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 722 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 436, 437. 1916. commerce," as amended, and who are now or may hereafter be actually engaged in any capacity in the operation of trams used for the transportation of persons or property on railroads, except railroads independently owned and operated not exceeding one hundred miles in length, e ectric street railroads, and electric mterurban railroads, from any State or Territory of the United States or_the District of Columbia to any other State or Territory of the_United States or the District of Columbia, or from one place m a Territory to another place in the same Territory, or from any place in the United States to an adjacent foreign country, or from any place rn the _ United States through a foreign country to any othemace in the ·i—’¤':$°°1¤§1 or mmm United States: Promded, That the above exceptions s not apply “*¤¤°*°*°°P°°‘*· to railroads though less than one hundred miles in length w_ose principal business is leasing or furnishing  or transfer facilities to other railroads, or are themselves engaged m transfers of freight between railroads or between railroads an industrial plants. ‘°,,',§f· Sec. 2. That the President shall appoint a commission of three, erm. ’ which shall observe the operation and effects of the institution of the eight-hour standard wor day as above defined and the facts and conditions affecting the relations between such common carriers and employees during a period of not less than six months nor more than B°°°"‘ nine months, in the discretion of the commission, and within thirty days thereafter such commission shall report its findings to the President and Congress · that each member of the commission created A E H under the provisions of, this Act shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the President. That the sum of $25,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of anfy money in the United States Treasury not otherwise approprinted, or the necessary and proper expenses incurred in connection with the work of such commission, including salaries, per diem, traveling expenses of members and emaployees, and rent, furniture, office fixtures and supplies, books, s aries, and other necessary expenses, the same to approved by the chairman of said commisf sion and audited by the proper accounting officers of the Treasury. ,2*;,  Sec. 3. That   the report of the commission herein provided for and for a period 0 thirty days thereafter the com nsation of railway employees subject to this Act for a standardweight-hour workday shall not be reduced below the present standard day’s wage, and for all_ necessary time in excess of eight hours such employees shall be paid at a rate not less than the pro rata rate for such standard eight-hour workday. ,,§°“,§,‘i§"“‘°°" ’°’ "°' Sec. 4. That an person violating any provision of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be lined not less than $100 and not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not to exceed one year, or both. Approved, September 3, 1916. Approved, September 5, 1916. S°"*?§"§{..2:,‘°‘“‘ t cigar, 4::;.-aq Act T? mfg: slsletxirpps fisc gud si? of an Aa ensued ··.».¤ Act __“""""'* 0 SI1 0l’1Z(:‘ 8 O 111 " ¥"°"“°·”°·°“*·* rwe¤aera,meQl31;i.`.i.$°mea°§¤a eight. ° tm`) Mm°°°°°°’ °Ppr°v°d my ,,uwc,mds_ Be it ena.c¢ed_lyy the Senate and House ry Represmztativea of the United ch2¤é¤e¤ Stages if America. an Congress asscrnbled, That section five of the Act ’ ‘ entitle "An Act to authorize the drainage of certain lands in the State of Minnesota, " approved May twentieth, nineteen hundred and mama hm eight, he, and the same 1s_hereby, amended so as to read as follows: M ,mmm,dP§*§m,s O'; Sec. 5. _That at any tune after any sale of unentered lands has g£¤¤em Government been made in_the manner and for the purposes mentioned in this Act veiafs, ,, m, patent shall mus to the purchaser thereof upon payment to the °”“° receiver of the mmunum price of $1.25 per acre, or such other price