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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 687. AUGUST 26, 1935. 809 certificate, certificate of deposit for a security, receiver's or trustee's certificate, or, in general, any instrument commonly known as a `G s ec ur i ty '' ; or any cer tificate of interest or participati on in, tem- porary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guaranty of, assumption of liability on, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foreg oing. (17) "Voting security" means any security presently entitling "vo ting secu rity . " the owner or holder thereof to vote in the direction or management of the affairs of a company, or any security issued under or pursuant to any trust, agreement, or arrangement whereby a trustee or trustees or agent or agents for the owner or holder of such security are presently entitled to vote in the direction or management of the affairs of a company ; and a specified per centum of the outstanding voting securities of a company means such amount of the outstanding voting securities of such company as entitles the holder or holders ther eof to cast said specif ied per cen tum of the a ggregate vo tes which the holders of all the outstanding voting securities of such company are entitled to cast in the direction or management of the affairs of such company. (1 8) "Utility assets" means the facilities, in place, of any electric "utility assets ." utili ty company or g as utility comp any for the pro duction, trans- miss ion, transp ortation, or distributi on of electr ic energy o r natural or manufactured gas. (19) "Service contract " means any contract, agreement, or under- "Se rvice cont ract . " stan ding whereb y a person u ndertakes t o sell or fu rnish, for a charge, an y ma nage rial, fi nanc ial, leg al, engi neer ing, pur chas ing, mar keti ng, auditing, statistical, advertising, publicity, tax, research, or any other service, information, or data. ( 20) "Sale s co ntrac t" m eans any cont ract, agr eeme nt, or un der- "salescontract ." standing whereby a person undertakes to sell, lease, or furnish, for a charge, any goods, equipment, materials, supplies, appliances, or similar property. As used in this paragraph the term " property " " Propert y ." does not include electric energy or natural or manufactured gas. (2 1) " Co nstr ucti on c ontr act " m eans any contra ct, agreement, or "C onstruc tion ca n- under standing for th e construction, extension, imp rovement, main- tr act' " tenance, or repair of the facilities or any part thereof of a company for a charge. GG ') cc " GG " GG " " Buy" "acquire" ; (2 2) Buy, acq ui re , acquisition ,or purchase in cludes °~aogaisitien' ; "pur- any purchase, acquisition by lease, exchange, merger, consolidation, chase . " or other acq uisition . (2 3) "Sale"or"sell" includes any sale, disposition by lease, "Sale" ; "sell ." exchange or pledge, or other disposition . (24) " State " means any State of the United States or the Dis- "State ." trict of Columbia . (25) " United States ", when used in a geographical sense, means "united States ." the States . (2 6) " State commission " means any commission, board, agency, "State commission ." or officer, by whatever name designated, of a State, municipality, or other political subdivision of a State which under the law of such State has jurisdiction to regulate public-utility companies . (27) "State securities commission" means any commission, "State securities com . mission." board, agency, or officer, by whatever name designated, other than a State commission as defined in paragraph (26) of this subsec- tion, which under the law of a State has jurisdiction to regulate, approve, or control the issue or sale of a security by a company. (28) "Interstate commerce" means trade, commerce, transports- "Interstate com- ti on, tran smiss ion, or commu nica tion amon g th e sev eral Sta tes o r meroe ." between any State and any place outside thereof.