 | Law - 1873 - 462 pages
...courts involving a question of unusual importance. The constitution of 1870 provided, " that railroads heretofore constructed or that may hereafter be constructed...State are hereby declared public highways * * * and the general assembly shall, from time to time, pass laws establishing reasonable maximum rates of charges... | |
 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1872 - 248 pages
...be incorporated by the laws of this State, shall be citizens and residents of this State. SEC. 12. Railways heretofore constructed or that may hereafter...be constructed in this State, are hereby declared publie highways, and shall be free to all persons, for the transportation of their persons and property... | |
 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1872
...this State, shall be citizens and residents of this State. SEC. 12. Railways heretofore constructed o that may hereafter be constructed in this State are hereby declared public high ways, and shal be free to all persons, for the transportation ol their persons and property thereon,... | |
 | Law - 1873 - 464 pages
...courts involving a question of unusual importance. The constitution of 1870 provided, " that railroads heretofore constructed or that may hereafter be constructed...State are hereby declared public highways * * * and the general assembly shall, from time to time, pass laws establishing reasonable maximum rates of charges... | |
 | Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives - Illinois - 1873 - 792 pages
...property, as against the public right to its use, by the lüth section of that article it is declared "that railways heretofore constructed, or that may hereafter be constructed in this State, are public highways, and shall be free to all persons for the transportation of their persons and property... | |
 | Illinois - 1873 - 1092 pages
...property, as against the public right to its use, by the 12th section of that article it is declared " that railways heretofore constructed, or that may hereafter be constructed in this State, are public highways, and shall be free to all persons for the transportation of their persons and property... | |
 | Illinois. General Assembly. Senate - Illinois - 1873 - 724 pages
...property, as against the public right to its use, by the liith section of that article it is declared "that railways heretofore constructed, or that may hereafter be constructed in this State, are public highways, and shall be free to all persons for the transportation of their persons and property... | |
 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1872
...empty, without delay or discrimination, under such regulations as shall be prescribed by law. Railroads heretofore constructed, or that may hereafter be constructed...this State, are hereby declared public highways, and railroad companies common carriers. The Legislature shall pass laws to correct abuses and prevent unjust... | |
 | Georgia. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1877 - 712 pages
...concluded his remarks. The motion prevailed. Mr. Gartrell offered the following substitute : Railroads heretofore constructed, or that may hereafter be constructed...in this State, are hereby declared public highways, in so far as to be free to all persons for the transportation of their persons and property thereon,... | |
 | Illinois - 1877 - 182 pages
...this State, shall be citizens and residents of this State. 11. [RAILROADS PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.] § 12. Railways heretofore constructed, or that may hereafter...constructed in this State, are hereby declared public highv/ays, and shall be free to all persons for the transportation of their persons and property thereon,... | |
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Railroads heretofore constructed, or that may hereafter be constructed in this state, are hereby declared public highways, and railroad companies common carriers. The legislature shall pass laws to correct abuses and prevent unjust discrimination and... 
