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SIXTY»NINTH CONGRESS. Sass. II. CH. 169. 1927. 1163 the Senate, and one of whom the President shall designate as chairman: Provided, That chairmen thereafter elected shall be Ch,i,,,,.,,_ chosen by the commission itself. - i A i ’ s Each member of the commission shall be a citizen of the United de§f,';*{:l;'j,’}§,’;8”;§;’¤;f*i‘ States and ¤·n;¤¢tna.l,resident.citizen.of a, State within the zone from which appointedat the time ofsaidmpivuintment. Not-more than one commissioner sha1l{b¢a$appointed:from.any zone. No member of Figaro? i¤¢¤r¤¤¢¤ the commissionsshellrbe financially {interested in thecmanufacture °”° ‘ or sale of radio ap argtus or inthe transmission or operation of _ radiot<;legraphy,_ra<liotelephony, or radio broadcasting. Not more ,,§,‘f"“°“‘ my ”‘°°‘ than three commissioners shall- be members of the same political P The first commissioners shall be appointed ;for the terms of two, Tenure oi are in three, four, five, and sixyears, respectively, from the date of the ‘°°“‘“*’s‘ taking effect of this Act, therterm of teaclnto be designated by the Presi ent, but their successors shall bec appointed for terms of six $¤°°¤¤=¤¤· years, except. that any person choeento {ill a vacancy shall. be appointed only for the unexpired term of the commissioner whom heshallsucceed; ¤ ‘ _ e . — ~ The first meeting of the commission shall be held in the city of M°"“““· Washington at suc time and place as the chairman of the commiss sion may fix. The commission shall convene thereafter at such times andiplaces as a majority of the commission may..determine, or u on cal of the chairman thereof. . _ » Tliie- commission may-appoint a secretary, and such clerks, special mglgglewrv ¤¤<¤ wr- counsel, experts, examiners, andzotln->r· emplofvees as itrmay from » ` time to time find necessary for the proper per ormance of its duties and as fromvtimg to timeimuy be agpmpriated for b Congrem. The commission shall ihave.an¤o cialseal and shall annually make sw, me moons. a fullreport of its o erationsto the Congress. ‘ · -· The members of Szecommission shall receive»a compensation of m$°‘;’g•;¤*¤*’°¤ '°’ $10,000 for the first year of theineervice, said: year to dateffmmthe ` first meeting of said commissiongand thereafter acompensation,. of Th°‘°“““‘ $30 per da for each day’s attendance ·upon sessionsfofthe commis- sion or while engaged. upon. work- of the commission and while traveling to and from such. sessions, and also their neoeseary.tr•ive1ing gem:. 4. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the commission, ¤¤¢¢¤¤•v¤<=i¤<>d- from time to time, las public convenience, interest, or necessity i l1l1‘$;Sl’\8»ll·r·*—` i· · · i =·=· sn¤‘ 1;.* ’ ·;r·_ a -·Classifypcmdio-stations;.··?Ti.;»· , ~ Z , .» . °‘”’“""‘“°“°· b Prescri the natuneof-‘the service to-be rendered byieach desrgdfvlw F¤ ba M- class-of licensed .¤uiu¤¤S.~md; each station within any class;-Y· y; ' i i(c) Aissig¤=ba¤ds~;0f;1f1¤equenciesi on'wave lengths to the various mQ_¤*8¤ ‘°·'¤'•¤¢°¤¤· classes of stations, and assign fntixuencies or wave lengthsfov Bach individual station and determi-new epower whichfeach station Qiall use andthe time:dur` which it maytoperate; r `F ·——v { · i (d) i Determine themlocation of classes of stations or individual W L9¤¤*·¤°·*?¤¤=· stations;· z 1 r ·.·` r · · ;- YL ‘ (e) Begulatethe kind of apparatus to be used with respect to its émR°¢“l·°° •¤>•“*“· external eifectswand the purity and sharpness of the emissions from ` each stationand from theapparatinsitherein; i · ` > ; » { ~ (f) iMake such regulations not inconsistent with law. as itmay ., .{,Y ‘”° deem necemaryfto preventinterference xbetween stationsand to carry out the provisions of this Act: Provided, hmvever, That `changes uz {’gg‘g*;·m,0¤ on the wave lenglis, authorized power in the character of emitted chews. signals, or in e times of operation of any station, shall not be made withouttheiconsent of the station licensee unless, m the judgment of the commission, such changes will promote public convenience or