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 SIXTY·FURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 451. 1916. 729 _ The term_"person" includes corporations, artnershi s, and asso- "*’¤¤¤¤L" ciations, existing under or authorized by tllfe laws of] the United Stateis, or any Stpte, Territory, District, or possession thereof, or of an oreign coun. gmc. 2. That  the meaning of this Act no corporation, part-   '°q‘”"" nershrp, or association shall be deemed a citizen of the United States unless the controlling interest therein is owned by citizens of the United States, a_nd, in the case of a cogoration, unless its resident and managing directors are citizens of the United States and) the corporation itsel is organized under the laws of the United States or of a State, Territory, istrict, or lpossession thereof. The provisions of this Act s all appliy to receivers and trustees of mSR°°°i"°” md tm all perions to whom the Act applies, an to the successors or assignees ` o suc persons. Sec. 3. _That a board is hereby created, to be known as the United P,},’g“§,**j,§“'°° Sm? ‘ States Shipping Board, and hereinafter referred to as the board. Crowd; ippvint- The board s al be composed of five commissioners, to be appointed m°°°’°w' by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senatesard board slillall annually elect one of its members as chairman and one as vice c airman. The first commissioners appointed shall continue in office for terms '1‘¤¤¤¤* °'¤m¤¤· of two, three, four, five, an six years, respectively, from the date of their appointment, the term of each to be designated by the President, but their successors shall be a pointed for terms of six years, ‘ except that any person chosen to sh a vacancy shall be appointed onl for the unexpired term of the commissioner whom he succeeds. 'lyhe commissioners shall be appointed with due re rd to their Q¤¤m¤**¤¤¤·°'*°~ fitness for the eiiicient discharge of the duties imposefbn them by this Act, and to afair representation of the geographical divisions of V the country. Not more than three of the commissioners shall be appointed rom the same political party. No commissioner shall be m°§,l‘,?‘Q3,§d_ °“‘*’l°"“°'“ · in the employ of or hold any official re ation to any common carrier by water or other person subject to this Act, or own any stocks or bonds thereof, or be pecuniariliinterested therein. No commissioner shall actively engage in any other business, vocation, or employment. Any commissioner may be removed bgi the President for inefficiency, omkemvvai. vw¤¤¤¤¤» neglect of duty, or malfeasance in 0 ce. A vacancy in the board ° shall not impair the right of the remaining members of the board_ to exercise all itsapowers. g`he board shall have an official seal, which shall be `udici notice . The biiard ma; adopt rules and regulations in regard to its pro- R¤¥·¤»·w· cedure and the conduct of its business. Sec. 4. That each member of the board shall receive a salarysof °u§¤¤¤¤·¤ 0* ¤¤*¤*¤¤· $7,500 per annum. The board shall aipppint a secretary, at a sa ry ' of $5,000 per annum, and employ an the compensation of suc attorneys, officers, naval architects, special experts, examiners, clerks, and other em loyees as it may find necessary for the proper performance of its diiities and as may be appropriated for by the Dems mm Congress. The President, upon the request o the board, may N,,v,,’m_ “""· authorize the detail of officers of the military, naval, or other services of the United Staples fog such duties as the board may deem necessary in connection wit its usiness. _ _ . With the exception of the secretary, a clerk to each commissioner, ,,,,Eg‘,§},"§,§§§3,°Y““v° the attorneys, naval architects, and such special experts and examr- E¤¤¤v¤<¤¤- ners as the board may from time to time ilnd necessary to employ for the conduct of its work, all employees of the board_ shal be a pointed from lists of eligibles to be supplied by the Civil Service Cidmmission and in accordance with the civil-service law. E mup“__ The expenses of the board, includirzg neccs§ expenses for trans- mm portation, incurred by the members o_ the be or y its employees under its orders, in making any mvestrgation, or upon officral business