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 74TH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 858 . JUNE 29, 1936 . 19 87 SEC. 203. The United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Cor- nfeip pi n gieet Boa rrd poration shall cease to exist and shall stand dissolved. All the poration dissolved. records, books alpers and cor orate pro ert3 r of said dissolved cor- Re ., pr C p ~ h p etctraansferred prop erty , to poration shall be taken over by the Commission. All existing con- commission. tractual obligations of the dissolved corporation shall be assumed by the United States. Any suit against the dissolved corporation pend- Pending suits. ing in any court of the United States shall be defended by the Com mission upon beh alf of t he Unite d States, under the supe rvision of the Attorney General, and any judgment obtained against the to Report of judg ments J dissolved corporation in any such pending suit shall be reported to Congress. Congress in the manner provided in section 226, title 31, United u . s. c.,p. 1370. States Code, for reporting judgments against the United States in the Court of Claims. S EC. 204. (a) All the functions powers and duties vested in the Functions, powers, and duties vested by f ormer United Stat es Shi pping Board by the Shipping Act, 1916, certain Acts transferred to Commission. the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, the Merchant Marine Act, 1928, the Vol. 39, p. 728; Vol. Intercoastal Shipping Act, 1933, and amendments to those Act s, 689 ;.0887, Vol. 42 5. p. and now vested in the Department. of Commerce pursuant to section 12 of t he Presi dent's E xecutive order o f June 1 0, 1933, are hereby transferred to the United States Maritime Commission : Provided, Restriction on fnr- howeverr, That after the date of the. passage of this Act no further therconstructionloans. construction loans shall be made under the provisions of section 11 Vol. 41, p.993. of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, as amended. (b) The Commission is hereby authorized to adopt all necessary Adoption of rules, rules and regulations to carry out the powers, duties, and functions etc. vested in it by this Act. After the expiration of two, years from T ransf er of regu la- tory power s, etc ., to th e effective d ate of this Ac t, the Presid ent is author ized to transf er, Interstate Commerce by Executive order, to the Interstate Commerce Commission any or commission, after two y years, authori zed . al l th e re gula tory pow ers, reg ulat ory duti es, and regu lato ry f unct ions which, by this title, are vested in the United States Maritime Commission. (c) The orders issued by the United States Maritime Commission E nforc ement of C om- in the exercise of the powers transferred to it by this title shall be missio u's ord ers. enforced in the same manner as here tofore provi ded by law for e nforceme nt of th e orders issued by the f ormer Un ited Sta tes Ship - ping Board, and violation of such orders shall subject the person Penalties, etcƒ or corporation guilty of such violation to the same penalties or punishment as heretofore provided for violation of the orders of said Board. SEC. 2 05. Without limiting the power and authority otherwise Unlawful restraints, g discriminations, etc. v ested in the Comm ission, it s hall be unl awful for any common carrier by water, either directly or indirectly, through the medium of an agreement, conference, association, understanding, or otherwise, to prevent or attempt to prevent any other such carrier from serving any port designed for the accommodation of ocean-going vessels located on any improvement project authorized by the Congress or through it by any other agency of the Federal Government, lying within the continental limits of the United States, at the same rates which it charges at the nearest port already regularly served by it. SEC. 206 . All sums of money now in the construction loan fund sums transferr ed to Commission. created by section 11 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, as amended, Vol .41,p .993. together with the proceeds of all debts, accounts, choses in action, U.E.C.,p.2064. and the proceeds of all notes, mortgages, and other evidences of i ndebtedn ess, her eby tran sferred to the C ommissio n, and a ll of th e salle»reeds of prop2rtp proceeds of sales of ships and surplus property heretofore or here- aft er made, includi ng proce eds of n otes or other ev idences of debt taken therefor and the interest received thereon, shall be deposited Deposits. in the Treasury of the United States and there maintained asa