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SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 280, 281. 1922. 827 CHAP. 280.-An Act To amend section 22 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as Ausugtggi 192% amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United I t t t States of America in Congress assembled, That section 22 of the Inter- mghgiiofrf °°mm°r°° state Commerce Act, as amended, is amended by insertinv " (1) " after §’,‘g§j§;g;§,?_§·am,ud_ the section number at the beginning of such section andllwy adding to sd- ' the section two new paragrafiwlrs, to read as follows: Inmcmn me ,1% " (2) The commission is ected to rerkuire, after notice and hear- ¤gtere;a¤.g°° _°” ing, each ca.rr·ier by rail, subject to this ct, to issue at such offices q,§}’,,‘§‘$ff,°is§’,§,_’“‘l “* as may be prescribed by the commission interchangeable mileage or scrip coupon tickets at just and reasonable rates, good for passenger- carriage uppln the passenger trams of all carriers by rail subject Dmmwynxmp to this Act. e commission may in its discretion exempt from the ¤<>¤· provisions of this amendatory Act either in whole or in part any carrier where the particular cucumstances shown to the commission shall justify such exemption to be made. Such tickets may be required to be issued in such denominations as the commission may Regumim em to prescribe. Before making any order requirinv the issuance of any bepmsmtea.’ " such tickets the commission shall make and piiablish such reasonable rules and regulations for their issuance and use as in its judgment the Transfers Bm public interest demands; and especially it shall prescribe whether ' such tickets are transferrable or nontransferrable, and if the latter, what identification may be required; and especially, also to what baggage rivileges the lawful holders of such tickets are entitled. Pmmymmmsmo ‘ (35 An carrier which, through the act of any agent or employee, issue or w¤¤p¢,¤¤=. willfully refuses to issue or accept any such ticket emanded or presented under the lawful uirements of this Act, or willfully refuses to conform to the rules arxid regulations lawfull made and ublished by the commission hereunder, or any person who shall willfirlly offer for sale or carriage any such ticket contrary to the said rules and regulations shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined not to exceed $1,000." Approved, August 18, 1922. CHAP. 281.--An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to convey certain land to the county of Muscatine, Iowa. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Re entatives o the United States of America in Congress assembZelf'I`hii)f2·etghe Secretafry of Com- t1§i?Xi§¢.m’ mh merce is authorized to convey to the count of Muscatine, Iowa the ,§,§S,°°{l,"§,$i§% following-described land, now a art of the `lbiological station at ll`air- °°“¤‘Y· port, Iowa: A corner of land in t}i)e southwest qua.rter of the southwest quarter of section thirty, township seventy-seven north, range one u east, fifth principal meridian, described as follows: Beginning at a D°°°d° °°' point on the southerly line of a sixty-six-foot public road, as now ocated, where said southerl line intersects the westerly boundary of tract owned by the United, States of America; thence south nineteen degrees thirty minutes east alon said westerly boundary of said tract a distance of fifty-six feet; flience north thirty—·six degrees thirty minutes east a distance of one hundred and seventy-four feetgliitenpe south fiftyifgve degrees west a distance of one hplndred y eet to oint 0 e , cont ' ninety-two one-thousand t of an acre: pProvided, Ilhat gre land authorized to be conveyed here- so lmder shall be used for the construction of and be maintained as a m‘h"‘Y*°"’· public highwa free of any expense to the United States, and all work thereon shall be such as not to interfere with the operations and eflicrency of the biological station and in a manner satisfactory to R . { to the Secretary of Commerce: Pramlied further, That in the event of uw. W °°°` the discontinuance by the county of Muscatine of the use of the