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Show I lien" upon the carriers of the country berauH "of the large aggregate of the cases tn which fine are ImpoMd." H ailroad FighU , Charge of $1.16 WASHINGTON. Oct. 4. A stilt 'in-living 'in-living a monetary donefderatlon of ti l, hut a question of law "of gravity and Importance" to all ra.ll road wrn Vtnlen in the United Htates, has ban hroiiKht by tha Pennsylvania railroad to tha suprems court for review. The rasa la against tha VrUted Biatea, and ouviftlnns an ord"r lasusd try ths de- ga.rtmnt of Justice under which clerks of federal courts era permitted to cnarae a commission of 1 per cent tn addition to flnaa and costs paid to them by unsuccessful litigants. Tha Tennaylvanta railroad pleaded guilty o a chare-e of violating tha "1 hour law" In a shipment of cattle, and waa fmod $iufl with costs of 111. 14. upon which the clerk of tha court assessed as-sessed In sdditlon a commission which tha railroad was required by the lowsr courts to pay. Contending that Jn numerous nu-merous cas?s tha detention of cattla In rare over the 2ft-hour limit Is "practically "prac-tically unavoidable. ths railroad aa-ratsd aa-ratsd that the lmpoaltlon of such a rr.Tmttrn "wonltl tM a arent hwr- |