Laws of Illinois Pertaining to the Jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission

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Illinois State Journal Company, state printers, 1919 - 185 pages
 

Contents

Skillet Fork Drainage DistrictAssessment of Railroad Prop erty
117
Plats 308 Plats of Highways etc to be Recorded
118
Street Railroads 309 Eminent Domain
119
Location of RoadNoticeDamages
120
Emergency
121
Right of WayHow Obtained
122
Use of Streets etc by Elevated Railroads 322 Petition of Land Owners
123
Uniform Bills of Lading Act 326 Bill of Lading Issued by Common Carrier
124
Negotiable Bills in DuplicateHow Indicated
125
When Carrier Delivers Goods to One Not Entitled Thereto
126
Liability for Duplicate Bill
127
Goods Attached by Garnishment or Levied Upon
128
How Negotiable Bill Negotiated by Any Person
129
Indorses Not Liable for Any Failure of Carrier or Previous Indorses
130
Where Seller Transmits Draft and BillWhat Buyer Justified in Assuming
131
Fraudulently Issuing Duplicate or Additional Negotiable Bill etc Penalty
132
Terms Defined
133
Perishable Property
134
How Compensation Made
135
Messages Sent in Order of ReceptionRevealing Contents Suppressing Message
136
Act as to Injuring Property Applies to Telephone Lines
137
Residence of Directors of Railroads Under Special Charters
138
Poles Attached to BuildingNo Lapse of Time Raises Presump tion of Prescriptive Right
139
Capital Stock AssessedDistribution of ValueExtension of Tax
140
Negotiable Receipt
153
When Justified in Delivering Goods
154
Where Receipt Lost or DestroyedProceedings in Court
155
Right and Title of Third Person no DefenseException
156
Lien of Warehouseman
157
Where Goods are of a Perishable Nature etc
158
After Goods Lawfully Sold to Satisfy LienWarehousemans Liability
159
Where Receipt Has Been Transferred What Acquired
160
Possession of Receipt Validates Subsequent Transfers
161
Delivering Goods Where Negotiable Receipt OutstandingPen alty
162
Application of Act
163
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Page 161 - Negotiation defeats vendor's lien. — Where a negotiable receipt has been issued for goods, no seller's lien or right of stoppage in transitu...
Page 44 - ... but no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he may so testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, and no testimony so given or produced shall be received against him upon any criminal investigation or proceeding.
Page 31 - Commission to charge less for longer than for shorter distances for the transportation of passengers or property; and the Commission may from time to time prescribe the extent to which such designated common carrier may be relieved from the operation of this section...
Page 130 - The validity of the negotiation of a receipt is not impaired by the fact that such negotiation was a breach of duty...
Page 158 - After the time for the payment of the claim specified in the notice to the depositor has elapsed, an advertisement of the sale, describing the goods to be sold, and stating the name of the owner or person on whose account the goods are held, and the time and place of the sale, shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the place where such sale is to be held.
Page 7 - That the Commission hereby created shall have authority to inquire into the management of the business of all common carriers subject to the provisions of this act, and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted...
Page 128 - ... which the marks or labels upon them indicate, or of the kind or quantity or in the condition they were said to be by the consignor. The carrier may also by inserting in the bill of lading the words " Shipper's weight, load, and count...
Page 81 - Every conductor, baggage master, engineer, brakeman, or other servant of any railroad corporation employed in a passenger train, or at stations for passengers, shall wear upon his hat...
Page 37 - Whenever the Commission, after a hearing had upon its own motion...
Page 127 - ... the goods, and the warehouseman has information of such claim, the warehouseman shall be excused from liability for refusing to deliver the goods, either to the depositor or person claiming under him or to the adverse claimant...

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