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FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 3438,3441. 1906. 309 a concise statement of the facts constituting the complaint, and a hearing shall be had before the said Commissioners within one week from the date of the Bling of the complaint, and no adjournment shall be taken for a period longer than one week. A daily calendar of all H°°'i“g“· hearings sha] be kept by the said Commissioners and shall be posted in a conspicuous p ace in their public office for at least one day before the date of such hearings. The said Commissioners shall D¤¤i¤i<>¤¤· render their decision within eight days from the time the matter is finally submitted to them. {Said Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall keep a record of all such complaints and hearings. The said Commissioners may refuse to issue and shall revoke any F~¤v<>¢¤£¤¤ ¤f iilicense for any good cause shown, within the meanin and purpose of °°°m’ ° ' this Act, and when it is shown to their satisfaction fiat any licensed person, either before or after conviction, is guilty of any illegal act 1D connection with the conduct of said business or in violation of this law it shall be the duty of the said Commissioners to revoke the license of such person; but notice of the char es shall be presented and reasonable opportunity shall be given saiglicensed person to be heard in his defense. Whenever for any cause such license is revoked, said Commissioners shall not issue another license to said licensed person until the expiration of at least six months from the date of revocation of such license. The said Commissioners shall cause the corporation P""', *’· 8**- counsel to institute criminal proceedings for the enforcement of this Act before any court of competent jurisdiction. - REPEALING. - Sec. 12. That all Acts or parts of Acts relating to employment R¤1>¤¤· agencies inconsistent with this Act are hereby repea ed. Sec. 13. That this Act shall take effect from and after its passage. EMM- Approved, June 19, 1906. OKAP. 3441.-An Act To ratify, approve, and confirm an actdulylenacted by_the J¤¤¤ legislature of the Territory of Hawaii to authorize and provide for the construction, ___,,.!?;-;]. maintenance, and operation of a telephone system on the island ol Oahu, Territory of [Public, No. 249.] Hawaii. Whereas the legislature of the Territory of Hawaii did, by an act duly P¤=•¤*>*¤ passed at the nineteen hundred and five session thereof, authorize the Standard Telephone Company (Limited) to construct, maintain, and operate a tele hone system on the island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, and which said act was approved by the governor of said Territory on the twenty-sixth day of April, nineteen hundred and live· an Whereas the Act of Congress to provide a government for the.Territory of Hawaii, approved Alpril thirtiet , nineteen hundred, provides that the legislature of the Territory of Hawaii shall not grant to any corporation, association, or individual any special privilege or franchise without the approval of the Congress of the United States: Now, therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and lfouse of RepresentatJvss of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act of the legislature ,§g{':;*,mM mm of the Territory of Hawaii entitled “An act to authorize and provide cme. { I tu for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a_ telephone system SE on the island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, by the Standard Telephone °°·"“- '°**“°“· °‘°· Company (Limited)," approved by the governor of the Territory April