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64th United States Congress The 64th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1915, to M ...

, which was passed on 28 July 1916, and which related to the

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1917. This Act was chapter 261 of the First Session of the 64th Congress. The Bill for this Act was H.R. 10484. The Act was part of

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Section 5

This provisions of this section, sometimes known as the Space Basis Act or the Railway Mail Service Pay ActHarry C Barnes
Freight Rates and Charges
(Loose Leaf Traffic Law Service; Traffic Law Service Series). Traffic Law Service Corporation. Chicago. 1922. p 266. Interstate Commerce Commission Reports. vol 56
p 807
authorized the

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to determine fair and reasonable rates of compensation to be paid, upon a space basis, for the transportation of

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and any service connected therewith. The 1916 Annual Report of the Long Island Rail Road stated:

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