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 594 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3591. 1906. authority to require said carriers to file monthly reports of earnings and expenses or special reports within a specified period, and of any - such carrier shall fail to file such reports within the time fixed by the Commission it shall be subject to the forfeitures last above provided. R°°°'°’Y°‘P°°°“>’- “Said forfeitures shall be recovered in the manner provided for the recovery of forfeitures under the provisions of this Act. on-QQ”“°*"’““°° °' "The oath required by this sectron may be taken before any person ` authorized toadminister an oath by the laws of the State rn which the same is taken. °,f°"“’ °‘ "·°°°‘“““· "The Commission may, in its discretion, prescribe the forms_ of ` any and all accounts, records, and memoranda to be kept by carriers subject to the rovisions of this Act, including the accounts, records, and memorandli of the movement of traflic as well as the receipts and Accenwreccrus. expenditures of moneys. The Commission shall at all times have access to all accounts, records, and memoranda kept by carriers subject to this Act, and it shall be unlawful for suc carriers to keep any other accounts, records, or memoranda than those prescribed or ¤¤¤¤¤·'-*°¤¤· V approved by the Commission, and it may employ specral aggnts or examiners, who shall have authority under the order of the mmission to inspect and examine any and all accounts, records,/and memoranda kept bty such carriers. This provision shall apply to receivers of carriers an o ratrustees. · w $ “In case of fsliluretm<§· refusal on the part of any such carrier, receiver, or trustee to keep such accounts, records, and memoranda on the books and in the manner prescribed by the Commission, or to submit such accounts, records, and memoranda as are kept to the inspection of the Commission or any of its authorized agents or examiners, such carrier, receiver, or trustee shall forfeit to the United States the sum of five hundred dollars`for each such offense and for each and every day of the continuance of such offense, such forfeitures to ble recoverable rn the same manner as other forfeitures provided for in t is Act. P“*¤l*¤°¤* *°* “An rson who shall willfully make an false entr in the mamma' m' accounts Bi any book of accounts or in any riecord or melnoranda kept by a carrier, or who shall willfully destroy, mrrtilate, alter, or by any other means or device falsify the record of any such account, record, or memoranda, or who shall willfully neglect or fail to make full, true, and correct entries in such accounts, records, or memoranda of all facts and transactions appertaining to the carrier’s business, or shall keep any other accounts, records, or memoranda than those· prescribed or approved by the Commission, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shal be subject, upon conviction in any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction, to a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or imprisonment ‘ for ta germ qpt less than one year nor more than three years, or both suc ne an imprisonment. Ylfmgghgjyj Q;}  "Any examiner who divulges any fact or· information which may ammer. come to to his knowledge during the course of such examination, except in so far as he may be directed by the Commission or by a court or judge thereof, shal be subject, u on conviction in any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction, to a line of not more than five thouszandhdollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or ot . pc-”c"ff,‘}1lj’§;’;’c;°@§‘,; _ ":That the circuit and district courts of the United States shall have regumuons. jurisdiction, upon the application of the Attorney-General of the United States at the request of the Commission, alleging a failure to comply with ora violation of any of the provisions of said Act to regulate commerce or of any Act supplementary thereto or amendatory thereof by any common carrier, to issue a writ or writs of man-