74TH CONGRESS . SESS. I. CH. 687. AUGUST 26, 1935 .
809 certificate, certificate of deposit for a security, receiver's or trustee's certificate, or, in general, any instrument commonly known as a `G s ec ur i ty ; or any cer tificate of interest or participati on in, tem- porary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guaranty of, assumption of liability on, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foreg oing . (17) "Voting security" means any security presently entitling "vo ting secu rity . " the owner or holder thereof to vote in the direction or management of the affairs of a company, or any security issued under or pursuant to any trust, agreement, or arrangement whereby a trustee or trustees or agent or agents for the owner or holder of such security are presently entitled to vote in the direction or management of the affairs of a company ; and a specified per centum of the outstanding voting securities of a company means such amount of the outstanding voting securities of such company as entitles the holder or holders ther eof to cast said specif ied per cen tum of the a ggregate vo tes which the holders of all the outstanding voting securities of such company are entitled to cast in the direction or management of the affairs of such company . (1 8) "Utility assets" means the facilities, in place, of any electric "utility assets ." utili ty company or g as utility comp any for the pro duction, trans- miss ion, transp ortation, or distributi on of electr ic energy o r natural or manufactured gas . (19) "Service contract " means any contract, agreement, or under- "Se rvice cont ract . " stan ding whereb y a person u ndertakes t o sell or fu rnish, for a charge, an y ma nage rial , fi nanc ial, leg al, engi neer ing, pur chas ing, mar keti ng, auditing, statistical, advertising, publicity, tax, research, or any other service, information, or data . ( 20) "Sale s co ntrac t" m eans any cont ract , agr eeme nt, or un der- "salescontract ." standing whereby a person undertakes to sell, lease, or furnish, for a charge, any goods, equipment, materials, supplies, appliances, or similar property. As used in this paragraph the term " property " " Propert y ." does not include electric energy or natural or manufactured gas . (2 1) " Co nstr ucti on c ontr act " m eans any contra ct, agreement, or "C onstruc tion ca n- under standing for th e construction, extension, imp rovement, main- tr act' " tenance, or repair of the facilities or any part thereof of a company for a charge . GG
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" Buy" "acquire" ; (2 2)
Buy , acq ui re , acquisition ,or purchase in cludes °~aogaisitien' ; "pur- any purchase, acquisition by lease, exchange, merger, consolidation, chase . " or other acq uisition . (2 3) "Sale"or"sell" includes any sale, disposition by lease, "Sale" ; "sell ." exchange or pledge, or other disposition . (24) " State " means any State of the United States or the Dis- "State ." trict of Columbia . (25) " United States ", when used in a geographical sense, means "united States ." the States . (2 6) " State commission " means any commission, board, agency, "State commission ." or officer, by whatever name designated, of a State, municipality, or other political subdivision of a State which under the law of such State has jurisdiction to regulate public-utility companies . (27) "State securities commission" means any commission, "State securities com . mission." board, agency, or officer, by whatever name designated, other than a State commission as defined in paragraph (26) of this subsec- tion, which under the law of a State has jurisdiction to regulate, approve, or control the issue or sale of a security by a company . (28) "Interstate commerce" means trade, commerce, transports- "Interstate com- ti on, tran smiss ion, or commu nica tion amon g th e sev eral Sta tes o r meroe ." between any State and any place outside thereof .
