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 SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 150. 1913. 995 employees of the District of Columbia and members of the M t - itan police force of the  of Columbia to perform an; dlmtlie duties which the commission may from time to time, respectively 0¤¤·=•¤¤¤¤¤¤¤» assign to them, and to emplo any assistance and iix com tiori therefor withm the hmits of the appropriations for its use groin or hereafter made by Act of Congress. Par.96. That thesaidoommissionshallhereafterexercisesuthe mm uva-me §wers and have  the authority new vested by law in the Interstate :>i¤i'Ii¤ mmerce Commission by virtue and under the Act of Congess "‘%'§{§l5°"{,‘}‘,"§'},‘°" alzpoved May twenty-thn·d, mneteen hundred and eight, entitled ` · Aqzagutlrfrizizg  extensionsadtoclae made ofththevliines of the Anacos an o mac rver m, e ash.m’ gum Railway and Electric Company, the`Cit and Suburban Railway of Washington, and the Capital tion Company, in the Dktrict of Columbia, and for other mpoees/’ and sand power and authority shall no lonlg be exercised by sand Interstate Commerce Commission: Provided, t the orders, rules and regulations made by the Inter- 5L"°‘ ..,_ c,,,_ state Commerce Commission shall continue to be in force until “°'”'*'¤‘·"°°· chaphgzd, repealed,  or amended by the commksion created by_ _ section, which said commission is hereby given power and Emsdictron to issue and, at its pleasure, to revoke all permits, or ` censes, to carry  section into effect, and its rules and regulations sxlflall be valid and bmding on all public-service corporations and on ersons. Yghenever the commission shall be of inion, after hearmg' ?°'¤ *° ¤*°¤ *+ upon its own motion or upon complaint tllirat repairs, improvsmeldlg gill', i%¥°v:iil`il’é or changes in any street railroad, gas plant, electric plant, telephone lme, telegraph line, pipe line, water-power plant or the facilities of · any common carrier ought reasonably to be made, or that any addition of service or equipment ought reasonably to be made thereto, or that the vehicles or cars of any street railroad or common carrier are unclean, insanittzy, uncomfortable, inconvenient, or improperly equipped, opera, or maintained, or are in need of painti or unsigh y in appearance, or that any addition ought reasonab y to be made thereto, in order to promote the comfort or convenience of the public or employees, or in order to secure adequate service or facilities, the commission shall have power to make and serve an order directing that such repairs, improyements, changes, or additions to service or equipment be made wrthm a reasonable timeand in a manner to be specified therein, and every such public utility is hereby r uired an directed to obey every such order of the commission. c(l’ar. 97. That all the powers createdulpy this section andthe duty of m*;°"•;¤dqLC°g$lg& canzinithis section into effect and e orcing_the provisions thereof uma true nsw:. are ere vested in and imposed on the Commissioners of the District of Columbia as a governmental and administrative agenegyhand said powers shall be exercised and said duties performed as  rtronal and superadded powers to their powers and duties as Commissioners of the District of Columbia. The powers, authority, and duties hereby mgpyzxirémpgp: imposed on and granted said commissioners shall be permanent and msnsssgmamw are hereby   on and granted to the present Commissioners of *¤~ the District Columbia and their sumssors in office; The com- °'¤¤*’“°"·°°°· mission created   section shall, so soorg;-s convenient plfter its ass ,organize yeectingoneoitsnurn charrmauwoshall Eervggnilntil the first Monday in January, nineteen hundred and fourteenl On the first Monday in January in   odd-numbered year the commissioners shall meet and elect a chairman, who  serve for two years and until his successor is elected. A majority of said commissioners shall constitute a quorum to do business, and any vacancy shall not impair the right_of the remaining commissioners to exerciseall the powers of the commission. mvestrgauon, mqing !¤v¤¤¤¢·¤¤¤=» we or hearing within the powers of the commimion may be made or h d