State Regulation of Railroads in the South / Maxwell Ferguson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferguson, Maxwell, author.

Series:

Columbia University Studies in the Social Sciences

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1968]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Provides a history of the development of state regulations of railroads in the southern states. Also examined is the growth and status of regulation through various state commissions.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. CHARTERS

CHAPTER II. EARLY GENERAL LAWS

CHAPTER III. CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS AFFECTING RAILROADS

CHAPTER IV. RECENT GENERAL RAILWAY LEGISLATION

CHAPTER V. OUTLINE OF COMMISSION DEVELOPMENT

CHAPTER VI. VIRGINIA

CHAPTER VII. SOUTH CAROLINA

CHAPTER VIII. GEORGIA

CHAPTER IX. KENTUCKY

CHAPTER Χ. ALABAMA

CHAPTER XI. TENNESSEE

CHAPTER XII. MISSISSIPPI

CHAPTER XIII. FLORIDA

CHAPTER XIV. NORTH CAROLINA

CHAPTER XV. LOUISIANA

CHAPTER XVI. WEST VIRGINIA

CHAPTER XVII. SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT COMMISSION LAWS

CHAPTER XVIII. SURVEY OF THE PRESENT COMMISSION SITUATION IN THE SOUTH

CHAPTER XIX. CONCLUSION

APPENDIX. RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS

VITA

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89126-1

OCLC:

1100434718