Interstate Commerce Commission
a board, consisting of seven members, that supervises and regulates all carriers, except airplanes, engaged in interstate commerce. Abbreviation: I.C.C., ICC
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How to use Interstate Commerce Commission in a sentence
In 1902 the Interstate Commerce Commission ascribed seventy-eight accidents to broken rails.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. RipleyThis, according to the statistics of the Interstate Commerce Commission, is shown upon the diagram herewith by the middle curve.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. RipleyThe number of these filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission is extremely large.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. RipleyThis nice question is almost daily pressing for solution at the hands of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. RipleyThe files of the Interstate Commerce Commission are stocked with examples of this kind.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. Ripley
Cultural definitions for Interstate Commerce Commission (1 of 2)
A federal agency that monitors the business operations of carriers transporting goods and people between states. Its jurisdiction includes railroads, ships, trucks, buses, oil pipelines, and their terminal facilities.
Notes for Interstate Commerce Commission
A federal agency for regulating commerce that takes place in more than one state. One of its most familiar activities is regulation of trucking.
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