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 1914 74 TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 765, 766. JUNE 24, 1936. reclaimed in said bay; (2) roads or highways on said Yerba Buena Island connecting such causeway with the State highway on said island provid ed by th e San F rancisco -Oaklan d Bay Br idge cr ossing; Reservoirs and pipe (3) such fresh- water s upply re servoir s, tanks, condu its, and pipe lines. lines as may be necessary or proper to enable said city and county to supply said Yerba Buena Island and said public airport with an adequate supply of fresh water; and (4) all usual, necessary, and reasonable incidents and appurtenances to such causeway, roads, Permits. highways, reservoirs, tanks, conduits, and pipe lines. The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to grant permits for such con- struction and maintenance, together with all usual, necessary, and for Pr gt -of-wa yments reasonable incidents and appurtenances thereto, and to grant to said city and county perpetual easements for rights-of-way therefor, subject to such restrictions as he may in his discretion prescribe to avoid injury to the military, naval, or defense uses of said island c?ri3 restriction . and inconvenience to the military or naval forces thereon : Provided, Toll That said c auseway and any such connecting roads and h ighways hereby authorized shall be forever toll free : And provided further, Approva l of loca tion, That the location and plans of such causeway, roads, highways, plans, etc. reservoirs, tanks, conduits, and pipe lines, with the incidents and ap- purtenances thereto, shall be first approved by the Secretary of the roads on connecting Navy : And provided further, That nothing in this resolution or consent shall preclude the erection and maintenance of tollgates and tollhouses upon any of said roads or highways connecting said cause- way with said San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge crossing for the purpose of collecting tolls for the use of such bridge. Approved, June 24, 1936. [CHA PTER 766 .] suns 24, 1936. JOINT RESOLUTION [s.J. Res. 277.1 To investigate corporations engaged in the manufacture, sale, or distribution of [Pub. Res., No . 130.] agricultural implements and machinery. Resolved by the Sen ate and House o f Rep resentatives of the Agricultural imple- ments and machinery. United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Federal Investigation by Trade Commission be, and it is hereby, directed under the authority Federal Trade Co m- missi on of corp orati ons of and in pursuance of the Act entitled "An Act to create a Federal engaged in manufac- Trade Commission to define its powers and duties and for other tore, sale, or distribu- tion tion of . 38 p 721; purp oses", approved Septem ber 26, 1914, a s amende d, to i nvestiga te u.S.c., p. 516. and report to the Congress the facts relating to Scope of investiga- (a) Whether any corporation engaged in the manufacture, sale, lion. or distribution of agricultural implements and machinery, of what- ever kind and description is, or within the past three years has been, violating any of the antitrust Acts of the United States, and the nature, extent, and effects of a ny such violation; (b) The existence and effect of any contract, agreement, combina- tion, or conspiracy in unlawful restraint of trade and the existence of any unfair methods of trade or competition in connection with the manufacture, sale, and distribution of said agricultural implements and machinery; (c) Whether and to what extent methods of price fixing, price maintenance, and price discrimination in violation of the antitrust Acts exist in connection with the manufacture, sale, and distribution of said agricultural implements and machinery; (d) Any developments and tendencies in the direction of monop- oly and concentration of ownership or control of the means of the ma nufactur e, sale, or dis tributi on of sa id agri cultural implem ents and machinery;