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 488 SIXTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 91. 1920. §',"§,,;°f;_ _" (10) With respect to traliic not routed ·by the ship£Ser,_the_Com— rect =¤¤¤·= ¤<>¢ roared- mission may, wheneyer the public interest and a fan- tnbution of itzie traffic reqtolire, du·ect tho route which such traflic shall take aft; arnves at e terminus 0 one carrier or at a junction point wi another carrier and is to be there delivered to another carrier." e§'Q°£'°°h' '""”` Sao; 421. Section 15 of the Interstate Commerce Act is hereby "`°L °“·P-***3- further amended by inserting " (11)" at the bgnning of the six pmggpgplr, “ (12) " 31;    of (hg ggvgn ‘ Eg;·q,g·3,ph’   " 3 ttl}:   tllioleigh paragraph, and " (I4) ’ at the begmmng Nswsection. ° · . seamen. . Sec. 422. e  terstate Commerce Act is further amended b inma serlii;g1afteo· (Election 15 a new section to be known as section 15ayand to as ows: ‘ “°““*“‘ °‘ “'°‘°’·” "Smp. 15a. (3) When useal    soiction the term "rates" means ,_ rates ares an charges an c ass' cations, regulations, and race£?im°°°° °f °"` ticesfrelatiiig thereto· the term "carrier" means a carrier by rail;-cad or partgy by railroad and_partly by water, within the continental SP°°“‘°°‘°’“’*°””· United tates, subject to this Act, excluding (a) sleeping-car companies and express companies, (b) street or subm· an electric railways unless operated as a part of a general steam railroad system of transportauonéréo)  sliectric railwiays unless operated as a part 031 a gen seamr _ stemo trans rtationorengagedin e gqreral transportation ofvfreight, and _(dl0 any belt-line ra road, ternnhial 8W1 1°8ll.I'08»(ltg&)l' ot der termoo:5 facility, owned exclusivelg _, an maintain 0 ra an contro by any State o lif i¤g$'l£tJ$°.ieE;'Ki' subdivision  ond the term "net railway operatin,;ii)1i);o1xi(ii" R means railway operatingmcome, including m the computation thereof A§§§;mm of, by debrts and credits arising from equipment rents joint facility rents. l9l·;g¤l¤gg¤_¤;r€1m‘;h¤:;; " (2) In the egcercise of its power to Hofescnbegust and reasonable mmeuprepeqesea rates the Commission shall untiate, mo y, esta lish or adjust such rates so thtegt carriers as do iéhole (or as a wlgole in each of such rate grou or m nesas e ommissionma rom time to tim d `— natelwwill, under honest eilicient and ecoiiomical managemsnt Bsiiiiil reasonable expenditures flor mamtenance of way, structures and equi ment, earn an aQ·egate annual net railwayxoperating income us, agi] nearly as moy o, to; fair retugnlggon the aggregate value S? the r way proper y 0 su carriers e or and used in the service of §§,‘f,"fg",,;,,,,,,,, pw transportation: _Promded, That the Commission shall havereasonable ¤=1¤<·<¤· latitude to modify or adjust any particular rate which it may find to be unjust or unreasonable, and to prescribe different rates for different _ sections of the country. P,§§,'§';;}‘°§{;’,g,,h,‘;{ " (:3) The Commission shall from time to time determine and make erj_gry¤·g;{lj;j¤r¤ ¤¤ wv- public what percentage of such aggregate poo rty value constitutes a fair return thereon, and such percentage s allxbe uniform for all rate TflDSp0l'€8tl0¤  pr   Whig?       tge C0 i0n' · 9,,, n mal¤ng_ suc e ermma ion i s give ue consi eration am mdmmomw other things to the transportatmn needs of the country and thre node? sity (underlnonest efficient and economical management of existing Prom transportation f acihties) of enlarging such facilities in order to provide ygpsteadoptedfortwo ggjéggétg @6   States   adequlogse tlipnsportaticn; Pm. · _ _, a uring e wo ears egmnin 1 1920, h - mission shall take as such fair return a su11§eq_1£i;l: to be er ctinnilaugiizf such aggregate value, but may, in its discretion add tiixereto a sum not exceeding one—half of one per centum of such aggregate value to molotofuw for better- glsge glx vglholecor in  for improvements, betterments or, _ cor mg c accoun t ' Dmmmmm 0, the §8mEm1ssti1on, are chargoatlolie; to capital i1ldi:€>3iir2.cm pr°S°"b°d by pro va1ue._ _ ‘ or e purposes 0 section, h t ,,‘€€°it;i’;i,;¥‘““°“ ‘°‘ propertyof the camera shall be determinieldcby §e€-ggniirriiaslsliriiuoiriyliri, V 37. p- 701- tune to time and as often as may be necessary. The Commission may utilize the results of its investigation under section 19a of this Act, in