...final accounting having in mind the necessity of maintaining the separate entity of each, provided that "carriers while under Federal control shall be...subject to all laws and liabilities as common carriers * * *. Actions at law or suits in equity may be brought by and against such carriers and judgments...

...and could only be such as the statute authorized. Section 10 of the Act of March 21, 1918, provides : "Carriers, while under Federal control, shall be subject...laws or at common law, except in so far as may be consistent with the provisions of this Act or any other act applicable to such Federal control or with...

...Arkansas statute is rested specifically upon the clause in section 10 to the effect that the carriers "shall be subject to all laws and liabilities as common...arising under state or federal laws or at common law," and the provision in section 15 (section 3115%o) that the "lawful police regulations of the several...

...St. Ann. Supp. 1919, §§ 3115%a-3115%p) was enacted. Section 10 of said act provides as follows : "That carriers while under federal control shall be...federal control or with any order of the President. Actions at law or suits in equity may be brought by and against such carriers and judgments rendered...

...provide for the operation of transportation systems while under federal control,' provides (section 10) 'that carriers while under federal control shall be...far as may be inconsistent with the provisions of this act or with any order of the President • • * . But no process, mesne or final, shall be levied...

...1918, c. 25 [Сотр. St. 1918, Сотр. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, § 31153/4J])1 prevent the Director 1 "Carriers while under federal control shall be subject...common carriers, whether arising under state or federal no defense shall be made thereto upon the ground that the carrier is an instrumentality or agency of...

...and WHEREAS the Act of Congress, called the Federal Control Act, approved March 21, 1918, provided that " carriers while under Federal Control shall...Federal control, or with any order of the President " ; and WHEREAS since the Director General assumed control of said systems of transportation, suits...

...10 (US Сотр. St 1918, g 3115% j) provides: "That carriers while under federal control shall bo subject to all laws and liabilities as common carriers,...federal control or with any order of the President. Actions at law or suits in equity may be brought by and against such carriers and judgments rendered...

...therefore invalid. The argument overlooks the important exception in section 10 which follows the provision that carriers while under federal control shall be...arising under state or federal laws, or at common law, viz.: ''Except in so far as may be inconsistent with the provisions of this act or any other act applicable...

...contention * * • is rested specifically upon the clause in section 10, to the effect that the carriers 'shall be subject to all laws and liabilities as common carriers, whether arising under state or federal lows or at common law.' and the provision in section 15 (section 3115%o) that the 'lawful police regulations...