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" The President, in time of war, is empowered, through the Secretary of War to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation or any part thereof, and to utilize the same, to the exclusion as far as may be necessary of all... "
Government Control and Operation of Railroads: Hearing Before the Committee ... - Page 694
by United States. Congress. Senate. Interstate commerce committee - 1918 - 1338 pages
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Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 207

Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1920 - 788 pages
...(39 US Stat. chap. 418, p. 645, 9 Fed. Stat. Ann. [2d Ed.] p. 1095) , provides in part as follows: "The President, in time of war, is empowered, through the secretary of war, to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation, or any part...
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New Outlook, Volume 118

1918 - 740 pages
...the Government to carry on war." And he also quotes from the Army Appropriation Act of August, 1916 : The President, in time of war, is empowered, through the Secretary of War, to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation, or any part...
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The Central Law Journal, Volume 91

Law - 1920 - 516 pages
...was lodged in the President: "Transportation of Troops in Time o/ War — Taking Over Facilities — The President, in time of war, is empowered, through the Secretary of War, to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation, or any part...
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Atlantic Reporter, Volume 115

Law reports, digests, etc - 1922 - 956 pages
...proclamation, and orders referred to above. By the act of Congress of August 29, 1916 (US Comp. St. § 1974n), the President, in time of war, is empowered, through the Secretary of War, to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation, or any part...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1922, Volume 17

United States. President - Presidents - 1917 - 566 pages
...Support of the Army for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1917, and for Other Purposes," as follows : The President, in time of war, is empowered, through the Secretary of War, to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation, or any part...
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United States Congressional Serial Set, Issue 7099

United States - 1916 - 852 pages
...States to the State of Kansas, a sum equal to the amount exf*' for the replacement of said bridge. The President, in time of war, is empowered, through the Secretary of War. t. possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation, or an1 thereof, and...
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President Wilson's State Papers and Addresses

Woodrow Wilson - United States - 1917 - 520 pages
...Support of the Army for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1917, and for Other Purposes," as follows: The President, In time of war, is empowered, through the Secretary of War, to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation, or any part...
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Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioners of Kentucky, Volume 38

Railroad Commission of Kentucky - Railroads - 1917 - 448 pages
...transportation under the recent proclamation of the President commandeering the carriers for certain purposes. "The President, in time of war, is empowered through the Secretary of War, to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation, or any part...
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National Service, Volume 2

Draft - 1917 - 464 pages
...have the power to do this under the Army Appropriation Bill of August, 1916, which provided that — "The President in time of war is empowered through the Secretary of War to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation, or any part thereof,...
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Price Regulation of Coal and Other Commodities: Hearings Before the ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce - Coal - 1917 - 528 pages
...order of their importance to the public welfare. Under act of Congress approved August 29, 1916 — " The President, in time of war, is empowered, through the Secretary of War, to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation or any part thereof,...
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