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Railroad commission

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A body of commissioners, appointed in several of the states, to regulate railway traffic within the state, with power, generally, to regulate and fix rates, see to the enforcement of police ordinances, and sometimes assess the property of railroads for taxation.

See Southern Pac. Co. v. Board of Railroad Co.m'rs (C. C.) 78 Fed. 252.