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 920 SIXTY~NINTH CONGRESS. Sass. II. Cm;. 6,8. 1926. w§g;§°'°•¤**’ W To each of the members of the Board of General Appraisers, which h¤.v.•¤· board functions as the customs trial court, the sum of $10,000 per yeI.I‘.»  »   l  ¥°°‘“”•’““’°'· Thatéall of said salaries shall be paid in monthly installments. "“°'~’“"• °•‘°· `Sno. 2. This Act shall take efect on the first day of the first month next following its approval. r Approved, December 13; 1926. —~—-——HT§——-———Di0§?1l‘i‘“‘}{iggm·  8.-—An Act To alter the personnel of the Public Utilities Commission s ”’“" °· "°·‘ of the unmet or common; and an- other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the m&ii¤iii°1‘iiii:iii°°C°m` United Stateaof America in Oongress assembled, That paragraph ,dY°’·"·’·°“·"‘”°“°` 97 of»sec;io:;~ 8‘o§ the Act en§l?l "An Act makitpg zggpzgipnatéong to provi e or t e expenses. e government t istric o Columbia for the iiscal year ending June 30, 1914, and for other pu oses," ap roved March 4, 1913, is amended to read as follows: G°¤¤°•*“°¤°*· xm. 97. Fa) The Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia shall be composed of three commissioners as follows: 1 The Engineer Conimissioner of the District of Columbia, and 8_m7mmm__* 2 two. persons apppiphtedsgy the II;;·e§idept,hby and wg}; the advieean consento . e nate. c o teappointe com- f mt missioners shall receive a salary at the rate of $7,500 per annum. poiliigtlea? ° W Of the two commissioners first appointed after the passage of this Su t wm amendatory Act, one shall be appomted for a term of two years, °°°°°°° and oneffgfh a tgfrxnalpf three yeazsgfgmmmcmi July 1, 192;; Ttge termsio oe, _ .S}1CO9SSOI‘S " expiretreeyearsa 1- e expiration of btlge term? foéigwliigélil their predecessors were appointeg; but' any mem ,r appo nt to a vacancy occurring priorto t e expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed appointedhgply {ic?. the ignexpirpd teirm of his predecsgssor. e commission s at east iennialy eect a e airman y a ,,,§,°*§,*,”,§,§’,§$,‘§f’“°u° ma`ority vote of its members. No commimioner,. other than the sai ngineer mmissioner o t e istrict o um ia, s a , ‘iE‘ Co "‘ r1in‘i‘· {Col b' hu during his term of oilice, hold any other public oilice. The Com# missioners of the District of Co umbia s all furnish the Public qu@,d¤¤°°» •*°·· ”· Utilities Commission with suitable. oilices and quarters. No per- `— son, other than the_said Engineer Commissioner of the District of ggl;1lmb%%11shall‘ be eligible tohthlcgodice 8; Congiissigggr ofdthe ic ` ities Commission w, o as not en a na resi ent of thepistrict of Columbia for a period of at least three years next preceding.  appointment or who has voted or claimed residence ,}g‘d°“g"§*g   elsewhere during such period- No person shall be eligible to the xmbu¤¤¤1i¢r- oilice of commissioner of said Public Utilities Commission who is, or,who_shall have been during a periodof live years next preceding his appointment, directly or indirectly interested in any public utility operat1ng,,oymmg, or having an interest in property 1n the District of Columbus; or in any stock bond, mortgage, security, or e· cooptragt  any such   utilityif Ii any»sl1;:;1lo0mm§s·s(i€0ne;•€ghall vunlfy _ €B01IlI‘88C8d,_1S0$06S 1pso A ome vacant, and 1f any such commissioner shall become so_ interested otherwise than voluntarily he. shall, within a reasonable time, divest Awww mh m_ hxmself of such interest, and if he fails to do so hisoilice shall qumam mmmnem. become yacant. Before entering upon the duties   hisodioe each °”·°“"°’,,’$,°·,;°,‘,*;¢;,$j,‘ commissioner, the secretary ·of the commission, the counsel of the  public coxgimiigonil and every empgoyeehof  commigsiogijlhall tags and ’ su scri t e constitutions oat _o o ce an s in a ition thereto make oath or aiiirmation before arid tile with the clerk of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia that he is not