hepburn act

Hepburn Act. A 1906 federal statute that amended the Interstate Commerce Act to (1) increase the (now defunct) Interstate Commerce Commission’s jurisdiction to include pipelines, (2) prohibit free passes except to employees, (3) prohibit common carriers from transporting any products (except timber) in which they had an interest, and (4) require joint tariffs and a uniform system of accounts. [Cases: Carriers 25, 32(1); Commerce 85.

2. C.J.S. Carriers §§ 14–20, 48, 193, 195, 197, 199–201, 336, 388–389.]

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译者Anne，毕业于亚洲顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与投资顾问法联邦及地方注册相关的法律文件。