Pittsburg & Southern Coal Co. v. Louisiana
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. ' On the 12th July, 1888, the legislature of Louisiana passed an act for the appointment of two coal and coke boat gaugers, to fix their compensation, and define their duties.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. ' On the 12th July, 1888, the legislature of Louisiana passed an act for the appointment of two coal and coke boat gaugers, to fix their compensation, and define their duties. No. 147, Laws of 1888, page 207. It provided that they should be appointed by the governor of the State, with the approval and consent of the Senate, to hold their offices in the city of New Orleans, with a proviso that the governor should have the power to remove any one of them upon satisfactory proof to him' of negligence and official misconduct. The act further…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
There is nothing in the provisions of the act of Louisiana providing for the appointment of two gaugers of coal and coke boáts, which can properly be considered.as regulations of commerce, in conflict with the power vested in Congress over the subject. ’ They only prescribe -the rule by which the capacity of the carrying vessels of coal and coke can be determined, and the weight of the coal or coke carried ascertained, which may be readily done at any time. They were adopted for the convenience of the owners of the boats and loads. They are properly to be regarded as a part of those…
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