The power to create liens on corporate property by public utilities in the District of Columbia is hereby declared to be a special privilege, the right of supervision, regulation, restriction, and control of which is hereby vested in the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia, and such power shall be exercised according to the provisions of this subtitle.
D.C. Code § 34-501
Creation of liens on property of utilities; supervision by Commission
Mar. 4, 1913, 37 Stat. 990, ch. 150, § 8, par. 72; Aug. 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 634, Pub
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