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 SIXTY-SEVEN TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 197. 1922. 545 commissioner shall be made only for the unexpired term of the commissioner whom he succeeds. _ _" tb) In case of a vacancy in the office of one of the present com- t '1`¤¤¤P¤¤*¤·¤' ¤¤¤>¤¤* missroners prior to the time that a majority of the commissioners $i·£i.°$;°rig1$iiab°”ii whose appomtment is provided for by subdivision (a) take office a successor to such commissioner may be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of tiire Senate. The term of T°“"· such successor shall be for the period beginning at the time of taking office and ending at the time that a ma°ority of the commissioners whose agpointment is provided for by subdivision (a) take office. " (c) o commissioner shall be appointed who is directly or indi- m°“"°m°°u°°°‘ rectly engaged in, or in any manner interested in or connected with, the real estate or renting business in the District of Columbia. " (d) All appointments of commissioners made before January 1, m§,,°{§"$.i‘ §,€,°i,'§ll'. 1922, whether or not made in accordance with the law in effect at the °¤*°•*· ’ time suclkiilppointments were made, are hereby validated and confirmed. acts by or under the authority of the commission made in the administration of this Act and all proceedings instituted by or before the commission rior to the time this section, as amended, takes effect shall, for all) purposes, be regarded as having the same status as if such appointments had been valid at the time when made. " (e) The commission shall at the time of its organization and mg*g*;*;*•};*,f,*gs¤»8,*;*¤¤°· armually thereafter elect a chairman from its membership. The ` commission may make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry this title into effect. All powers and duties of the commission may be exercised by a majority of its members. A vacancy in the commission shall not impair the right of the remaining commissioners to exercise all the powers of the commission. The commission shall have an official seal, which shall be judicially ncticed." Sino. 5. That the last sentence of the first paragraph of section 105 p,,§,’f*,},‘§§““"°” °' ’°‘ of the Food Control and the District of Columbia Rents Act is °£’°¥~*i·P·"”·¤¤°*¤d· amended to read as follows: " Each member of the commission may sign subpoenas, administer ¤,},°,’*,§"gd §§‘°g'5Y,§§,h._’,‘§; oaths and aflirmations, summon and examine witnesses, conduct ;·g¤étc¤¤¤d¤¢* *¤¤¤*· hearings, and receive evidence touching any matter which the com- ’ ' mission is authorized to consider or investigate, and the substance of such evidence, when certified to the commission by the member of the commission who heard and received the same and when filed by the commission with the papers pertaining to such matter, may be made the basis of the commission’s determination respecting the matter under consideration or investigation? V H1 sm m_nd_ Sec. 6. That the last paragéaph of section 105 of the Food Control ,d_ °‘ "" ’ and the District of Columbia ents Act is amended to read as follows: M dm at hw " Such attendance of witnesses and the production of such books, ;,,g,,,Z{L, °° ` accounts, records, pagers, and correspondence may be required ` from any place in the nited States at any designate place of hear- Assistance 0, mm ing. In case of disobedience to a subpoena or of the contumatpg of any witness appearing before the commissron, or in case of the f ure to tile with the commission any plans or other data required by the PW 550 commission under section 117 of this title, the commission may ·p‘ ‘ invoke the aid of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia or of any district court of the United States. Such court may thereupon issue an order requiring the person subpoznaed to obey the subpoena or to give evidence touching the matter in question or to file the plans co um t or other data. Any failure to obey such order of the court may be mg? " f"°°°°°' punished by such court as a contempt thereof. No officer or employee mn*y;ig;ggm}¤°m* of the commission shall, unless authorized by  commission or by a court of competent jurisdiction, make public any mforrnatron obtained by the commission? 42150**-23——35