Rail Mergers and Formation of the Burlington Northern Holding Company: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session ... March 26, 1982

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Page 316 - Section 6: That the labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce. Nothing contained in the anti-trust laws shall be construed to forbid the existence and operation of labor, agricultural, or horticultural organizations, instituted for the purpose of mutual help * * *. The
Page 811 - may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this Act into full force and effect; and any person, applicant, purchaser, entryman, or witness who shall swear falsely in any affidavit or proceeding required hereunder or under the regulations issued by the Secretary of the Interior shall be guilty of perjury and liable to
Page 800 - Cooperative Construction of the Federal Aid Highway System: For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes,
Page 407 - The District Court shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions wherein the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $10,000 exclusive of interest and costs, and arises under the Constitution, laws or treaties of the United States. To
Page 785 - welfare of the said Indians, the Indian titles to all lands falling under the operation of this act, and acquired in the donation to the [road] named in this bill. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there be, and hereby is, granted to the "Northern Pacific Railroad Company,** its successors and
Page 845 - be and hereby is granted to the Northern Pacific railroad company, its successors and assigns for the purpose of aiding in the construction of said railroad and telegraph line to the Pacific Coast and to secure the safe and speedy transportation of the mails, troops, munitions of
Page 394 - The land grant was, by any conceivable earthly measure, enormous: Every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad line . . . through the territories of the United States and
Page 793 - race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Sec. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. SCHUYLER COLFAX, Speaker of the House of Representatives. BF WADE, President of the Senate pro tempore. Attest: Edwd.
Page 639 - compatible with the public interest; (3) is appropriate for or consistent with the proper performance by the carrier of service to the public as a common carrier; and (4) will not impair the financial ability of the carrier to provide the service.
Page 499 - be a post route and a military road, subject to the use of the United States, for postal, military, naval, and all other government service, and also subject to such regulations as congress may impose restricting the charges for such government transportation.

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