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 216 73d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 91. JUNE 16, 1933 . Payment of expenses. of all violations thereof, and the costs and expenses of such prosecu- tion shall be ptid out of the appropriation for the expense of the Proviso, courts of the United St ates : Provided, That nothing in this title Employee's right to refuse to render ser- shall be construed to require any employee or officer of any carrier vices, etc . to render labor or service without his consent, or to authorize the issuance of any orders requiring such service, or to make illegal the failure o r refusal of a ny employee i ndividually, or any number of employees collectively, to render labor or services. Study of means of SEC. 13 . It shall further be the duty of the Coordinator, and he improvement, etc.. to bemade. is hereby authorized and directed, forthwith to investigate and consider means, not provided for in this title, of improving trans- por tati on c ondi tion s th roug hout the cou ntry, in clud ing cost fin ding in rail transportation and the ability, financial or otherwise, of the carriers to improve their properties and furnish service and charge rates which will promote the commerce and industry of the country and including, also, the stability of railroad labor employment and Reco mmen datio ns t o other improvement of railroad labor conditions and relations ; and be submitted, from time to time he shall submit to the Commission such recom- mendations calling for further legislation to these ends as he may deem necessary or desirable in the public interest. The Commission Transmis sion to shall promptly transmit such recommendations, together with its com ment s etc. comments thereon, to the President and to the Congress, Expenses of Coordi- SEC. 14 . T he expenses o f the Coordin ator except so far as they nator. Ante, p. 211, are borne by the Commission in accordance with the provisions of section 2, but not including the expenses of the coordinating com- mittees, shall be allowed and paid, on the presentation of itemized Fund, obtained from vouchers therefor approved by the Coordinator, out of a fund assessments oncarriers . obtained from assessments on the carriers, and said fund is hereby appropriated for the payment of such expenses. It shall be the Basis of co mputa- duty of each carrier, within thirty days after the date of enactment Lion, of this Act, to pay into this fund, for the first year of the operation Post, p..9A of th is titl e, one and on e-half dollar s for e very mi le of road op erated by it on Dec ember 31, 193 2, as reporte d to the Commi ssion, and to pay into said fund within thirty days after the expiration of such year a proportional amount covering any period of extension of this Post, p. 217 . title by proclamation of the President under section 17, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to collect such assess- Prora tare turn ofeny ments. Any amount remaining in the fund when this title ceases to bal anc e, have effect shall be returned by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Free transportation, carriers in proportion to their contributions. The carriers and the etc ., provid ed Coordi- Pullman Company shall be permitted, anything in the Interstate actor, assistants, etc . Vol .35,p . 60, waived. Comme rce Ac t, as amend ed, to the c ontrar y not withst anding , to provide free transportation and other carrier service to the Coordi- nator and his assistants and agents and to the employees of the Com- mission when e ngaged in the service of t he Coordinator. Loans to carriers de. SEC. 15. The Commission shall not approve a loan to a carrier nied when fina ncial re- org anization essential, under the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, as amended, if Vol. 47, p. 7 . it is of the opinion that such carrier is in need of financial reorgan- Voosi . ization in the public interest : Provided, however, That the term carrier" not to " inc lude receiver, etc. carrier 11 as used in this section shall not include a receiver or trustee. Court review of or- SEC. 16 . Any final order made under this title shall be subject to ders. the same right of relief in court by any party in interest as is now provided in respect to orders of the Commission made under the ve nue of suit s on Interstate Commerce Act, as amended. The provisions of the Urgent orders m Coordinator or Commission. Deficiencies Appropriation Act of October 22, 1913 (38 Stat .L . endod . ' p. 21 9, 219), shall be applicable to any proceeding in court brought to sus- pend or set aside any order of the Coordinator or of the Commission en tered pursuan t to th e prov isions of this title.