powers as to.........
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311-323
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Public passenger motor vehicles —
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Duties and powers as to .....
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293-310
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P. S. C. law to apply to transporta-
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tion of passengers and freight
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and common carriers thereof ;
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not to conflict with federal
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constitution and interstate
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commerce act ..............
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Art.
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Sec.
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Public Service Commission —
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Cont'd:
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Public service corporations not to
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give free passes or gratuities
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354
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When authorized to begin busi-
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ness, or to exercise franchises.
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401
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Qualification of members...........
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347
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Railroads — crews for freight trains.
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385
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(See Common Carriers, hereunder.)
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Rates, fares and charges by common
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carriers of passengers and
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property ...................
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Freight rates on interstate traffic;
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investigation and report to
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interstate commerce commis-
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sion ; petition for relief ......
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Rates:
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Maximum or minimum — Power
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to fix ......................
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382
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New rates; hearing..............
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371,372
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Records, books, documents, etc., to
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be public ..................
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355
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Rehearings; Applications for not
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to act as stay ; exception ....
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Repeal of, conflicting and inconsis-
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tent laws ..................
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Reports to — character and when to
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be filed; correction; failure
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to file .....................
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Rules, orders, acts and regulations
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of ; substantial compliance
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sufficient to effectuate; not
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invalidated by technical omis-
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sions .......................
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Salaries — Payment of .............
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Secretary — Duties, salary, etc.......
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347, 352
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354
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Sections of sub-title independent;
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void section not to affect any
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other ......................
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Services or utilities affected by this
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sub-title ...................
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427
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State Law Department — article not
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applicable to ...............
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32A
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Steamboats, may give free trans-
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portation in exchange for
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advertising during certain
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months ....................
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Stocks, bonds, notes, etc. — issue of,
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to be authorized by; hear-
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ing ; short-term notes .......
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391, 393
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403
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Subpoenas, how issued and served ...
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Switch and side-track connections:
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Compensation therefor; petition
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for discontinuance of ........
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When required to be installed by
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railroads; hearing by com-
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mission on refusal; order
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thereon ....................
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Tariffs or schedules of rates, fares
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and charges of common car-
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riers of passengers or prop-
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erty ; to be filed ............
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370
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Changes without notice; when
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allowed ....................
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370
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Form of prescribed; powers of
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commission over ...........
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370
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Notice of changes therein and
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when effective .............
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Printing and posting of .........
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What to show; information to be
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contained therein ..........
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