The public Act number 169,39 Stat 412 sometimes called the Post Office Appropriation Act of 1916Francis D Wickware (ed). The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress: 1916. D Appleton and Company. New York and London. 1917. p 536.Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Short Line Railroad Association. p 27. or 1917America's highways, 1776-1976. p 546. This Act should not be confused with the Act 39 Stat 1058, which also has this popular name. or the Post Office Department Appropriation Act,I L Sharfman. The Interstate Commerce Commission: A Study in Administrative Law and Procedure. J & J Harper Editions. Harper & Row. 1969. Part 3. Volume A. p 86. (1949) 274 Interstate Commerce Commission Reports 684. The Interstate Commerce Act. 1929. p 184. was an Act of the 64th United States Congress, which was passed on 28 July 1916, and which related to the fiscal year 1917. This Act was chapter 261 of the First Session of the 64th Congress. The Bill for this Act was H.R. 10484. The Act was part of United States federal law.
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This provisions of this section, sometimes known as the Space Basis Act39 Stat 425Table of Federal Acts by Popular Names or Short Titles. Shepard's Citations. To 1 January 1956. p 147. United States Code. 2012 Edition. vol 35. p 274. Post Office Appropriation Bill, 1927: Hearings before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations. pp 216 and 225. or the Railway Mail Service Pay Act39 Stat 425, sometimes cited as 39 Stat 412.Harry C Barnes. Freight Rates and Charges. (Loose Leaf Traffic Law Service; Traffic Law Service Series). Traffic Law Service Corporation. Chicago. 1922. p 266. Interstate Commerce Commission Reports. vol 56. p 807. authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to determine fair and reasonable rates of compensation to be paid, upon a space basis, for the transportation of mail and any service connected therewith.
The 1916 Annual Report of the Long Island Rail Road stated:
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