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 SIXTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 91. 1920. 485 its own initiative, either in extension of any pendi com laint or ’¤*·¤¤*¤¤‘¤¤°¤ ·¤· without any complaint whatever, the Commission shyl be ol) opinion VOL 3s' p` m` that any individual or jpint rate, fare, or charge whatsoever demanded, charged, or collected y any common carrier or carriers subnet to X<>1.34,p.5S9,amo¤d- this Act for the transportation of persons or property or {lor the ° ' transmission of messages as defined in the first section of this Act, or that any individual or joint classification, regulation, or practice whatsoever of such carrier or carriers subject to the provisions of this Act, is or will be unjust or unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential or prejudicial, or otherwise in violation of any of the provisions of this Act, the Commission is hereby ,,{;’·{,°gQ°@';{,b'° authorized and empowered to determine and prescribe what will be ` the just and reasonable individual or joint rate, fare, or charge, or rates, fares, or charges, to be thereafter observed in such case, or Mmm (mm the maximum or mimmum, or maximum and minimum, to be m¤m»a¢iliii.°° ` charged (or, in the case of a through route where one of the carriers is a water line, the maximum rates, fares, and charges applicable thereto), and what individual or joint classification, regulation, or practice is or will be just, fair, and reasonable, to be thereafter C,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,, ollowed, and to make an order that the carrier or carriers shall wrvlgran to rms me cease and desist from such violation to the extent to which the Com- Sm ° ' mission finds that the same does or will exist, and shall not thereafter publish, demand, or collect any rate, fare, or charge for such transportation or transmission other than the rate, fare, or charge so prescribed, or in excess of the maximum or less than the minimum so (prescribed, as the case may be, and shall adopt the classification an  conform to and observe the regulation or practice . so rescribe . P "(2) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all orders of the ,,,'f;*’¤¢ °'*°°* °‘ °*· Commission, other than orders for the payment of money, shall take ` effect within such reasonable time, not less than thirty da., and Coutmmm, shall continue in force until its further order, or for a specifiedrs period of time, according as shall be prescribed in the order, unless the same shall be simpended or modihed or set aside by the Commission, or be suspended or set aside by a court of competent jurisdiction. "(3) The Commission may, and it shall whenever deemed by it to ,°i;{‘{,‘{L',‘l§tc_{‘1‘},°`{$; be necessary or desirable in the public interest, after full hearing u on ;j{g,*j§g**°& ">’ C°m· complaint or upon its own initiative without a complaint, establish ` through routes, joint classifications, and joint rates, fares, or charges, applicable to the transportation of passengers or property, or the maxima or minima, or maxima and minima, to be charged (or, in ,,}§:g‘fm*“dmmim the case of a through route where one of the carriers is a water line, the maximum rates, fares, and charges applicable thereto), and the divisions of such rates, fares, or chargles as reinafter provided, and the terms and conditions under whic such throng; routes shall be w.,.,,¤,,,,u,,m,,d_ operated; and this provision, except as herein o erwise provided, m,,,,,, ,0,,,, ,,,_ shall appl when one of the earners is a water line. The Commission capita. shall not, however, establish any through route, classification, or practice, or any rate, fare, or charge, between street electric_ passenger railways not engaged in the general business of transporting freight in addition to eu- passenger and exgéress business, and railroads of Wholly by umua different character; nor shall the ommission have the right to °‘“°°‘*· establish any route, classification, or practice, or any rate, fare, or charge when the transportation is wholly lng water, and any transportation by water affected by this Act sh be subject to the laws and regulations applicable to transportation by water. _ t " (4) In establishing any such through route the Commission shall bT,,*L'§'§§h,§Ti§5g§’§Ti not (except as provided in section 3, and except where one of the mdcarriers is a water line), require any carrier:-jr railroad, without its consent, to embrace in such route substanti y less than the entire length of its railroad and of any intermediate railroad operated in