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 | International law - 1912 - 238 pages
...operation, they should be under the protecting care of the National Government. The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce,...circumstances. They extend from the horse with its rider to the stagecoach, from the sailing vessel to the steamboat, from the coach and steamboat to the raiiroad,... | |
 | United States. Federal Trade Commission - Coal mines and mining - 1934 - 938 pages
...operation, they should be under the protecting care of the National Government. The powers thus granted are f the powers and privileges nse when the Constitution was adopted, but they keep pace with the progress of the country, and adapt... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1904 - 984 pages
...the instrumentalities, Chief Justice Waite has said: " The powers granted are not confined to those known or in use when the Constitution was adopted,...horse with its rider to the stage coach, from the tailing vessel to the steamboat, from the coach and steamboat to tht railroad and from the railroad... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1887 - 464 pages
...confined to the instrumentalities of commerce known or in use when the Constitution was adopted, but that they keep pace with the progress of the country, and...to the new developments of time and circumstances ; and he adds : " The government of the United States, within the scope of its powers, operates upon... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1879 - 248 pages
...conflict. The court farther held that the constitutional povvers so conferred upon Congress— * * * "are not confined to the instrumentalities of com"merce or the postal service known or in use when the Consti' tution was adopted, but they keep pace with the progress of 'the country, and adapt themselves... | |
 | Illinois State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1896 - 762 pages
...Court of Nebraska laid down the principle (in State v. Neb. Tel. Co., 17 Nebr., 126) that the courts keep pace with the progress of the country, and adapt...time and circumstances. They extend from the horse and its rider to the stage coach, from the sailing vessel to the steamboat, from the coach and steamboat... | |
 | Texas Bar Association - Bar associations - 1928 - 274 pages
...Justice Waite, interpreting the commerce clause of the constitution, said: "The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce...stage coach, from the sailing vessel to the steamboat, from the coach and steamboat to the railroad, and from the railroad to the telegraph, as these new... | |
 | International law - 1912 - 220 pages
...operation, they should be under the protecting care of the National Government. The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce,...circumstances. They extend from the horse with Its rider to the stagecoach, from the sailing vessel to the steamboat, from the coach and steamboat to the railroad,... | |
 | United States. Congress. House Interstate and Foreign Commerce - 1943 - 480 pages
...As the Court said in (Petisacola Telegraph Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co. (1878), 96 US 1, 0), "They keep pace with the progress of the country,...to the new developments of time and circumstances." Hence Congress had previously designated canals, waterways, plank roads, railroads, highways, letter-carrier... | |
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