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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 320. 1924. 609 erformed by such officers or employees specially des' ated therefor ·‘·dm‘¤iS*¤**i'¤ l>*°· by the director shall have thep sgfme force and e§¢;t as though mu"' performed by the director in erson. Wherever under any provision or provisions of the Act Zggullations are directed or authorized to be made, such re ulations, ess the context otherwise requires, shall or may be manga by the director. The director shall adopt reasonable and proper rules to govern the procedure of the divisions and to regulate and provide for the nature and extent of the proofs and evidence and the method of taking and furnishing the same in order to establish the right to beneiits of compensation, insurance vocational training or maintenance and sup ort allowance provided for in this Act, the forms of ap lication ol) those claiming to be entitled to such benefits, the metgiods of making investi ations and medical examinations, and the manner and form of aéudications and awards. PI Sec. 6. That the biueau shall have the ower, and it shall be its mm$ "’°°` duty, to uplrovide for the placement of rehabilitated persons in suitable Department 0,,,,,,,0, or occupations. The director is authorized and directed to facilities to be utilized. ut e, with the aggproval of the Secretary of Labor, the facilities of the Department 0 Labor, in so far as may be practicable, in the placement of rehabilitated aplersons in suitable or gainful occupiations. cmu, umm W SBC. 7. The director sh establish a central office in the istrict sional ¤¤<l_ suboines, of Columbia, and such regional offices and suboffices, not exceeding °°b°°°"‘bl“h°d‘ one hundred in number, within the territory of the United States an 1l»S outlying possessions as mag be deemed necess by him and in the best interests of the wor committed to theml/5eterans’ Biu·eau powm, em, of ,,,. and to carry out the purposes of this Act. Such regional offices and ¤*°°°* wd $°b°m°°S· suboflices, may, subject to final action by the director in case of an appeal, and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the director, exercise such powers for hearing complaints and for exammmg, rating, and awarding compensation claims, grantin medical, surgical, dental, and hospital care, convalescent care, and necessary and reasonable after care, granting vocational training and all other matters dele ated to them, or some of them, by the director as could be performer? lawfully under this Act by the central office. Awbbment mm _ The director may abolish any regional offices or suboffices when aresec. IH his judgment this may be done without detriment to the administration of this Act, and u on such termination all records and supplies pertaining thereto shall be delivered to the central ofiice, or as the director shall otherwise prescribe. Sec. 8. That for the purposes of this Act the director, and such ,i,‘,;§,‘§?T’°°”°‘”° ‘°s` persons as the director ma designate, shall have the power to issue V··*-i°·¤· 3**9- subpcenas for and compel the attendance of witnesses within a radius of one hundred miles from the place of hearing, to require the production of books, papers, documents, and other evidence, UQ 8{lminister oaths, and to examine witnesses igpon any matter d, mmm Wltlllil the jurisdiction of the bureau. In case 0 disobedience to 033, r$’°g,¤m evi. 3 Sllbpoena the bureau may invoke the aid of any district court °°“°°·°‘°· of the United States in requ.mng` the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production 0 documentary evidence, and such court, within the jurisdiction of which the inquiryis carried on, may, ln case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any officer, agent, or employee of any corporation or other person, issue an order requiring such corporation or other dpersou to appear before the bureau or to 've evidence touching e matter m question; mlm ed and any failure to ciey such order of the court may be punished by contempt ¢l°¤:$e. I3 Slleh court as a conte1;i§t thereof. Any n so required to attend wi""“ ‘°”·°“" as a witness shall be owed and paid tge same fees and mileage as are paid witnesses in the district courts of the United States.