...necessary to notice now, there can be no doubt that an act of Congress undertaking to regulate commerce in the District of Columbia and the Territories of the United States would necessarily supersede the territorial law regulating the same subject. Is the Federal Employers'...

...anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, be, anil the same is hereby made a special legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the Territories of the United States." (35 Stat,, 1164.) This resolution, it will be observed, is expressly limited in its application to...

...anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, be and the same is hereby, made a special legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the Territories of the United States " ; And, whereas, by the said Joint Resolution the President is authorized to issue a proclamation in accordance...

...Liability Aft of 1906 was sustained, so far as it relates to common carriers engaged in trade and commerce in the District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States, although in Employers' Liability Cases, 207 U. S. 463, 28 Sup. Ct. 141, the act had been held unconstitutional...

...fertilizer law to the attention of the Congress with the object of controlling commerce in fertilizers in the District of Columbia and the Territories of the United States and in interstate commerce, but that, on the other hand, an effort be made to secure an agreement among...

...could Congress effect any legislation based on those facts ? Mr. JACKSON. Well, perhaps outside of the District of Columbia and the Territories of the United States, and the immediate effect upon interstate commerce, it would not be called upon to do so; but, as said there...

..."impractical." They also reported the passage by congress of an act for the incorporation of trade unions in the District of Columbia and the territories of the United States, thereby securing the recognition of the "principle of the lawful character of trade unions." Of the...

..."impractical." They also reported the passage by congress of an act for the incorporation of trade unions in the District of Columbia and the territories of the United States, thereby securing the recognition of the "principle of the lawful character of trade unions." Of the...

...health officers. The department has no regulatory jurisdiction over the milk sold in a city except in the District of Columbia and the Territories of the United States, and where such milk, by reason of its being introduced into the channels of interstate or foreign commerce,...

...favor the enactment of a general national law regulating commerce in adulterated and mlsbranded foods in the District of Columbia and the Territories of the United States and between the States. Such a national law would serve as a model for .the local control of food adulteration...