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aaaj4 ajita fia auaj ssafct or airfioa oroogit or
fHttuaunfcifl aii rte a-aane of, or oa feeaalf of, tie
rsriteid Sat-aUis. bn.t a a sasae, aad ai! oiaer cases
of aMiiiiemjKt aoa xetiScaHy a3?ra--&a vithin
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witfon-.araij to ttae esaes at law and La eqaity
Sae. 23- Taai so proceeding for cooiempt
iftuill e iaJiatod agaiast any fverson unless
tfga Tr3t&5a oae year froia ine daie of the act
tw6SlaiBd ofraor saal any such proceeding be
a Sr 4o aay eriiaiaal prosecaition for tip same
sxt or acis: tat aoitaiag herein contained shall
aatcit aay 3rceedags ia coaiempt pending at
the date of (tie passage of tais act.
Interstate Commerce Committee's Bill
H. H. SiGSiC Aa aci so anvnd sctioa 1-sreniy
of as a-!t bo rfewlatt conii!Biieri"et Jo prereal orer-
8.)nsiE of wmrtMssB ?y carriers, and for otber par-
Be it aartd "by the senate and hoese of rep
TfcintaSiTj; oU tb Uoited Stales of AiaerJca, in
coosMsEis aaM-asbled, Section 1. That section
twenty of an act entitled "An act to regulate
commerce" approved February fourth, eighteen
iiMudred and eignty-seTen. as amended, be
amended sro as hereafter to read as follows:
"See. 2. That the commission is hereby au
thorized to reqnire annual reports from all com
mon carriers subject to the provisions of this
ad, 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 spe
cific answers to all questions upon which the
commission may need information. Such annual
report shall show in detail the amount of capital
slock issued, the amounts paid therefor, and the
manner of payment for the same; the dividends
pad, the surplus fund, if any, and the number
of stockholders; the funded and floating debts
and the interest paid thereon; the cost and value
of th carrier's property, franchises, and equip
ments; the number of employees, and the salaries
paid each class; the amounts expended for im
provements 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 ex
penses; 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
cuch information in relation to rates or regula
tions concerning fares or freights, or agree
7nents, arrangements, or contracts affecting the
same, as the commission may require; and the
commission jnay, in its discretion, for the pur
pose 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
fce, a uniform system of accounts, and the man
ner in which such accounts shall be kept.
"Said deiailed reports shall contain all the re
quired statistics for the period of iwelve months
enuing on the thirtieth day of June in each vea?
or on toe thirty-first day of December in each
year if the commission by order substitute that
period for the year ending June thirtieth, and
shall be made out under oath and filed with the
commission at its office in Washington within
l m.onUls afUir the close the ver for
".1?eir?POrt is made' unJess addi?ion?l time
be granted in any case by the commission- and
f any carrier, person, or corporation subject to
e provisions of this act shall fail to make and
file said annual reports within the tiSe above
specified, or within the time extended bv tJS
shall fan to make specific answer to any aieV
on authorized by the provisions of thts SecS
within the time fixed by the commit L ?
party shall forfeit to the TJnfied sS S ' h
of one hundred dollars fSrX?ed;
Sitpn TnhUp t0 be in default with respect
J ( t?' The commission shall also have an
thonty by general or speoial orders tn rJ5
said carriers, or any of them to me monffiv rl
ports of earnings and expenses an? tn J?"
periodical or special, or both nariod?ni , flle
cjal, reports concern ng : S ' mattera abon?
he commission is autlfortaed o req"reJ bJVwJ
SfStS It P
the issuance by said carrlerJ nf Ji 'eBnPdllB
other evidences o IntoreS o? iSiiS8,ib011d8' 0r
b wol. as or a., .othor'nnradailrano'ra
"kaTe taien place dnrSsag sacb period, unih rbona
bad whether in cash, in aecorSties,, or ia ottr
Tzlvzbfe eonsStferaJSoii. The jpomiaiEioa m&r
ak.o regaSre the carrier to compile ior, tbe 5sl
fenBatSon o its sJoeSibollderB sacSa iaets ia "j.
gard to the financial traneactiOEis.joX tie carr
Tor its fiscal year asd in scctf ioim as. the eoa.1
raiasaoa mzj direct. .' ( ""
"Sncb seriodical or Ejfceeaal irepprits totke eons
miaioa, and rBporls of Urn carrier to slecikboid
ers, shall be under alb TB-benerer like comakil
siofl so reQUires; and iff aay swicb canties- stir.
fall to 'make and file any ssccb periolcal or st i
clal report, or report to its EftocMaolds, TRl:i.c
the time fixed hy Uie cosaamission, It, sfeat! ta scL
jtect to the forfeitures last atoye prodded, '
- '"Said forfeStnres sball te jreEoverecE ia tie
aaner provided for the Tecorerj pi HorieHuTl
aader the proyisions of tbis act.
"The oatb required hj this seciioa may t-e
taken before any person autborised to adaiLv
ist'er an oatb Tjy the laws of the place la wikJ:
tbo same is taken.
'The" commission shall bay "tbe power to in
vestigate all financial transactions of said car
riers and to examine into the, adaial" cost and
value of property acquired by, or serfices rend
ered 10, said carriers. The carrier nsay be re
quired hy order of the commission to di3eloe
ererj interest, direct or indirect, of the direct
ors, stockholders, officers, agents, attorneys, ex
ployees, receivers, or operating trustees of su?b
carrier in any transaction under investigation
In addition to the oertiScaXes and reports herein
mentioned, the commission may require the
carrier to furnish any further statements of fac:
or evidence that it may deem necessary or ap
propriate relating to business transactions 6i,
for, or with said carrier.
"The commission may, in its discretion, pre
scribe the forms of any and all accounts, records,
and memoranda to be kept by carriers subject
to the provisions of this act, "including the ac
counts, records, and memoranda of tfse move
ment of traSc, as well as the receipts and ex
penditures of moneys, and it shall be unlawful
for said carriers to keep any otber accounts,
records, or memoranda than those prescribed or
approved by the commission. . ,
"In case of failure or refusal on the p&rz ci
any said carrier to keep sucb accounts, records,
and memoranda in the manner prescribed by the
commission, said carrier shall forfeit to tie
United States the sum of five hundred dollars
for each such offense and for each and ever?
day of the continuance of sucb offense, such
forfeitures to be recoverable in the same manner
as other forfeitures provided for in this act.
"The commission shall at all times have acces?
to all accounts, records, memoranda, corre
spondence, documents, papers, and other writ
ings, regardless of the dates thereof, relating to
financial transactions of, for, or with said
earners, and kept or preserved bv or for, or in
the custody or under the control of .
.'79 Any carrir subject to this act;
, (b) Any director, stockholder, officer, aent,
attorney, employee, receiver, or operating trus
teoof said carrier;
"(c) Any other person, persons, corporation,
jomNstock company, or corporate combination
having, or having bad, any financial transac
tions with or for said carrier
"The commission may employ special agents
or examiners, who shall have authority 'under
the order of the commission to inspect, examine,
and take copies of any and all accounts, records,
memoranda, correspondence, documents, papers
and other writings to which the commission has
the right of access as above provided. Failure
or refusal to afford such access shall constitute
an offense for -which the offender shall forfet'
to the United States the sum of five hundred
dollars for each such offense, and for each and
every day of the continuance of the offense, such
forfeitures to be recoverable in the same man
ner as other forfeitures provided fdr in this a
Any parson or persons, natural or artificia".
who shall willfully make, or cause to be made,
any false entry in any accounts, records, or
memoranda kept by a carrier subject to this act.
or who shall. willfully neglect or fail to make, or
cause to be made, full, true, and correct entries
in such accounts, records, or memoranda of all
incts, and transactions appertaining to the ear
ner s business, or shall keep or cause, to be
Kept any other accounts, recordsor memoranda
qt said business tuan those prescribed or a -proyed
by the commission, .or who shall will
?1.fllf! or cawso to be filed, any application,
ceruueate, or other: paper required under this
iVl containing false or erroneous statements of