UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS

BULLETIN NO. 4 (Revised)

PUBLIC ACTS c+

PROCLAMATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT RELATING TO THE UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

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GENERAL ORDERS AND CIRCULARS
ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR GENERAL
OF RAILROADS

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UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION.

W. G. MCADOO, Director General.

WALKER D. HINES, Assistant Director General.

OSCAR A. PRICE, Assistant to the Director General.
M. BRICE CLAGETT, Private Secretary to Director General.

Division of Finance and Purchases:

JOHN SKELTON WILLIAMS, Director.

General Counsel:

JOHN BARTON PAYNE.

Division of Operation:

CARL R. GRAY, Director.

Division of Traffic:

EDWARD CHAMBERS, Director.

Division of Labor:

W. S. CARTER, Director.

Division of Public Service and Accounting:
CHARLES A. PROUTY, Director.

Division of Capital Expenditures:

ROBERT S. LOVETT, Director.

Division of Inland Waterways:

G. A. TOMLINSON, Director.

Actuary to the Railroad Administration:
THEODORE H. PRICE.

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NOV 22 1939

CONTENTS.

Public acts:

No. 241-Sixty-fourth Congress (H. R. 15947)-An act making appro-

priations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917,

and for other purposes (extract).

No. 242-Sixty-fourth Congress (H. R. 17498)-An act making appropria-

tions for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917,

and for other purposes (extract). . .

No. 107-Sixty-fifth Congress (S. 3752)—An act to provide for the operation

of transportation systems while under Federal control, for the just com-

pensation of their owners, and for other purposes...

Proclamations by the President relating to the United States Railroad Adminis-

tration:

Proclamation of December 26, 1917, taking railroads and transportation

systems under Federal control and appointing the Director General of

Railroads...

Statement of the President accompanying his procalmation of December

26, 1917....

Proclamation of March 29, 1918, delegating powers under act of March 21,

1918, to Director General of Railroads..

Proclamation of April 11, 1918, taking certain coastwise transportation
systems under Federal control....

Proclamation of July 22, 1918, possession and control of the transportation
system of the Boston, Cape Cod & New York Canal Co....

Proclamation of November 16, 1918, possession and control of American

Railway Express Co.

Order of relinquishment..

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Opinion sustaining W. G. McAdoo, Director General of Railroads, by Hon.

Jacob Trieber....

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Form A.-Agreement between the Director General of Railroads and blank

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company..

Form B.-Agreement between the Director General of Railroads and blank

company and other corporations...

Short line contract..

Memorandum of agreement between William G. McAdoo, Director General of

Railroads, and the American Railway Express Company..

Public announcements...···

General orders:

Issued by Director General of Railroads to and including December 31,

Issued by Director General of Railroads to and including December 31,