State Regulation of Railroads in the South (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from State Regulation of Railroads in the SouthIN this study the author has endeavored to outline the development of state regulation of railroads in the South, with special reference to the growth and present status of regulation through the various state commissions. The chapters on Charters, Early Laws, Constitutions, and Recent General Railway Legislation are to be under stood as introductory, merely, to the main body of the monograph.That there is a need for some treatise upon the subject with which this one attempts to deal has for some time been recognized by southern scholars. But whether the publication of the pages here offered is justifiable, in view of the brief treatment, only, which the author has been able to give to this immense field, is a question concerning which he has long had the gravest doubts. He has concluded to offer the treatise in its present form, however, in the hope that students in the various colleges and universities of the South may be encouraged to take up the study of railroad regulation in each one of the southern states, aided by the brief sketches here pre sented, and that thus the whole field may be the sooner covered in the adequate manner to which its importance entitles it.The reader will notice that the treatment of the sub jcet in this study has been confined to those states, only, which lie east of the Mississippi and south of the Ohio rivers and that, accordingly, the states of Maryland. Missouri, Arkansas and Texas are not touched upon.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.