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Gas And Electricity In Interstate Commerce - Part Iii - State Taxation, Robert L. Howard
Gas And Electricity In Interstate Commerce - Part Iii - State Taxation, Robert L. Howard
University of Missouri Bulletin Law Series
During the past decade gas and electricity have become common subjects of taxation by the states, and a not inconsiderable volume of revenue is now being raised from levies upon their production, sale, transportation and consumption. The subjection to a general property tax of the facilities for producing and dealing in these commodities creates no problem of special interest for the present discussion. The same considerations are involved as in the similar application of such a tax to other types of property, and it has long been recognized that the mere fact of use in the conduct of interstate business …
Gas And Electricity In Interstate Commerce - Part Ii - Regulation Of Rates And Service, Robert L. Howard
Gas And Electricity In Interstate Commerce - Part Ii - Regulation Of Rates And Service, Robert L. Howard
University of Missouri Bulletin Law Series
The control of gas and electric rates and service by state public service commissions has, for many years, been a common phenomenon. In so far as interstate commerce in these commodities is involved, so as to be of special interest for the present discussion, the matter is of much more recent development. That the transmission of gas' and electric light and power current2 from one state to another is a transaction in interstate commerce is now definitely well established, although as to the latter, it is not a determination of very long standing.'
Gas And Electricity In Interstate Commerce, Robert L. Howard
Gas And Electricity In Interstate Commerce, Robert L. Howard
University of Missouri Bulletin Law Series
There is perhaps no other concept in the whole field of governmental or constitutional jurisprudence today of more immediate practical significance than that of interstate commerce. In rather striking contrast with conditions of an earlier day, interstate commerce has come to be very closely related to everyday life in a great variety of ways. Regulations now imposed in the name of interstate commerce affect practically every mouthful of food we eat, every article of clothing we wear, everything we buy or sell as well as the fuel with which we cook our food or heat our homes, to mention only …