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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 379-AUG. 2, 1949 49 Stat. 564 . 49U. S.C. §321 (a). Service of notice. 49 Stat. 564. 49U.. C.. 322. Failure to keep rec- ords, etc.; penalty. Civil suit. Costs and expenses. 54 Stat. 944. 49 U. S. C. §913 (a). Reports from water carriers, etc. (b) The last sentence of such subsection (a) is amended to read as follows: "In proceedings before the Commission involving the lawfulness of rates, fares, charges, classifications, or practices, service of notice of the suspension of a tariff or schedule upon an attorney in fact of a carrier who has filed said tariff or schedule in behalf of such carrier naming the rates, fares, charges, classifications, or prac- tices, involved in such proceedings shall be deemed to be due and sufficient service upon the carrier and service of notice of the suspension of a joint tariff or schedule upon a carrier which has filed said joint tariff to which another carrier is a party naming the rates, fares, charges, classifications, or practices involved in such proceedings shall be deemed to be due and sufficient service upon the several carriers parties thereto, but such manner of service shall not be considered as excluding service in any other manner authorized by law." SEC. 15. Section 222 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(h) Any motor carrier, broker, or lessor, or other person, or any officer, agent, employee, or representative thereof, who shall fail or refuse to keep, preserve, or forward any account, record, or memoran- dum in the substance, form, or manner prescribed in this part or in any rule, order, or regulation prescribed under this part; or who shall fail or refuse to comply with any requirement of this part with respect to the filing with this Commission or with any agency, office, or representative of the Commission, as prescribed by the Commission, any annual, periodical, or special report, or other report, tariff, sched- ule, contract, document, or data or with any rule, order, or regulation prescribed with respect to such filing; or who shall fail or refuse to make full, true, or correct answer to any question required by the Commission to be made under the provisions of this part, shall forfeit to the United States the sum of $100 for each such offense, and, in case of a continuing violation, not to exceed $50 for each additional day during which such failure or refusal shall continue. All forfeitures provided for in this paragraph shall be payable into the Treasury of the United States and shall be recoverable in a civil suit in the name of the United States, brought in the district where the motor carrier or broker has its principal office, or in any district in which such motor carrier or broker was, at the time of the offense, authorized by this Commission, or by this part, to engage in operation as such motor carrier or broker; or in any district where such forfeiture may accrue; or in the district where the offender is found. All process in any such case may be served in the judicial district whereof such offender is an inhabitant or wherever he may be found. It shall be the duty of the various district attorneys under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States to prosecute for the recovery of such forfeitures. The costs and expenses of such prosecution shall be paid out of the appropriation for the expenses of the courts of the United States." SEC. 16. The first two sentences of subsection (a) of section 313 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, are amended to read as follows: "(a) The Commission is hereby authorized to require annual, periodical, or special reports from water carriers, lessors, and associa- tions (as defined in this section), and to prescribe the manner and form in which such reports shall be made, and to require from such carriers, lessors, and associations specific and full, true, and correct answers to all questions upon which the Commission may deem infor- mation to be necessary. Such annual reports shall give an account of the affairs of the carrier, lessor, or association in such form and detail as may be prescribed by the Commission." 488 [63 STAT.

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