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164 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CH;. 64. 1921. address, the character of business in which he is engaged and the punt, fg vim. kinds of stockyard services, if any, which he furnishes at such stock- ‘“‘°’·· yard. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $500 for each such offense and not more mmm,. than $25 for each day it continues, which shall accrue to the United gttrites and may be recovered in a. civil action brought by the United 8 . tes. mghed whim`? Sec. 304. It shall be the duty of every stockyard owner and market °“'“"""'°“‘ agency ltp furnish utpon reasonable cflequest, wrglhout discrimination, reasona e stockyar services at su stockya . ré`¤li>¤i•i°i¤i·?,¤‘i>cb°iust’ Sec. 305. All rates or charges made for any stockyard services furnished at a. stockyard by a stockyard owner or market agency shall be just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory, and any unjust, . unreasonable, or discriminatory rate or charge is prohibited and gi·_h,qu]·°gng.g°d00l8f6dt0b0uhl&Yf\iL I l

j§§;:d?é_¤“d · 3(Ki. (a) Within sixty days the has given

publre notice that a stockyard rs within the delimtron o section 302, y (poeting copies of such notice rn the stockgard, the stoekyard owner an every market agpncy at such stockyar shall file with the Secretary, an print and eep open to public inspection at the stockyard, schedules showing all rates and charges for the stockyard services £‘37£“;.€§?..l"tf§.E°¤s.P°.$2°?r3°..§?§i¥y3‘§°?r;‘I°a£ “p§‘$"§§‘ ”?g°L‘Zl x 1 o s · sixty dayiggch schedules must be filed before any stockyard services D H . are umrs . _ r°°w°d` _ (b) Such schedules shall plainly state all such rates and charges 11-nl such detail the Spucritary may reqrrne, and shalxiialso stats any es or regula ions w c rn an manner rhange, act or etermine any part or the aggrrigate oly such rates or c arges, oi- the value

°“"·‘°”°"'°` of the stockyard services urnished._ The Secretary may determine

and prescribe the form and manner m which such schedules shall be prepared, arranged, and posted, and may from time to time make N umm suc changes rn respect thereto as may be found expedient. .,mS.,.,°1"}'§§°“,,§‘,,· M, (ci No changes s all be made,m the rates or charges so filed and

    • °* published, excgpt after ten days notice to_ the Secretary and to the

_ public filed an ublished as aforesa1d,_wh1ch shall pla1nly_state_the _ _ changes pro to be made and the time such changes will 0 mto ,u§,,‘;§{,,££,{,‘},';* eiiept; Init c;eSec(;·etary rnay, for gooélfcaulse shown, allow clnantics oness an n ays’nonce,ormo1 ter uiremetso is section in respect to publishing, postinlg, and Ggling ofuschedulcs either nrpartncular instances or by a general order applicable to special Uuomjmm Scm_ or peculiar circumstances or conditions. iusmsnwmi. wm<;})r;l`dhrii0§»e£<i;·Ic;taryhiml;ryi rejectt and géefused to filp scléedukg e gwc oesno rovrean vea noiceo its effective date, and an schedulelso rejected bg} the Secreta shall . . { Y YY Hearings on pw be vord and its use shall e unlawful. posed new mama-. (e) Whenever there is filed with the Secretary any schedule, stating a new rate or charge, or a new regulation or practice affecting any rate or charge, the Secretary may either upon complaint or upon his own initiative without complaint, at once, and if he so orders without answer or other formal pleading by the person Bling such

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is ri. ., , , eg a ion, or _ pending such hearing and decision thereon the Secretary), upon lilmg with such schedule and delivering to the person filing it a statement in writing of his reasons for such suspension, may suspend the operatron of such schedule and defer the use of such rate, charge, regulation, I 0 I d 0_r pract1ce,_but not for a longer period than thirty days beyond th8 sm ° °’ ""· time when it would otherwise go mto effect; and after full hcaflllg, whether completed before or after the rate, charge, regulation, or prim-