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 SILTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. Ch. 248. 1923. 1447 salary as a member of the commision, but an such 'ud hereafter '*"°'°‘»°‘?·#°"*’°“3*" serving as a member of the commission, or whii has hiere§ore under Mudge wmmmngi appointment by the President served on or advised with the commission, shall be allowed for his necessary expenses of travel and reasonable expenses of maintenance while necessarily away from his place of official residence as judge and in the service of the commission, the same amount,  upon like certificate as is by law allowed circuit and district ]udges of the United States when transacting official business at places other than their place of official residence_as judge, such payment to be paid out of any a pro riation for said commission. Any vacancy on the commission sliall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. Said commis- ,¤'{%°”“*“““°” °’°‘*“‘ sioéi shgll  to Exiit tone} yéear aftkeg taking effect of thig£c%" Néwmtm no. . suc c o eptem r 22, 1922 is amen Am, .1w£,ame¤a. addirplg after the fourteenth paragraph thereof thi; following: y ****,;,,1,,,,,;),,,,,, ,0 be pw “ at the commission or any officer, employee, or agent thereof v¤¤d`¤Y€¤¤¤1¤iS¤i¤¤· may prepare and submit to and require to be answered by any person written guestions of fact concerning any of the matters which by this ct the commission is empowered or directed to investigate, and such person shall thereupon answer fully and in Mmm ,0 be in good faith any and all uestions so ropounded. Such answers W****¤¢¤¤d¢*¤¤*¤·¢*¤- shall be in writing and ghall be veridiad by oath of the persons making them and shall be returned to the commission or its oiHcer or agent within the time which the commission or any officer or Authmmum agent thereof may prescribe. The oath may be taken before any ` member of the commission or any officer or agent of the commision by it du] authorized, or before a? officer authorized to administer oaths either by the laws of the nited States or the laws of the State in which verification is made, but when taken‘ before a notary or other State officer such oath shall be certified under the hand an official seal of such officer." _ Sec. 3. That the seventeenth paragraph of such Act of Sep- ,,f""**"*°2°*°m”"" tember 22, 1922, is amended to read as follows: and testify or depose, or to produce or permit access to any book, account, record, document, correspondence, paper, or other evidence, or to answer any written questions nfopounded  the commision or any officer or agent thereof, as erein prov1_ed for, and any person who shall willfully give false testimony in respect of any matter or thing under investigation by the commission, or shal make or cause to be made any false entry or statement_of fact in any written answer or report called for by the commission or any officer or agent thereof, and any person who shall make or cause to be made any false entry or statement of fact in any book, account, record, document, correspondence, paper or other evidence, with intent to deceive the commission or any officer or avent thereof, shall be guilty of an offense and upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by miprisonment for not more than one ear, or by both such fine and imprisonment. _ Ap _ tm med ml "'lyhat in case of disobedience to any subpoena issued by the com- m,i§;$,0 ggcgn _,,,g_,,_ mission or- any member thereof, or o refusal or neglect to_test1iy ga;¤=¤¤rd¤¤,req¤e¤¤¤, fully and freely concerning. any matter or thing under mvestigation by the commision, or o refusal to make written answer to any question propounded by the_ commission or any officer or agentvthereof, or of refusal to permit access to any book, account, record, document, correspondence, paper, or other evidence, by any person, the commission may invoke the and of the District Court of the United States for the district in which such person resides, in requiring obedience to its process, orders, and requests; and the several District Courts of the United States are hereby invested
 * ‘ That any person who shaH willfully neglect or refuse to attend m§"§§‘§‘¤‘§‘§gFT"“s“°°`