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 SIXTY-SEVENTH oosennss. sm. 11. cus. 412, 413. 1922. 1025 That ever officer or employee of the United States whenever re- ¥“'Q_’m”‘*°” °° "° q_uested by the commission shall supply it with any data or informa- giigaiily Gowmm tion pertaining to any investigation by the commission which may be contained in the records of the office of such officer or employee. _ That ang person who shall willfully neglect or refuse to attend and {§°§d{§Q testify or epose, or to produce or permit access to any book, account,  M, record, document, correspondence, or paper, as herein rovided for ’p` ` shall be guilty of an offense and upon conviction thereof) be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000, or b imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine andy imprisonment. That the commission may appoint and remove such officers, 0111- ,,,;1§?$$§§?°¤EZ§f ployees, and agents; and make such expenditures for rent, printing, °*°·»°¤*"°"'·°'*· telegrams, telephone, law books, books of reference, periodicals, furniture, stationery, omce equipment, and other su plies and expenses, including salaries, traveling expenses of its members, secretary, omcers, employees, and agents, and witness fees, as are necessary for the efficient execution of the frmctions vested in the commission by this Act and as mnaly be provided for by Congress from time to time, and make such es and regulations as may be necessary for the efficient administration of this Act. All of the expenditures of the APP’°'¤*°"°¤°h°"· commission shall be allowed and aid upon the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved gy the chairman of the commission. my mmmm_ No salary or compensation of any employee shall exceed $7,500 per ear. . y That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any mmfua money in the Treasux not otherwise appropriated, the sum of *"*"**’P· ‘°°°·’“"* $200,000, or so much ereof as may be necessary, to be available until expended, for carrying out the provisions of this Act. Approved, September 22.* 1922. CRAP. 413.—An Act To declare a national emergency toexist in the nsroduction, sql]!. R. transportation, and distribution of coal and other fueligranting additio powers to lP\T>E» Nm 348·l the Interstate Commerce Commission, providing for e appointment of a Federal Fuel Distributor, providing for the declaration of car-service priorities during the present emergency, and to prevent the sale of fuel at unjust and unreasonably high pnces. Be it enacted IZ the Senate and House ey Regfiesentatives of the United States of merica in Congress assem Zed, at by reason of (i°x°ii¤:?¤¥i>i°i.?3s¤. the prolonged interruption in the operation of a substantial part of gg;“*'j{;f’§,*;*;,g’"j‘?f“‘ the coal—mining industry in the United States and of the impair- c•u§••. iw-, swedment in the service of certain carriers engaged in commerce between the States and by reason of the disturbance in economic and industrial conditions caused bi the World War a national emergency exists which endapgers the public health and general welfare of the people, of the nited States, injures industry and business generally t ughout the United States, furnishes an opportunity for the disposition of coal and other fuel at unreasonab y high prices, limits the supply of heat, likght, and power, threatens to obstruct and hamper the operation o the Government of the United States and of its several departments, the trangportation of the mails, the operation and efficiency of the Army an the Navy, and the operation of carriers engaged in commerce among the several States and with foreign countries. _ Sec. 2. That the owers of the Interstate Commerce Commission under the Act entitled "An Act to reigailate commerce/’ a_pproved_ Powers eginrggkagn February 4, 1887 as amended, inclu g the Transportation Act, }§,‘{,§,§°';§f"{,,c__ ,,; 1920, and especiall under section 402 o said Transportation Act, ggl¤§g•{l;g{¤¤ M 0* 1920, are, during the aforesaid emergency enlarged to include the v01. 24, E, never, authority to issue in transportation of coal or other fuel orders for 2$;.H=,§‘“' °I‘ '“* pp' 42150**-23-65