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FORTY-XINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 101. 1887. 383 for or employed by such corporation, who, alone or with any other corporation, company, person, 01* party, shall willfully do or cause to bo done, or shall willingly suilbr or permit to be done, any act, matter, or thing in this act; prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or who shall aid or abet therein, or sh all willfully omit; or fail to do any act, matter, or thing in this act required to be done, or shall cause or willingly suffer or permit any act, matter, or thing so directed or required by this act to be douo not to be so done, or shall aid or abot any such omission or fniluro, or shall be guilty of any infraction of this act, or shall aid or abot therein, shall be deemed guilty of :1 misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof in any district court of the United States within tho jurisdiction of which such ofensc was committed, be subject; to a Eno of not to exceed tivo thousand dollars for each offense. Sec. 11. That ax Commission is hereby created and established to be yum-.S;,,t,, com. known as tho Inter-State Commerce Commission, which shall be com- meme commission posed of five Commissioners, who shall be appointed by tho President, °*°”·*°d· by and with tho advice and consent of the Senate. The Commissioners Appointment. iirst appointed under this acm shall continue in offico for tho term of ‘ two, three, four, tivo, and six years, respectively, from tho iirst day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, tho term of each to be designated by the President; but their successors shall bo appointed for terms of six years, except that any person chosen to till T¢¤¤ of ¤<¤rvi¢=¢· a vacancy shall be appointed only for tho unexpired term of tho Commissioner whom ho shall succeed. Any Commissioner may be removed R¤¤¤<>v¤L by tho President forinefiicieucy, neglect of duty,or malfoasauoo in office. _ Not more than three of the Commissioners shall be appointed from the » same political party. No person in tho employ of or holding any official _Nq pcrpon pecurelation in any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act, ox- P”E“]5' é“*°’°°*°d owning stock or bonds tbercoi or who is in any manner pecuniarily in- :I?;Q°f;}ri;:.;°(;€;§; terestcd therein, shall enter upon tho duties of or hold such offico. ble. Said Commissioners shall not engage in any other business, vocation, or employment. N 0 vacancy in the Commission shall impair tho right of the remaining Commissioners to exercise all the powers of the Commwsmn. . Sec. 12. That the Commission hereby created shall have authority to §copo of cominquire into tho management of the business of all common carriers m¤¤¤¤°¤- subject to the provisions of this act, and shall keep itself informed as to tho manner and method in which tho same is conducted, and shall have tho right to obtain from such common carriers full and complete information necessary to enable tho Commission to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created; aud for the purposes P°W¢¤‘ *0 ¤¤¤¤ of this act; tho Commission shall have power to require the attendance f°Q_¤P‘;‘;:"‘ '“‘°P" and testimony of witnesses and tho production of all books, papers, Pe ’ ‘ tariffs, contracts, agreements, and documents relating to any matter under investigation, and to that end may invoke the aid of any court of tho United States in requiring tho attendance and testimony of witnesses and tho production of books, papers, and documents under tho provisions of this section. And any o_f the circuit courts of the United States within the juris- _ €'i¤‘¤¤i¤ ¤¢>¤¤¤¤> diction of which such inquiry is carried on may, in case of coutumucy ‘““° °“"P°’““°· or refusal to obey a. subpoena issued to any common carrier subject to tho provisions oftlnis uct, or other person, issuoun order requiring such common C5\I‘!`iE‘I' or other person to uppcur before said Commission (aud prod ucc books and papers if so ordered) aud give evidence touching tho matter in question ; mul any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof. The claim that any such testimony or evideuco may tend to crimiuatc tho person giving such evidence shall not excuse such witness from testifying; but such evidence or testimony shall not be used against such person ou the trial of any criminal proceeding. S20. 13. That any person, firm, corporation, or association, or any 1?¤fiti¤¤¤t¤ Cognmercantile, agricultural, or manufacturing society, or any body politic Eigmoghgglzx