Garland Globe | 1906-08-04 | Page 2 | Send Notice to Railroads

SEND NOTICE TO RAILROADS. Interstate Commerce Commission Calls Attention to New Laws. Washington. A clrculnr letter has been sent by tho lnterstato commerce commission to nil common cnrrlors subject to tho provisions of tho recently re-cently enncted railroad rato lnw, directing di-recting tholr special attention to tho provisions of section 20 of tho act, which requires nnnunl reports from all common carriers concerning tho details de-tails of their business, nnd providing thnt tho Interstate commerco commission commis-sion mny prescrlbo the forms of nny nnd nil accounts, records nnd mcmor-nnda mcmor-nnda to bo kept by tho carriers. To theso nccounts, records nnd mcmor-nnda mcmor-nnda tho commission Is to hnvo access at nil times nnd tho carriers aro prohibited pro-hibited from keeping their nccounts, etc., In any other form.