In addition to the above, a commission with very limited jurisdiction over telephone and telegraph companies exists in each of the following states: Kentucky (Physical connection, p. 193; Consolidations, p. 355). Texas (Free service, etc., p. 154). The details of organization, etc., of these commissions are not included in this Summary. COMMISSION LAWS NOT INCLUDED. In the following states a railroad or similar commission exists which has no jurisdiction over telephone and telegraph companies, except as to wires crossing railroads in Iowa and Minnesota (see pp. 394, 395): There are municipal commissions or a commissioner having more or less authority over telephone and telegraph companies in Denver, Colorado; Los Angeles, California; Wilmington, Delaware (Delaware Laws 1911, c. 206), and Houston, Texas. In California a constitutional amendment is now awaiting a vote by the people, which, if adopted, will deprive municipalities in that state of authority to regulate the rates and service of public utilities. See Resolves 1913, c. 93. The commission in Denver, Colorado, will probably be divested of power if the law creating the state commission is adopted by the people. The municipal commissions formerly existing in Missouri were divested of power by the law creating the public service commission (1913, p. 556). The control of telephone and telegraph companies by cities under the commission form of municipal government is not within the scope of this Summary. CANADA. There are six commissions in Canada which have jurisdiction over telephone and telegraph companies. The laws creating them, referred to below, are not included. Dominion. Manitoba. Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada. Railway Act, Rev. Stats. 1906, c. 37; Stats. 1908, chs. 61, 62; 1910, c. 57; 1913, c. 44. Public Utility Commission. Stats. 1912, chs. 66, 75; 1913, c. 54. New Brunswick. Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities. N. B. Acts 1910, c. V; 1911, c. LV; 1912, c. XV. Nova Scotia. Ontario. Quebec. Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities. N. S. Laws 1913, c. 1. Ontario Railway and Municipal Board. Stats. Ont. 1910, c. Quebec Public Utilities' Commission. Rev. Stats. Que. 1909, 1. NAME OF COMMISSION. am'd. Inter-State Commerce Commission. § 11, Act to Regulate Commerce, as United States. Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia. District Appropria- District of tion Act, March 4, 1913, § 8, par. 1. Railroad Commission of Alabama. Code 1907, § 5637. Corporation Commission. Const., Art. XV, § 1. Columbia. Alabama. Arizona. Railroad Commission of the State of California. Stats. 1911, 1st ex. sess., c. 14, § 2, as am'd 1913, c. 553, § 1. California. The Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado. Laws 1913, c. 127, Colorado. §§ 2, 4. (See note p. 3.) Public Utilities Commission. P. A. 1911, c. 128, § 1. Connecticut. Railroad Commissioners of the State of Florida. Gen. Stats. 1906, § 2912. Florida. Railroad Commission of Georgia. Code 1910, § 2615. Georgia. Public Utilities Commission of the State of Idaho. Laws 1913, c. 61, §§ 2, Idaho. 8 (b). State Public Utilities Commission of Illinois. Laws 1913, p. 459,1 §§ 1, 10. Illinois. Public Service Commission of Indiana. Acts 1913, c. 76, § 1. Indiana. Kansas. Railroad Commission of Louisiana. Const., Art. 283. I Public Utilities Commission. Laws 1913, c. 129, § 1. (See note p. 3.) Public Service Commission. Ann. Code 1911, Art. 23, § 414. Louisiana. ] Maine. Maryland. Public Service Commission. Acts 1913, c. 784, § 1. Massachusetts. Michigan Railroad Commission. P. A. 1909, No. 300, § 2 (j); P. A. 1913, Michigan. No. 206, § 2. Mississippi Railroad Commission. Code 1906, § 4830. Mississippi. Public Service Commission of the State of Missouri. Laws 1913, p. 556, § 11. Missouri. Public Service Commission of Montana. Laws 1913, c. 52, § 2. Montana. Nebraska State Railway Commission. Stats. 1911, § 10650. Nebraska. Nevada. New New Jersey. New Mexico. New York. North North Ohio. Oklahoma. Oregon. Pennsylvania. Rhode Island. South South Dakota. Tennessee. Vermont. West Wisconsin. Railroad Commission of Nevada. Rev. Laws 1912, § 4549 (j). Board of Public Utility Commissioners. Laws 1911, c. 195, § 1. State Corporation Commission. Const., Art. XI, § 1. Public Service Commission. Laws 1910, c. 480, Pub. Ser. Com. Law, § 4. (Laws 1907, c. 429, superseded by 1910, c. 480, established two commissions, having jurisdiction, respectively, over New York City and over the balance of the state. Laws 1910, c. 673, placed the supervision of telegraph and telephone companies in the entire state in the hands of the up-state commission.) Corporation Commission. Rev. 1905, § 1054. Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of North Dakota. Rev. Codes 1905, § 364. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. Laws 1913, p. 804, § 1 [487]. Railroad Commission of Oregon. Lord's Ore. Laws 1910, § 6881; Laws 1911, c. 279, § 5. The Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Laws 1913, No. 854, Art. IV, § 1. Public Utilities Commission. Laws 1912, c. 795, §§ 3, 7. The Railroad Commission. Const. 1895, Art. IX, § 14. Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of South Dakota. Rev. Pol. Railroad Commission of the State of Tennessee. Acts 1897, c. 10, § 1. State Corporation Commission. Const., § 155; Code 1904, § 1313a (1). The Public Service Commission of Washington. Laws 1911, c. 117, § 6. Railroad Commission of Wisconsin. Stats. 1911, § 1797-1 (j). |