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Federal Regulation Of Motor Carriers, Paul G. Kauper
Federal Regulation Of Motor Carriers, Paul G. Kauper
Michigan Law Review
By it's policy of granting financial assistance to the States for roadbuilding purposes - a policy first inaugurated in 1916 - the federal government has made substantial contributions to the development of highway transportation in the United States. In a period of seventeen years ending with the fiscal year 1933, Congress had appropriated and allocated to the several States $1,290,000,000.00 for the purpose of building good roads. Since 1921 the use of federal aid funds has been limited to the improvement of a designated 7 per cent of each State's highway mileage. By May 31, 1933, work was completed on …
Organized Labor And The Recovery Act, Emmett B. Mcnatt
Organized Labor And The Recovery Act, Emmett B. Mcnatt
Michigan Law Review
The enactment of the National Industrial Recovery Act last June inevitably has brought to the fore a number of questions which as yet remain unanswered, including those connected with the application and interpretation of Section 7(a) of the Recovery Act, the subject of this article. Under this section, hailed by labor as a "new Magna Charta," employees are apparently given two interrelated rights - the right to organize with no discrimination against them by employers as a result thereof, and the right to collective bargaining through representatives of their own choosing. Employers are prohibited from interfering with such rights through …
Constitutional Law - Power To Enact Federal Securities Act Of 1933
Constitutional Law - Power To Enact Federal Securities Act Of 1933
Michigan Law Review
The scope and implications of the Securities Act of 1933 have been set out in a recent issue of this Review. Broadly, the Act regulates the issue and sale of securities by requiring registration thereof with the Federal Trade Commission, by specifying certain data to be included in prospectuses relating to such securities, and by imposing sanctions in the form of penal and civil liabilities. The Act purports to be an exercise of the Congressional power "to regulate . . . commerce among the several states" and "to establish post offices and post roads." Various constitutional questions are involved but …
State Taxation Of Interstate Motor Carriers, Paul G. Kauper
State Taxation Of Interstate Motor Carriers, Paul G. Kauper
Michigan Law Review
Motor transportation for hire, as indicated earlier in the article, has become a business of large proportions and, like every other business, should be subject to the ordinary business taxes. More particularly, since it is a form of public transportation, it should be subject to the same kinds of taxes that are exacted from other businesses of the public utilities type.