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 718 SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 311. 1914 posed of five commissioners, who shall be appointed by the President, and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Not more than tgee of the commissioners shall be members of the same political '*`*¤*¤• °'°¤°•·°*°· party. The first commissioners ap(pomted shall contmue m officeor tems of three four, five, six, an seven yea.rs, respect1ve1y, from the date of the taking effect of  Act, the term of each to   designated biy the President, but their successors shall be aispomted for terms 0 seven years, except that any person chosen to a vacancy shall be appointed ong for the unexpued term of the commissioner Rsmmm whom he s all succe . The commission shall choose a chairman ` from its own membership. No commissioner shall engage m any asmtvnmasas. other business, vocation, or emfployment: Any commissioner may be removed by the President or meiiiciency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance m office. A vacancy m the commission shall not impair the right of the remaining commissioners to exercise all the powers of the commission. _ S••¤· The commission shall have an official seal, winch shall be judicially noticed. S°'“"°°· Sec. 2. That each commissioner shall receive a salary_of $10,000 a. year, payable in the same manner as the salaries of the prdges of the Secretary. courts o the United States. The commission shall aqpomt a. secretary, who shall receive a salary of $5,000 a year, Eréayab m like manner, and it shall have authority to employ and the compensation Btéttorneys, umu, of such atgogmys, ¥g§a,l_ experts, examiners, clerks, and other em loyees as It may _ time to time find necessary for_the proper peigorxnance of its duties and as may be from tlII16 to l51l]16 appro- A mm I u priated for by Congrem. _ _ Bmiggo ,8,,:}* ° °" With the exception of the secretary, a clerk to each commissioner, the attorneys and such special extperts and examiners as the commission may from time to time fin necessary for the conduct of its work, all employees of the commission shall be a part of the classified civil service, and shall enter the service under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the commission and by the Civil Service P  of ... cl ...,, ... ¤;g’_m¤¤* °‘ W o e expenses e commission, in u necessary p° expenses for transportation incurred by the commissioners or by their egiiréplgfees under their orders, in making any investigation, or upon C1 business m any other places than m the city of Washington, shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the commission. R*¤’· Until otherwise provided by law, the commission may rent suitable omces for its use. ¢’·¤’““¤¢ ¤¢¤<>¤¤*=‘· The Auditor for the State and Other Departments shall receive and examine all accounts of expenditures of the commission. , ¤¤*¤=·¤ 0* <`~¤¤¤¤» Sec. 3. That upon the o anization of the commission and elecmnssmxsnea rs ' v¤rsz,p.sz-zj tion of its chairman, the Bureau of Corporations and the offices of Whom mm in Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Corporations shall cease coinmbsiorh to exist; and all pending investigations and proceedings of the Bureau of Corporations shall be continued by the commission. p,§;_g*¤*¤* gi $3*;; All clerks and employees of the said bureau shall be transferred pmp¤»h¤¤s,a¤.’ to and become clerks and em loyees of the commission at their- res- P°""" ML ent ades and salaries. All, records, a rs and ro rt of the, Q P P6 P P° Y said ureau shall become records, papers, and property of the commission, and all unexpended fands and appropriations for the use and maintenance of the said bureau, including any allotment 8.ll‘68dy made to it by the Secretary of Commerce from the contingent appropriation for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year nineteen undred and fifteen, or from the dgpartmental rinting fnmd for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and teen, shall iiecome fnmds and appropriations available to be expended by the commission in the ixezrcise of the powers, authority, and duties conferred on it by this c.