Download or read book The Act to Regulate Commerce and Supplemental Acts (Classic Reprint) written by Herbert C. Lust and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Act to Regulate Commerce and Supplemental Acts Now it is a curious thing that on J une 14, 1839, the first state board of railroad commissioners was appointed by an act passed by the general assembly of Rhode Island. Section 2 provided that it should be the duty of the board of commissioners upon complaint or otherwise, whenever a majority of them should deem it expedient, personally to examine into any or all of the transactions or proceedings of any railroad that might be established in the state. Two objects were to be gamed from such investigations: (1) to secure full and equal privileges for the transportation of persons and property in proportion to the distances any such persons or property might be transported on any railroad; (2) to inquire into any contract or agreement by Which any railroad company should attempt to transfer or give to any steamboat company favors or preferences over any such company or boat, whether as to freight or passen gers, contrary to the intent and meaning of the Act. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.