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 828 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 552. 1903. dollars per annum, and who shall in the absence of the Commissioner act as, and perform the duties of, the Commissioner of Corporations, and who shall also perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor or by the said Commissioner. There shall also be in the said bureau a chief clerk and such special agents, clerks, and other employees as may be authorized by law. 0,IggE•gr{¤gg;g·,:g;; The said Commissioner shall have power and authority to make, mmm md mem-n under the direction and control of the Secretary of Commerce and °°”“"°'°°‘ Labor, diligent investigation into the organization, conduct, and management of the business of any corporation, joint stock company or coréporate combination engaged in commerce among the severa States ex‘ig¤t¤j;¤ °•¤'**¤* an with foreign nations excepting common carriers subjectte "An Vol; ufp. m. Act to regulate commerce," approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and to gather such information and data as will enable theTresident of the United States to make recommendations to Congress for legislation for the regulation of such commerce, d*f,8 °°”* and to report such data to the President from time to time as he shall · ` require; and the information so obtained or as much thereof as the -·····—~»· mm P'f”id`€Ii‘° "i2’ ‘”"“ ik21E? ”““$.° "“”.i°°¤..¤.d - ii. r n o er accomp IS e u s ec 1D e oregoin rt m Emu of this section, the said Commissioner shall have and exercise thesiiilrne power and authority in respect to corporations, joint stock companies and combinations subject to the provisions hereof, as is conferred on VN-Mem the Interstate Commerce Commission in said “Act to regulate commerce" and the amendments thereto in respect to common carriers so ,,g{{;*e*g•°°“'° °¤· far as the same may be applicable, including the right to subpoena and v¤1.é¢,pZsss. compel the attendance an testimopniy of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence and to minister oaths. All the requirements, obligations, liabilities, and immunities imposed or conferred by vol. 27. p. Ma said "Act to regulate commerce” and by "An Act in relation to testimony before the Interstate Commerce Commission," and so forth, approved February eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, supp emental to said "Act to regulate commerce," shall also apply to all rsons who may be subpcenaed to testify as witnesses or to produce ddcumentary evidence in pursuance of the authority conferred by this section. m,°g;1;*l,*;*;Y¤ °’°·-°* It shall also be the province and duty of said bureau, under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, to gather, compile, publish, and supply useful information concernin corporations doing usiness within the limits of the United States as 518ll engage in interstate commerce or in commerce between the United States and any foreign country, including corporations engaged in insurance, and to attend to such other duties as may be hereafter provided b law. mggglitggsg éjiggggg Sec. 7. That the jurisdiction, supervision and controly now posgmmm. sessed and exercised y the Department of the Treasury over the furseal, salmon and other fisheries of Alaska and over the immigration of aliens into the United States, its waters, territories and any place subjpct to the jurisdiction thereof, are hereby transferred and vested mx wumm in the Department of Commerce and Labor: Provided, That nothing me enema. ‘ contained in this Act shall be construed to alter the method of collecting and accounting for the head-tax prescribed by section one of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate immigration," approved August uC£Q_,"’g,l_°" C”‘“**° third, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. That the authority, power and jurisdiction now essed an exercised by the Secretary of the Treasury by virtue of any] law in relation to the exclusion from and the residence within the nited States, its territories and the District mfl;¤¤,{_g;B;>1;¤d¤;{gj of Columbia, of Chinese and persons of Chinese descent, are hereby mn. transferred to and conferred upon the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and the authority, power andljurisdiction in relation thereto now vested by law or treaty in the co ectors of customs and the col-