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 798 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 463. 1916. Tm" °°“¤'°”- ernment, and such departments and inde endent establishments of the Government shall cooperate fully with the commission for the purposes of aiding and assisting in its work, and, when directed by the resident, shall finnish to the commission, on its request, all records, D.,e,,u,,,;,,M,;,_ papers, and_ mformation in their possession relatingufo any_of the sn jects of mvestigation by said commission and s ll detail, from time gxorginie, such officials and employees to said commission as he ma c . ,,g'§} ‘;‘£j Sync. 708. lt shall be unlawful for any member of the United States lswiuh Tariff Commission, or for any employee, agent, or clerk of said commission, or any other officer or employee of the United States, to divulge, or to make known in any manner whatever not provided for Elyulaw, to any person, the trade secrets or_processes of any person,, copartnership, corporation, or association embrace in any t { L examination or mvestigation conducted by said commission, or by ,mQ“*’*""""_ °" ° order of said comm1ssion,_0r by order of-any member thereof. Any offense against the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or b imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion ofy the co1u·t, and such offender shall also be dismissed from office or discharged from emplognent. The commission shall have power to investigate the 6t§=g¤v§s<;¤i§§;?0{1Pm,  conomy Pact and sumlar organizations and arrangements ' m urope. Arvwprhucn for Sec. 709. That there is hereb t d, f th urpg { ° I m` defraying the_ expense of the estiibhghhigritaahd rrildinteiialiice ofctlie commission, mcludmgl the payment of salaries herein authorized, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise Smmq t tb _ aplpropnatod, the sum of $300,000 for the fiscal year ending June um, “°" °“ °“' vth, Dmetecn hundred and seventeen, and for each fiscal year thereafter a like sum is authorized to be appropriated. Umm companies. TITLE VIII.——UNFA.IR COMPETITION. "*’"S°¤"°·>¤S°m¤<*· Sec. 800. That when used in this title the term "person" includes xm in d ui partnerships, corporations, and associations. gg gh} $;m;•§t_  301. _That it shall be nnlawful for any person  or mz, ui:li::mn¤m ginsugiggagnporting any articles from any foreign country into the _, common y and systematicallgmto im rt, sell or cause to be imported or sold such articles wit the lhiited States at a price substantially less than the actual market value or wholegnlewprice 0; such artunes, alt; the time of exportation to the United a s, in the principa mar ets of the count of the d t' nag; pglénn fotnngln lnountikien tnd which tnley &12¥C0II11I1€:)1flll§r;;1X;)1((E;‘i»(€;§: c marevueorwoe 't t Pm nn; nither ciiangles and extp\ensIns_ne(negsarily %;cidIdl1il§01io ihl§ir1ipo]i‘·t§.;` wi°¤·i__ D_ n sae creom e mte tate: 0*mZded,Tht h %$i»§§1°tsfiris  or acts be done with the intent of destroyiiig ofr injuring $1 iiiifusif; in the United States, or of preventing the establishment of an in— g;11s£»r(_§ n1mtg1eaUn1ted States,_ or ofhrestraimng nin monopolizing any lm or vi e n commerce m suc artic es in U 'ted St te . ,,,§,,},Sf*"“°°° ‘ °‘ Any person who violates or combines or conspiiies gith an; otiher person to violate this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be dnnunished by a fine not exceedin $5 000
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mmm my - Any Person mjureddn  business 91' pl'0p€1‘ty by reason of any violation of, or combination or conspiracy to violate, this section (niaysue therefor in the district court of the United States for thai mmm mw istrnct in which the defendant resides or is found or has an agent uuma. without respect to the amount in controvers and shall e 1 threefold the damages sustained and the cost df the suit fzlcoycr a reasonable attorney’s fee. ’ ’ m udmg