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 six·rY-sEvnNTH couennss. sm. II. cH. 412. 1922. 1023 CHAP. ·i1$.—An Act To establish a commission to be known as the United States S¢IiWmb¢¤‘§h192'Z· Coal Commrmron for the purpose of securing information in connection with questions relative to interstate commerce in coal, and for other purposes, lP“bh°’ N°' W'] Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 Re esentatives 0 the United States of America in. Congress assemblgd, iii-rat for the{>urpose of c°l,lQ'.l,°f§.Xlr¤gl°°°° C"` securing information in connection with questions relative to inter- E5¢¤bliS¤¤dt0¤¤¢¤}¥¤ state commerce in coal and all uestions and problems ° out of iii;}-'§°fi$l’ °ri1°r.Q°i°frif£ and connected with the coal inldustry, there rs hereby ed a °°j,Pg•‘:;°""°;m governmental agency to be known and designated as the United ’P`__ ' tates Coal Commission, to be composed of not more than seven p<,‘f,‘{§‘§,,p§§{f{§’§{ “p' members aplpointed by the President of the United States, by and with the a vice and consent of the Senate. No member of the United States Senate or of the House of Representatives shall be eligible to serve on said commission. Said commission shall elect °¤‘8¤¤*¤*i<>¤»¤*¤- a chairman by majority vote of its members, shall maintain central offices in the District of Columbia, but may, whenever it deems it necessary, meet at such other places as it may determine. A member of the commission may be removed by the President for neglect S I I of duty or malfeasance in office but for no other cause. Each mem- ' ber of said commission shall receive a salary of $7 ,500 a year. Any vacanpy on the commission shall be Hlled in the same manner as the _ origin ap*pE>intment. Sa1d commission sha.H cease to exist one ,,,,52 °°'"“""*" l" °“° year after e taking effect of this Act. The term " person ’ as used in this Act means any individual, part- m{{?}g?,§,9' "P¤*¤°¤" nership, corporation, or association; the term "coal" means anthracite, bituminous, and other coal, lignite, coke, and culm, whether in place, extracted, or banked. _ It shall be the duty of said commission to investigate and ascertain ,t,,1Ef'$}°,;‘§,f{°}‘u‘}{{,,‘$,§‘; fully the facts and conditions and study the problems and questions *&’»°°·*d*°=i='¤**°¤*•Y relative to the coal industry with a view to and for the purpose of mm` aiding, assisting, and advising Congress in matters of legislation which will insure a supply of this commodity to the industries and the people generally t oughout the country and maintain the uninterrupted ow of commerce among the States, or any legislation which Congress may, after said investrglation, deem wise an which, under the Constitution, Congress has the power to enact. To this end said commission shall ascertain and report to the {f,‘}§§Q,f,‘}(fj§“t§,d°;,, President and Congress: As to the ownership and titles o the mines; ¤¤¤¤r¤¤i¤¤<1- prices of coal; the organizations and persons connected with the coal industry; cost of production; profits realized by the operators or owners of said mines during the last ten years; profits of other persons or corporations having to do with production, distribution, or sale of coa ; labor costs; wages paid; wage contracts; irregular production; waste of coal; and suggestions as to the remedy for the same; the conditions ggnerally under which coal is produced; distribution; the causes w 'ch from time to time induce strikes, thereby depriving interstate carriers of their fuel supply and otherwise interrupting the flow of interstate commerce; and all facts, circumstances, or conditions which would be deemed helpful in determining and establishing a wise and efficient policy by the Government relative to said industry. Said commission shall, under the provisions of this Act, make a sepmre investigaseparate investigation and report for- the anthracitg industry; which gg_g$D*ggggyj>f ¤¤- investigation and report shal cover all of the matters specified in 1)****1*5 ¤P¤¤*¤¤d- the last preceding paragraph, and shall cover also every other phase of the anthracite industry, including the production, transportation, and distribution of anthracite, and the organized or other relationships. if any, among the mine qperators or_ the mine workers, or among any persons engaged in e production, transportation, or distribution of coal.