&tlcle 811b, -Section 6 (d) Of Veruon's &notated sIvI.1 xatutss, reads, in part, as f0110w3: CoxdssIOn IS beerehp given 9%3 %jilrOab

euL!orIty to iosue upon applicatlOn to thoae whcs ~ieslre to en,~agca In tho bushx3s cf persoas transportlug for hire eve: the h1gLwwaya of this Ztate, llverrtoak, nohair, wool, milk, livestoak fee&stuffs, household: sooda, oil fIel% equip-, sent, an& used oftiae rumiture and el,ulpSent, timber when in It3 natural atate, fern m&in* erjj and grain s2eaIal peruits upon mah, term3, oon&ItIons an& restrIctslou aa the Railroad an& to mrtke rule3 Conmis3Ion nag doew proper, and re&atioaa gove:'nIn3 euah o>eratIoha keepIn,g In mind the protection of tho hIt@xweys and the safety of thetraveling publla; . . .* The above artIale gIVC6 th6 TieIlroad COw~li.5Sfon t&a authority to Iseue the slaIC peratits *upon enah tearma, aondi- 'tions, and m~trfations e3 the Railroad Cozvnlsslou my deen pro&ur, . . .- %e are oi the opinion that the XaIlr"oa& CCEX&SS~OZI he3 the authorItg uu@.er the above article to divide ~suah pn interstate apaaial oommodity pennit. It nay well be that the &IlmmS fiuommlseiou nay find it neoeosary, in order to mora efieetlvely rag&ate iuteratate speaiaf. c&o&Itg notor carriera, to lesue separate pedtis to an ay;plIaaht,who det3Imm to .haul different &mmoCU.tIes rather than oa9bInIug th3 authority to haul several oom!xodItIoe in the "9 permit.

NothIng In thle oplnlon shall be construe& BP hold- in2 that any pev:tau, rim or ao~oration oan hold eevaral with the prorfeions of the beotor permits without eoqlyiq u"srrIer dat with respsat to the peyment of the neaeesary feea, whiah are prarequisita to the abtaiS5~ of eaall perait. ate.,

Yours very truly APPROVEDMAR 21, 1940

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