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 1024 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 412. 1922. b°*;§•j,*;=m°¤¤¤“°¤¤” Said commission shall also submit recommendations relative to: Stspdsiwimng mm (a) Standardizing the mines upon the basis of their economic °°’°°‘°"’°°°‘ roductive ca acity and regarding the closing down of mines which, by reason of  natural limitations, or other conditions, fall below _ the standard.  iam (b) Ascertaining and standardizingl the cost of living for mine gggfs °' mm "°'k°”· workers and the livindg conditions whic must be supplied or afforded in order to surroun the workmen with reasonable comforts, and standardizing also as far as practicable the amount of work a man shall erform for a reasonable wage, rececégnizing the value and effect _ _ of suclin surronmdings in respect of their ciency. ,,,?,§€, ,,}’,§€£ (c) Standardizing a basis of arriving at the overhead cost of prod¤¤“°¤·°*°· ducing and distributing the coal, including delivery at the door of the consumer, recognizing in this compilation that the standardized cost of living to the miners should be the first and irreducible item Ownership regu1a· of expense. · · · · · • · ¤,,,,.,,.,.,,,,,;,;_ _ (d) The advisabilrty of any legislation having to do with govern- _ ment or private ownership, regulation or control in the coal industry. T”¤°'°"°P°'*· Said commission shall render its first report and recommendations to the Congress and to the President not later than January 15, 1923. m‘Q¤ *¤“*¤·=**¤*¤·*¤=· Said commission shall render its separate report on_the_anthracite industry on or before July 1, 1923, and shall endeavor, 111 said separate report and in the recommendations contained therein, rezgarding wages in the anthracite industry, to take into consideration e con- _ _ ditrons obtaining up to the time when said report is made. ,uI{}h‘§‘,y‘:‘?§$m'{§n§§§ That any officer or employee of the commission who shall make i¤'°¤¤¤**°¤ °*>°•*¤°°- public any information obtained by the commission without its authority, unless directed by a court, shall be deemed guilt of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $5,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. S,f°u‘}‘j°{,v{‘§§,§°,§'°‘,m§§ That any member of said commission shall have power to adminisgggeghce i¤ U¤¤¤¤ ter oaths, to subpoena and examine witnesses, and to compel the ` production_ of anglbook, émper, document, or other evidence, from any place in the nited tates, at any desi ated place of hearing, and to take or authorize the taking o the dvilposition of any person ¤¤v<><¤¤¤¤¤»•¢¤· before any person having power to administer oaths. In the case of a deposition the testimony shall be reduced to writin by the erson taking the deposition or under his direction and be sugbscribedp to by the deionent. The same fees and mileage as are paid in the courts of the lnited States shall be paid in the case of witnesses subpcenaed or depositions taken under this Act. ,,,·;°§§‘}’§,},‘,‘§,°{,,,,‘,g',$§,*{Y‘ No person shall be excused from so attending and testifying and deposmg, or from so producmlg any book, paper, document, or other evidence on the ground that the testimony or evidence, documentary _ or otherwise, may tend to mcriminate him or subject him to a enalty P°”°““* *mm“’”°5'· or forfeiture; but no natural person shall be prosecuted or to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing as to which, in obedience to a subpmna and under oath, no person shall e exempt from prosecution and punishment fdr perjumcommrtted in so testifying. ,§,,‘§§§",§,$'g,_§; _,{*;"° y_menrber of the commission, officer, or em loyee thereof, duly authorized in writing by the commission, shall; at all reasonable times for the purpose of examination, have access to and the right to copy any boo, account, record, paper, or correspondence relating to PM iw any matter which the commission is authorized by this Act to ·. Ll- 1. inv&¤g&t°-
 * ’°'l“’>’”°°P*°d· he may be compelled to testify or produce in evidence; except that