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The '''Space Basis Act''' 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. |
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| fullname = An Act Making appropriations for the service of the [[United States Post Office Department|Post Office Department]] for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hindred and seventeen, and for other purposes. |
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The public Act number 169,<ref name=39Stat412>39 Stat [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hNf8el1HBsAC&pg=PA412#v=onepage&q&f=false 412]</ref> sometimes called the '''Post Office Appropriation Act of 1916'''<ref>Francis D Wickware (ed). The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress: 1916. D Appleton and Company. New York and London. 1917. [https://archive.org/details/americanyearbo1916newyuoft/page/536/mode/1up p 536].</ref><ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=l3MGLRfynY8C Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Short Line Railroad Association]. p 27.</ref> or '''1917'''<ref>America's highways, 1776-1976. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RBcYb9UY4F4C&pg=PA546#v=onepage&q&f=false p 546]. This Act should not be confused with the Act 39 Stat 1058, which also has this popular name.</ref> or the '''Post Office Department Appropriation Act''',<ref>I L Sharfman. The Interstate Commerce Commission: A Study in Administrative Law and Procedure. J & J Harper Editions. Harper & Row. 1969. Part 3. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_MQnAQAAIAAJ Volume A]. p 86. (1949) 274 Interstate Commerce Commission Reports [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9V1SKeWupyQC&pg=RA4-PA684#v=onepage&q&f=false 684]. The Interstate Commerce Act. 1929. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UPdxdGlZZqMC&pg=PA184#v=onepage&q&f=false p 184].</ref> 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.<ref name=39Stat412/> The Act was part of [[United States federal law]]. |
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This provisions of this section, sometimes known as the '''Space Basis Act'''<ref>39 Stat 425</ref><ref>Table of Federal Acts by Popular Names or Short Titles. Shepard's Citations. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AoAr8nCjIBUC To 1 January 1956]. p 147. United States Code. 2012 Edition. vol 35. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=P7UiARaNpIsC&pg=PA274#v=onepage&q&f=false p 274]. Post Office Appropriation Bill, 1927: Hearings before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations. pp [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MQBEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA216#v=onepage&q&f=false 216] and 225.</ref> or the '''Railway Mail Service Pay Act'''<ref>39 Stat 425, sometimes cited as 39 Stat 412.</ref><ref>Harry C Barnes. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=L7kpAAAAYAAJ 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. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JIJDza82_u4C&pg=PA807#v=onepage&q&f=false p 807].</ref> 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. |
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The 1916 Annual Report of the [[Long Island Rail Road]] stated: |
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{{blockquote|The Post Office Appropriation Act for 1916 provided for the final settlement of the railway mail pay question by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Space basis on trial was inaugurated November 1, 1916, resulting in an increase in mail pay on your line of about $30,000 per annum. This is subject to fluctuations due to changes being made by the Postmaster General in the authorized space. A complete record of mail handled and service performed will be taken between March 27 and April 30, 1917, and the facts submitted to the Interstate Commerce Commission, which will then pass final judgment upon the method for computing compensation for mail service and the rate of compensation.<ref>Long Island Rail Road, [https://books.google.com/books?id=l8Q7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA15 Annual Report] (1916), p. 15.</ref>}} |
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| Long title | An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hindred and seventeen, and for other purposes. |
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| Enacted by | the 64th United States Congress |
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| Statutes at Large | 39 Stat. 412 |
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The public Act number 169,[1] sometimes called the Post Office Appropriation Act of 1916[2][3] or 1917[4] or the Post Office Department Appropriation Act,[5] 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.[1] The Act was part of United States federal law.
Section 5[edit]
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This provisions of this section, sometimes known as the Space Basis Act[6][7] or the Railway Mail Service Pay Act[8][9] 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:
The Post Office Appropriation Act for 1916 provided for the final settlement of the railway mail pay question by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Space basis on trial was inaugurated November 1, 1916, resulting in an increase in mail pay on your line of about $30,000 per annum. This is subject to fluctuations due to changes being made by the Postmaster General in the authorized space. A complete record of mail handled and service performed will be taken between March 27 and April 30, 1917, and the facts submitted to the Interstate Commerce Commission, which will then pass final judgment upon the method for computing compensation for mail service and the rate of compensation.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ a b 39 Stat 412
- ^ Francis 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.
- ^ America's highways, 1776-1976. p 546. This Act should not be confused with the Act 39 Stat 1058, which also has this popular name.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 39 Stat 425
- ^ Table 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.
- ^ 39 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.
- ^ Long Island Rail Road, Annual Report (1916), p. 15.
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