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 SIXTY·THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 311. 1914. 719 The principal office of the commission shall be in the city of Wash- w*f§f,‘,,!’,‘g,§,_°*“°° *‘ ington, but it may meet and exercise all its powers at any other place. The comrmssion may, by one or more of its members, or by raqsa-is usswtm such examiners as it may designate, Ogrosecute any inquiry necessary to its duties in any part of the Unit States. H. , t Sec. 4. That the words defined in this section shall have the fol- .,,.4, S ° °"”° lowing meaning when found in this Act, to wit: ,_ co N ,, "Commerce’ means commerce among the several States or with mm ’ foreign nations, or in any Territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia, or between any such Territory and another, or between an such Territory and an State or foreign nation, or between the lgistrict of Columbia ancl any State or Territory or fore° nation. "(l£1rporation" means any company or association incorporated or “°°'P°"“°"·" unincorporated, which is organized to carry on business for profit and has shares of tcglpital or capital stock, and any company or association, incorpora or imincorporated, without shares of capital or capital stock, except partnerships, which is organized to carryon business for its own profit or that of its members. H _ “Documentary evidence" means aH documents, patpgrs and cor- d,,,£f%?"’“°“‘°” °“' respondence in existence at and after the passage o Act. ‘ Acts to regulate commerce" means the Act entitled "An Act to m;$y.Pmf,? **8****** regulate commerce," approved February fourteenth, eighteen hun- v¤1.z4,_p.svo; vu. dred and eighty-seven, and all Acts amendatory thereof and supple- §§3}’v;°¥}§y,y§}36°§’” mentary thereto. _ H Am,] "Antitrust acts " means the Act entitled "An Act to protect trade v,1‘“P,",,“,°m_ and commerce t unlawful restraints and monopolies," approved July second, e hundred and ninety; also the sections seventy- "°*· ”·1*°"°· three to seventy-seven, inclusive, of an Act entitled "An Act to realluce taxation, to progid; revenue for the Gtplver11p;n1}pent,hand for ot er purposes, approv u t twentv-seven, e' teen un _ and ninety-;four; and also the Eli entitled "An Act to amend sections v°l‘3" °' m' severity-t ee and seventy-six of the Act of August twenty-seventh, ' eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled ‘An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes} ’ approved February twelfth, nineteen hundred and thirteen. mr mm 1 gmc. 5. That unfair methods of competition in commerce are ,,,l,;‘f,.mr.,'},'l,,,r,,.;,,‘}_ hereby declared unlawful. ,,mm,,mbyCm_ The commission is hereby empowered and directed to prevent museupersons, partnershipp, or corporations, except banks, and common carriers subject to the Acts to regulate commerce, from using unfair methods of competition in commerce. Whenever the commission shall have reason to believe that any S‘"’°°°'°"”‘“‘ such_ person, (partnership, or corporation has been or is using any unfair metho of competition in commerce, and if it shall appear to the commission that a roceedinignby it in respect thereof would be to the interest of the public, it sh issue and serve upon such person, partnership, or corporation a complaint stating its charges m that respect and containing a notice o a heariughupon a day and at a place therein fixed at least thirty days after the service o said complaint. The person, partnership or corporation so corenplained of mgg,1§•¤**°°° °’ W shall have the right to a ear at the place and time so fix and show cause why an or er shoxxdi not be entered by the commission requiring such person, partnership, or corporation to cease and desist from the violation of the law so charged in said complaint, Any person, ,¤g;§g'M§°°'“¤¤ mv partnership, or co?oration may make application, and upon good cause shown_ may e allowed by the commission, to intervene and appear in said proceednnglgy counsel or in person. The testimony w§;j§;*'¤**°¤ ·>f ¢¤¤· in any such proceeding s be reduced to writing and  m the ` office of the commission. If upon such hearing the commission shall d§§‘§f’ °' "“°' ‘°