Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-24
Washington.
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD COMMISSION BILL

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been made the special order for May
9Th. 1t provides that Charles Francis
Adams, Jr., of Massachusetts,; Albert
Fink. of Kentucky; Thomas Nj. Cooley,
of Michigan, and their successors to be
hereafter appointed, are hereby APP
noirted a board of commissioners to be
known and designated as Pacific rail
road commissioners, who shall hold
their otti;es from the date of enactm ent
of this lsw until three years from the
first cay of January next. Be-
tore the end of said term
and of each succeeding term
of thee years, the president of the
United States shall nominate, and by
andwith the advice and consent of the
senate, appoint three commissioners OF
sad board, who shall hold their offices
f,r term of three years from the ey
,iration of the preceding term. In case
any vacancy in said board, occurring
by declinatlon, resignation, or >ther-
wise, the president shall in like manner
appoint commissioner for rsldue OF
the term and he may IN like
manner remove any commissioner.
One of the COMMISSIONERS
of said board shall be skilled in the
management and operation OF railroads.
Said board of commissioners shall have
general supervision of the roads of the
Central Pacific railroad company, the
Union Pacific rdlroad company, the
Kansas Pacific railroad company, the
Denver Pacif. railroad company, the
Sioux City pacific railroad company.
the Burlington & Missouri Pacific rail
road company, the Western Pacific and
the Genital Branch of the Union Pacif-
lc railroad company, and of all rail-
road corporations which shall here
after receive any aid in lands, bonds or
credit by act of congress granting the
same, renewing or continuing any grant
heretofore made. Said board shall
have its Office in the city of Omaha,
state of Nebraska, where its records
shall be kept. 1t shall be the duty of
said commission, from time to time as
often as need be, to examine the sew
eral roads of said corporations, and
their books and papers, and to in
form themselves of the conditions of
said roads, of their rolling stock,
stations and station-houses, and of
the manner in which they are operat-
ed, and Of the rates and charges
for which they transport freight and
passengers, and of their connections
and relations with each other and With
other roads, that they may know wheth-
er said corporations respectively furnish
to the public and each other safe and
convenient accommodations at reason
able and proper rates and perform and
their duties to the government,
the public and each other, and fully per-
form and accomplish the purposes for
which they were established, in accord
ance with the various acts of congress
under which they are organized and the
laws of the land After consultation
with officers Of corporations interested,
said commissioners shall proceed to
establish rules and regulations to govern
operation and management of roads of
said corporations, and shall supervise
observance thereof, so as to afford and
secure to the government and pub
fish all advantages of inter-communica-
ton travel and transportation
over said roads as we'll as
to secure and enforce the reciprocal
rights and duties of said corporations,
which rules and regulations shall gov
ern said corporations in the operation
and management of their respective
roads until the same shall be reversed,
altered or annulled by the said COM
missioners or by decree Of the circuit
or supreme court of the United States.
The bill further and fully details the
method of enforcing the powers of the
commissioners; the commissioners each
to receive $4,000 per annum, and be
clerk at $500 per annum,
and Office and incidental expenses; the
same to be borne by the railroads in
proportion to the gross receipts.
THE BANKRUPT LAW.
Washington telegraph advices of
the 18th inst, say that the house
committee on judiciary to-day instruct
ed Representative Mcmahon to move
to put on It's passage the senate bill to
repeal the bankrupt law, when reached
on speakers table.
CONFIRMED.
Associated press advices from Wash
ington of April 18th, state that the senate
has confirmed Robt. NJ. Reynolds, first
auditor of the treasury; Miss Ada C.
Sweet, pension agent, Chicago; Vincent
W. Bayless, receiver of public moneys,
Eau Claire, Wis; George F. Cullen,
pay director, chief of bureau, provisions
and clothing and paymaster general of
the United States navy; Chas. III. Eddy,
postmaster Toledo, Ohio
NOMINATED.
The president has nominated Sanford
S. Blodgett to be United States consul
at Prescott; Llewellyn Davis, of Mis-
souri,, to be receiver of public moneys
at Ironton, Mo-, and Gustav Schneider,
of Iowa, to be United States marshal of
the territory of Wyoming.
The following promotions have been
made: Maj. James w. Forsyth, 10th
cavalry, to be lieutenant-colonel LIST
cavalry; Lieut.-Col. W. l.. Elliott, LIST
cavalry, to be colonel Sd cavalry.
THE NEW RESUMPTION BILL.