The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-18
PACIFIC RAILROADS.
puI EstabIishiBE Board q! Com
InisSIOuers.

W,.ursGroN. April II The bill re-
,,.,s5 from the House Pacific Railroads
,,,nittee 10 dsy, which was referred to
-. CommiItee Of the Whole OF the
- snd msde the special order for
u 18th, 10 establish Board OF Pac flo
P.iro.d Commissioners, provides that
C-.rIss Francis Adams, ir., OF Msssa-
,-,.e,l. Albert FINK, Of Kentucky;
r-rnss VI. Cooley, OF Michigan, and
,-a,- successors to be hereafter appoint
a are hereby constituted q BOa.d Of
C'mmss,oners, TO be known and deslg
,.,s4 - PsClfc Railroad Commissioners,
Who shall hold their offices trom the date
..t5e caac.msrt Of this law till three
car. from The first day of January next.
g.n,e the end OF The said term,
LA of esch succeeding term Of three
r.s,s. The President o, the UEILsd States
..U nominate, and by and with the
..yIge 81 1 cUuseu. OF the Senate, appoint
,-,ss Comm slOners OF SAID Board, who
..,U hold their offices Tor term OF three
rssr; from .le expiration OF the preCed-
,,y term In case Ut any vacancy 10
sd Board occurring 10y dechnatlon,
.a1gas.ion or otherwise, the President
,.aIln Ike manner appoint n C0mmis-
;.gs- !0r.Lns residue OF the term, and 10
nav 10 hhe manner remove any Com
r,..0ler. O.r OF the Commissioners o
.,t Board shsl be skilled III the mar.
,,sner. and operation OF rsllrords.
sad board Of Commissioners shall have
.-a genera. supervision Cf tha roads Of
-g Cea.rsI Pacific Railroad CDmpsny,
.- Un.un Pacific Railroad Company,
-s Kausas Pacific Railroad Company,
re Denver Pacific Railroad Company,
re Sioux City Pacific Railroad ComPa-
,r lie Burlington and Missouri Pacific
s,.-osd Company, the Western Pacific
sd the Central branch of the Union
?sif, Railroad Company, and OF all
.s.rOsd corporations which shall heroat.
"a. receive any aid in lands, bonds or
csdil By any act Of Congress granting
ls ssme or renewing or continuing any
rsn. heretofore msGe. Said board shall
.sge It's office Ut Omaha, Nebraska, where
a records shall be kept. 1t
sail be the duty of said Commis-
600. from time to time, and as often
H.eed 10 be. examine the several roads
sid corporations, and their books and
papers sld TO lnt,rm themselves OF the
c,t,Ion OF SAID roads, and of their roll
-gs.0cs stations and station houses, and
q. he msuuer in which they are opersl-
3D. sud Of the rates and charges for
when they trans port freight and passen-
.,:. snl o. their connections and rela.
,'-, With escH other and with other
-s.s, tlst they may know whether
cad corporations respectively furnish
% the pubic aud each other
ae sud convenient accommodations
a.'-s.onab'e and proper rste', and the
I'.rnsuce and discharge of their du.
's 90 the .yrrnment, the public and
sA,l other, and .GiIy perform and accom-
Ial the purposes tor which they were
eAoslel in accordance with tue vsri.
g5ss.; of Congress under which they
81 organized snd the laws Of the land.
aaa' consultation with the officers of the
.'P'sg.ns Interested said COmmis.
:1le': sls,I proceed to establish rules
h-'eg-.suoDs TO govern the operation
s-- -msuagemen. OF the roads Of said
'PorS,oI', and shall supervise the ob-
-''snce thereof so as to afford cure
@ .ls government and the public a. the
ATanSgss OF nter-cOmmulication,
rave. sud transportation over said
'als SIS vel. ss to secure and
.a.o'ce the reciprocal rights and
.-a8 Of s'id corporations, which
tales snd regulations shall govern said
.'PoaHo-s In the operation and man
As7-e1. q. their respective roads till the
a1e sls. be reversed, altered or annulled
y. 'le 'st commissioners or by decree
. Ls C.ralt. or Supreme Court of the
,,.ei States.
Ils oa. further and fully details the
...-o1 o: enforcing tne powers OF the
e-1lssoaers. The commissioners are
".- TO receive $4,000 per annum, and
s sA.o"ei q clerk st 81 500 and office
az Incidental expenses, the same to be
..-s by the railroads IN proportion to
s-.' Ergs, -anarrfs