 The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce, or the postal service known or in use when the Constitution was adopted, but they keep pace with the progress of the country and adapt themselves to the new developments of...  Report of the Committee on Insurance Law - Page 9by American Bar Association. Committee on Insurance Law - 1905 - 32 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on patents - 1932 - 88 pages
...(Gloucester Ferry Co. v. Pennsylvania. 114 US 1%, 215.) Furthermore, it was held as far back at 1877 that "the powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities...developments of time and circumstances/ (Pensacola Tel. Co. v. West., etc., Tel. Co., 96 US 1. at 9.) This doctrine, it seems to me. is the answer to... | |
 | American literature - 1919 - 726 pages
...national in their operation, they should be under the protecting control of the national government. The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities...to the new developments of time and circumstances. They extend from the horse with the rider to the steamboat, from the coach and the steamboat to the... | |
 | Railroad Commission of Wisconsin - Railroad law - 1908 - 892 pages
...being national in their operation, they should be under the protecting care of the national government. "The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities...to the new developments of time and circumstances. They extend from the horse with its rider to the stage-coach, from the sailing-vessel to the steamboat,... | |
 | United States. Federal Trade Commission - Coal mines and mining - 1934 - 938 pages
...being national in their operation, they should be under the protecting care of the National Government. The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce, or the postal service known or in 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,...to the new developments of time and circumstances. They extend from the horse with its rider to the stage coach, from the tailing vessel to the steamboat,... | |
 | 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...to the new developments of time and circumstances. They extend from the horse and its rider to the stage coach, from the sailing vessel to the steamboat,... | |
 | International law - 1912 - 220 pages
...being national in their operation, they should be under the protecting care of the National Government. The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities...to the new developments of time and circumstances. They extend from the horse with Its rider to the stagecoach, from the sailing vessel to the steamboat,... | |
 | Texas Bar Association - Bar associations - 1928 - 274 pages
...life. Fifty years ago Chief Justice Waite, interpreting the commerce clause of the constitution, said: "The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities...to the new developments of time and circumstances. They extend from the horse with its rider to the stage coach, from the sailing vessel to the steamboat,... | |
| |
