The general assembly shall pass laws to correct abuses and prevent unjust discrimination and extortion in the rates of freight and passenger tariffs on the different railroads in this state, and enforce such laws by adequate penalties, to the extent,... Lawyers' Reports Annotated - Page 1441894Full view - About this book
| Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson - Railroad law - 1833 - 812 pages
...State, in such manner, however, that no injustice shall be done to the corporators. Art. I?, § 6. " The general assembly shall pass laws to correct abuses and prevent unjust discrimination and excessive charges by railroad, canal and turnpike companies, for transporting freight and passengers,... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 688 pages
...General Assembly shall pass laws to correct abuses and to prevent unjust discriminations and extortions in the rates of freight and passenger tariffs on the different railroads in this State. These latter provisions of the statute and of the constitution clearly reserve and give to the State... | |
| Illinois, Illinois. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional history - 1870 - 64 pages
...any incorporated company shall be interested either for or against the exercise of said right. § 15. The General Assembly shall pass laws to correct abuses...adequate penalties to the extent, if necessary for that purpose, of forfeiture of their property and franchises. ARTICLE XII. MILITIA. SECTION 1. The... | |
| Illinois. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1870 - 1074 pages
...manner as may be provided by law. § 9. The General Assembly shall pass laws to correct abuses aud prevent unjust discrimination and extortion in the...tariffs on the different railroads in this State, and to enforce such laws by adequate penalties, to the extent, if necessary for that purpose, of forfeiture... | |
| Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams - Erie railway - 1871 - 446 pages
...fictitious increase of the capital stock or indebtedness of any such corporation shall be void " § 15. " The General Assembly shall pass laws to correct abuses,...adequate penalties, to the extent, if necessary for that purpose, of forfeiture of their property and franchises." Now while it is conceded that special... | |
| Champaign County (Ill.) - 1871 - 464 pages
...company shall be interested either for or against the exercise of naid right. § 15. The General Assemb'y shall pass laws to correct abuses and prevent unjust...adequate penalties to the extent, if necessary for that purp .so, of forfeiture of their property and franchises. ARTICLE Xn. Militia. SECTIOK 1. The... | |
| Illinois - Constitutional law - 1870 - 50 pages
...any incorporated company shall be interested either for or against the exercise of said right. § 15. The General Assembly shall pass laws to correct abuses...passenger tariffs on the different railroads in this Slate, and enforce such laws by adequate penalties to the extent, if necessary for that purpose, of... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1871 - 816 pages
...incorporated company shall be interested either l'or or against the exercise of said right. SBC. 15. Tho General Assembly shall pass laws to correct abuses...and extortion in the rates of freight and passenger tarios on the different railroads in this State, and enforce such laws by adequate penalties to the... | |
| The North American Review.VOL.CXII. - 1871 - 506 pages
...the passage of (1) laws prescribing reasonable rates of charges on the different railroads, and (2) laws to correct abuses and prevent unjust discrimination...extortion in the rates of freight and passenger tariffs. The legislature it seems is to do this work; if so, the work cannot be done ; the provision is so much... | |
| North American review - 1871 - 494 pages
...the passage of (1) laws prescribing reasonable rates of charges on the different railroads, and (2) laws to correct abuses and prevent unjust discrimination...extortion in the rates of freight and passenger tariffs. The legislature it seems is to do this work ; if so, the work cannot be done ; the provision is so... | |
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