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 200 73d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 90 . JUNE 16, 1933 . with respect to trades, industries, or subdivisions thereof which are engaged in the handling of any agricultural commodity or product thereof, or of any competing commodity or product thereof, to the Secretary of Agriculture. Oil re g ulation. Regulation of oil-pipe SEC. 9. (a) The President is further authorized to initiate before Ij ties. Executive Orders the Interstate Commerce Commission proceedings necessary to pre- Nos. July 141193 11, 319.33' scribe regulations to control the operations of oil pipe lines and to Transportation rates fix rea sona ble, com pens ator y ra tes for the tran spor tati on o f pe tro- to be fixed. leuin and its products by pie lines, and the Interstate Commerce Commission shall grant preference to the hearings and determina- tion of such cases. Transportation mo- (b) The President is authorized to institute proceedings to divorce n Proceedings a gainst. from any holding company any pipe-line company controlled by such holding company which pipe-line company by unfair practices or by exorbitant rates in the transportation of petroleum or its products tends to creat e a monopoly. on trans portation of Prohibitfo oil in inter-- (c) The President is authorized to prohibit the transportation in state, etc., commerce of inte rstate and f oreig n comm erce o f petr oleum and t he products quantity in excess of thereof p roduced or wit hdrawn from s to State, ty limitation. rage in excess of the amount Po..t, p 1057. permitted to be produced or withdrawn from storage by any State law or valid regulation or order prescribed thereunder, by any board, commission, officer, or other duly authorized agency of a State. Any Penalty. violation of any order of the President issued under the provisions of th is subs ection shall be puni shable by fin e of no t to e xceed $ 1,000, or imprisonment for not to exceed six months, or both. Rules and regula - RULES AND REGULA TIONS Lions. Prescribed by Presi- dent. Penalty for viola- tion. Amendment of or- ders. WORKS AND CON- TITLE II - .PUBLIC WORKS AND CONSTRUCTION STRUCTION PROJECTS. PROJECTS F EDER AL EMERGENCY AD MINI STRA TION OF PUB LIC WORK S Federa l Eme rgenc y Administration of Pub- lic Works. Establ ishme nt au - thorized. Post, p. 351. Appointments. Duties to be pre- scribed. OIL REGULATION SEC. 10. (a) The President is authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this title, and fees for licenses and for filing codes of fair competi- tion and agreements, and any violation of any such rule or regula- tion shall be punishable by fine of not to exceed $500, or imprison- ment for not to exceed six months, or both. (b) The President may from time to time cancel or modify any order, approval, license, rule, or regulation issued under this title ; and each agreement, code of fair competition, or license approved, prescribed, or issued under this title shall contain an express pro- vision to that effect. SECTION 201 . (a) To effectuate the purposes of this title, the President is hereby authorized to create a Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, all the powers of which shall be exercised by a Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works (hereafte r referred to as the "Admin istrator " ) , and to establish such agencies, to accept and utilize such voluntary and uncompen- sated services, to appoint, without regard to the civil service laws, such officers and employees, and to utilize such Federal officers and employees, and, with the consent of the State, such State and local officers and employees as he may find necessary, to prescribe their authorities, duties, responsibilities, and tenure, and, without regard to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, to fix the compensation of any officers and employees so appointed. The President may dele-