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• Pacific Railroad Act — The federal statute of July 1, 1862, the purpose of which was to aid in the construction, maintenance, and operation of railroad and telegraph lines over routes specified, to promote the public interest and welfare, and to secure to the… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Railroad police — is a type of security police responsible for policing railroad (or railway) lines. In the United States and Canada, they are employed by the major Class I railroads, as well as some smaller ones. In other countries, this work is typically done by …   Wikipedia

• Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act — The Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, Pub. L. 94 210, Feb. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 31, was a United States federal law that funded the reorganized bankrupt Northeast and Midwest railroads that formed Conrail in 1975; it is best …   Wikipedia

• Railroad Safety Appliance Act — The Safety Appliance Act is a United States federal law that made air brakes and automatic couplers mandatory on all trains in the United States. It was enacted on March 2, 1893 and took effect in 1900 after a 7 year grace period. The act is… …   Wikipedia

• railroad company — A railroad corporation, an association of persons, even a natural person, engaged in the operation of a railroad facility. International & G. N. R. Co. v Dawson, 111 Tex 247, 232 SW 279, 15 ALR 1367. For the purposes of reorganization under… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Railroad Retirement Acts, 1934, 1937 —    The Railroad Retirement Acts were federal laws providing annuity payments for railroad workers, with two thirds paid for by the companies and one third by the workers, with retirement at age 65. The first act was declared unconstitutional by… …   Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era

• Railroad Apartment — renoviertes, zweistöckiges Shotgun House in New Orleans einstöckiges Shotgun House, New Orleans Der Begriff Shotgun House (deut …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Act Against Slavery — The Act Against Slavery was an Act passed by Upper Canada on July 9, 1793 to prohibit slavery. The Act remained in force until 1833 when the British Parliament s Slavery Abolition Act abolished slavery in all parts of the British Empire.Even… …   Wikipedia

• Act of Consolidation, 1854 — Map of Philadelphia County prior to the Act of Consolidation. The Act of Consolidation, more formally known as the act of February 2, 1854 (P.L. 21, No. 16), was enacted by General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and approved… …   Wikipedia

• railroad reorganization — A readjustment of existing interests in equity, particularly in a federal court, necessitated by a failing financial condition of the corporation. 19 Am J2d Corp § 1517. A reorganization of a railroad company under provisions of the Bankruptcy… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act — A federal statute which sets up a comprehensive plan for the payment of unemployment insurance benefits to persons defined in the act as employees of railroads, and other specified employees engaged in or intimately connected with carriage by… …   Ballentine's law dictionary