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 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3591. 1906. 593 tion to grant such a rehearing if sufficient reason therefor be made to appear. Applications for rehearing shall be overned by such general rules as the Commission may establish. Ni such application Not to suspend .5,,. shall excuse any carrier from complying with or obeying any decision, *°’°°m"""1 °”°· order, or requirement of the Commission, or 0 rate in any manner to stay or postpone the enforcement thereof, withbut the special order of the Commission. In case a rehearing is granted the proceedings Proceedings. thereupon shall conform as nearly as may be to the proceedings in an original hearing, excefpt as the Commission may otherwise direct; and if, in its iudgment, a ter such' rehearing and the consideration of all facts, inc uding those arising since the former hearing, it shall appear that the original decision, order, or requirement is in an respect unjust or imwarranted, the Commission may reverse, change, or modify the same accordingly. Any decision, order, or requirement Electofdecision. made after such rehearin, reversing, changing, or modifying the original determination shall be subject to the same provisions as an ori 'nal order. S20. 7. That section twenty of said Act be amended so as to read as Annmn mpom. follows: v°l‘ A p' m' "Sec. 20. That the Commission is hereby authorized to require m%°g¤;;g; ggfjfiji annual reports from all common carriers sulgect to the provisions of roads to answer all this Act, and from the owners of all railroa s 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 s ciiic answerstoall questions upon which the Commission may need infdimm tion. Such annual reports shall show in detail the amount of capital D¤¤*'¤- stock issued, the amounts paid therefor, and the manner of payment for the same; the dividen s paid, the surplus fund, if any, and the number of stockholders; the funded and iloating 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 Information as to shall also contain such information in relation to rates or regulations ¤°°*· °°¤°¤‘°*·°· °*°· concernin fares or freights, or agreements, arrangements, or contracts affecting tlie same as the Commission may require; and the Commis· ummm system or sion 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 contain all the required statistics for Srggogutgf rethe period of twelve months ending on the thirtieth day of June in p° ' 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, unless additional time be granted in an case by the Commission; and if any carrier, person, or corporation rsnmty me nun. subject to the provisions of this Act shall fail to make and file said °°m¤’“““°°· anmml re rts within the time above specified, or within the time extended hy) the Commission for making and filing the same, or shall fail to make specific answer to any question authorized by the provisions of this section within thirty days from the time it is lawfully required so to do, such parties shall forfeit to the United States the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every day it shall continue M ml nd to be in default with respect thereto. The Commission shall also have ,,,,,,K$_,_ " vox. xxxiv, rr 1-38