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Hepburn Act

(June 29, 1906), law that strengthened the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission by increasing its membership from five to seven and allowing it to determine reasonable rates upon the complaint of a shipper. The act also prohibited free railroad passes and forbade railroads to haul commodities they had produced themselves.



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