Duties and Powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce, United States Senate, December 16, 1904

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Excerpt from Duties and Powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce, United States Senate, December 16, 1904, and Subsequently, the Committee Having Under Consideration the Bill (S. 2439-Quarles Bill)Sec. 5. 'hat if any party bound thereby shall refuse or neglect to obey or perform any order of the Commission mentioned in section one of this Act at any time while the same is in force, obedience and performance thereof shall be summarily enforced by writ of injunction or other proper process, mandatory, or otherwise, which shall be issued by any elrcuit court of the United States upon petition of said Com mis sion or of any party interested, accompanied by a certified copy of the order alleged to be violated and evidence of the violation alleged, and in addition thereto the offending part shall be subject to a penalty of five thousand dollars for each day of t e continuance of such violation, which, together with costs of suit, shall be recoverable by said Com mission by action of debt in any circuit court of the United States, and when so recovered shall be for the use of the United States.Sec. 6. That all Acts or parts of Acts in con¿ict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not affect causes now pending in court nor rights Which have already accrued, but such causes shall be prosecuted to a conclusion and such ri hts enforced in a manner heretofore provided by law. All existing Taws relative to testimony in cases or proceedings under or connected with the Act to regulate commerce s all also apply to any case or proceeding authorized by this Act.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.