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 SIXTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sass. II. Cu. 8. 1926. 921 pecuniarily interested voluntarily or involuntarily directl or ‘ indirectly, in any public utility in the District of Columbia. i y· “(§b) majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum °°°“"“'°°°‘ to 0  and any vacancy shall not impair the r§ght of the remaining commissioners to   all the powers; 0 the com- A and mission. Any _1I1V8S`l3lg&t10D,‘, or hearing within the powers wmlhiaiél °' "" of the commission may be made or eld by any commissioner, whose actsbGan;ih0rd§ whpn uapproved by the '¢iqlmm1ssion_, shall lilo geegnged Rum M p to eo er o e commission. pe commission s a ve . ' power to adopt and publish rules and regulations for. the administra- ew tion of the provisions oi this sectigxni rnplluding the condjuct of its investi tions, inquiries ear` ot er r0ceedm` gs. . _ rem mi. Sm.? Thecommissiimers oi the Public Iltilities Commimion of §,;’g';,°‘§";U”*¤°2¤tg°¤· the District of Columbiain onice upon tabs date of the enactment of this Act shall continue toholdpfioe an  the powers of the commission until two commissioners are appointed, and take office No rm-me seem, under the provisions of this Act. This Act shall not be construed §’,§°,;d_"‘°'°°‘ *1****** (1) to invalidate any subpoena, valuation, order, rule, regulation, or revocation, pg any; reciscigni, alxation, modification, am or suspension ereo issu y 0 commission prior to te on which the commissioners first appointed under this Act take oilice; or (2) to invalidate andy complaint served, or any rnvestigation, inquiry, or hearin hel or commenced, or any determination or dwisionrendered gy the commission prior to such date; or (3; to invalidacteélagaate, or disconti1;\ue·any_aqtion, suithtrialalolri pe. ing common y or agamst suc oommxsswn prior suc a ( Sac. 3. Such Act of March}, 1913 is amended b inserting after ’§§,_‘§§”°f°”"- ln M par ph 91 thereof a. new pa ph to read as f5lows• · •d 'P m' "   91A. (a)“ There.     appointed by the,President, by ,,§’:g{g§’,§,°d°Y°¤”’ ‘° and with the advice and qgnient of the Senate, in lieu of the xgtorney at law provided for the ul lic Utilities Commission in the istrict ,,j*"“· °· "°·‘“"°""‘ of Columbia A propriation Act, approved May 10, .1926,an addi-, tiplnal counsel oi) he commission to e known as the people’s counsel, A W“é1) Shall represent and appear for the people of the District D““°‘ 'l’°°*°°°· of olumbia at all hearings of the commission and in all judicial proceedings involving the interests of users of the·‘products of or  furnished by public utilities under the jurisdlctionyof the C0mm1$$1OD'· . . v - · » " (2) Shall represent and appear for petitioners appearingbefore the commissiop for the purpose of complaining in matters of rates 0 serv1ce· an `. ` r"(3)  investigate the service given by, the rates charged by, and the vagiapiplp o the properties of, thepublic utilities un er the ` 'sd` tion o e`com"miss1' 'on.` ` i‘ ` ' Z ]u£1(bjc The term of oilice of the people’s counsel shall be four years, T¤¤¤¤> ·¤¤ N- and he shall receive a salary at the rate of$7,500 a year. No per- d°§;1¤g¤;;,¤¤{:*&0¤;•£M son shall be ap ointed as people’s counsel who has not been a bona Bde resident ofp the District of Columbia continuously for a period of at least five years immediately precedin the effective date of his appogjgmental or gvho has rg; beenfenlga the facéupl pgact¥:e or lw oreteureme urtote 'icto oumia ora pileriod of atleast Gite years. No person shall be eligible to the oilice msowmglgrpétmag of peoples counsel who rs, or who shall have been dm-1ng_ a period uc ,{‘,§,'{’,Z d§,m3?;,. of ve years next preced1ng_h1s_appo1ntment, directly or indirectly g°,§*g},§8'ggggf* · interested in anx'); pulgic Btgltxtyt opggpngg) owning, or haxgntg ap int rest°n. rope in e i rio o um ia or in an stoc. on moi·tga§e,V£eeurity5;or contract of anv such public uti1i%.", Approved, December 15, 1926.