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SEC. 17 [as amended March 2, Procedure of 1889 (25 Stat., 855)]. That the Commission. Commission may conduct its proceedings in such manner as will best conduce to the proper dispatch of business and to the ends of justice. A majority of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but no Commissioner shall participate in any hearing or proceeding in which he has any pecuniary interest. Said Commission may, from time to time, make or amend such general rules or orders as may be requisite for the order and regulation of proceedings before it, including forms of notices and the service thereof, which shall conform, as nearly as may be, to those in use in the courts of the United States. Any party may appear before said Commission and be heard, in person or by attorney. Every vote and official act of the Commission shall be entered of record, and its proceedings shall be public upon the request of either party interested. Said Commission shall have an official seal, which shall be judicially noticed. Either of the members of the Commission may administer oaths and affirmations and sign subpoenas.

SEC. 18 [as amended March 2, Salaries. 1889 (25 Stat., 855)]. That each .Commissioner shall receive an an

nual salary of seven thousand five

hundred dollars, payable in the

same manner as the judges of the

courts of the United States. The Employees. Commission shall appoint a secretary, who shall receive an annual salary of three thousand five hundred dollars, payable in like manner. The Commission shall have authority to employ and fix the compensation of such other em

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ployees as it may find necessary to the proper performance of its Offices and duties. Until otherwise provided by law, the Commission may hire suitable offices for its use, and shall have authority to procure all necessary office supplies. Witnesses Witness fees. summoned before the Commission shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the courts of the United States.

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All of the expenses of the Com- Expenses. mission, including all necessary expenses for transportation incurred by the Commissioners, or by their employees under their orders, in making any investigation, or upon official business in any other places than in the city of Washington, shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the chairman of the Commission. SEC. 19. That the principal office Office and sesof the Commission shall be in the sion. city of Washington, where its general sessions shall be held; but whenever the convenience of the public or the parties may be promoted or delay or expense prevented thereby, the Commission may hold special sessions in any part of the United States. It may, by one or more of the Commissioners, prosecute any inquiry necessary to its duties, in any part of the United States, into any matter or question of fact pertaining to the business of any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act.

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SEC. 20. That the Commission Annual ports from caris hereby authorized to require riers. annual reports from all common carriers subject to the provisions of this Act,

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SEC. 20. That the Commission is hereby authorized to require annual reports from all common carriers subject to the provisions of this Act,

and from the owners of all railroads engaged in interstate commerce as defined in this Act,

to prescribe the manner in which such reports shall be made, and to require from such carriers specific answers to all questions upon which the Commission may need information. Such annual reports shall show in detail the amount of capital stock issued, the amounts paid therefor, and the manner of payment for the same; the dividends paid, the surplus fund, if any, and the number of stock

carrier's annual

holders; the funded and floating Contents of debts and the interest paid thereon; report. the cost and value of the carrier's property, franchises, and equipments; the number of employees and the salaries paid each class;

[See act on reporting of accidents, p. 52.]

the amounts expended for improvements each year, how expended, and the character of such improvements; the earnings and receipts from each branch of business and from all sources; the operating and other expenses; the balances of profit and loss; and a complete exhibit of the financial operations of the carrier each year, including an annual balance-sheet. Such reports shall also contain such information in relation to rates or regulations concerning fares or freights, or agreements, arrangements, or contracts

with other common carriers,

as the Commission may require; and the

said

Commission may,

within

its discretion, for the purpose of enabling it the better to carry out the purposes of this Act, prescribe (if in the opinion of the Commission it is practicable to prescribe such uniformity and methods of keeping accounts)

a period of time within which all common carriers subject to the provisions of this Act shall have, as near as may be, a uniform system of accounts and the manner in which such accounts shall be kept.

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counts.

holders; the funded and floating debts and the interest paid thereon; the cost and value of the carrier's property, franchises, and equipments; the number of employees and the salaries paid each class;

the accidents to passengers, employees, and other persons, and the causes thereof;

the amounts expended for improvements each year, how expended, and the character of such improvements; the earnings and receipts from each branch of business and from all sources; the operating and other expenses; the balances of profit and loss; and a complete exhibit of the financial operations of the carrier each year, including an annual balance-sheet. Such reports shall also contain such information in relation to rates or regulations concerning fares or freights, or agreements, arrangements, or contracts

affecting the same

as the Commission may require; and the

Commission may,

in

its discretion, for the purpose of enabling it the better to carry out the purposes of this Act, prescribe

a period of time within which all common carriers subject to the provisions of this Act shall have, as near as may be, a uniform system of accounts, and the manner in which such accounts shall be kept.

Said detailed reports shall con- Time embraced tain all the required statistics for in reports.

the period of twelve months end

ing on the thirtieth day of June in each year, and shall be made out under oath and filed with the Commission, at its office in Washington, on or before the thirtieth day of September then next following,

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