1094 PUBLIC LAWS--HS. 679, 680 -JUNE 25, 1938 [52 STAT. Eprfetive dates of SEC. 37. Sections 31 and 34 of this Act shall take effect on the date Ante, pp . 10, 1091. of enactment of this Act. Except as otherwise specially provided in this Act, the remainder of this Act shall take effect on the thirtieth day following the date of its enactment. Approved, June 25, 1938, 5 p. m., E. S. T. [CHAPTER 680] AN ACT une 25, 18AN ACT [H. R . 10127 To regulate interstate commerce by establishing an unemployment insurance [Public, No. 722] system for individuals employed by certain employers engaged in interstate commerce, and for other purposes. Railroad Unem- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Act. United States of America in Congress assembled, Definitions. DEFINITIONS Meaning of terms, SECTIoN 1. For the purposes of this Act, except when used in otePc i am"dcts amending the provisions of other Acts- "Employer." (a) The term "employer" means any carrier (as defined in sub- section (b) of this section), and any company which is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by one or more such carriers or under common control therewith, and which operates any equipment or facility or performs any service (except trucking service, casual service, and the casual operation of equipment or facilities) in connection with the transportation of passengers or property by railroad, or the receipt, delivery, elevation, transfer in transit, refrigeration or icing, storage, or handling of property transported by railroad, and any receiver, trustee, or other individual or body, judicial or otherwise, when in the possession of the property or operating all or any part of the business Proviso. of any such employer: Provided, however, That the term "employer" or stburban electric shall not include any street, interurban, or suburban electric railway railways. unless such railway is operating as a part of a general steam-railroad system of transportation, but shall not exclude any part of the general steam-railroad system of transportation now or hereafter operated Lines operated by by any other motive power. The Interstate Commerce Commission electric power, classi- lcattion. is hereby authorized and directed upon request of the Board, or upon complaint of any party interested, to determine after hearing whether any line operated by electric power falls within the terms of this Inclusion of railroad proviso. The term "employer" shall also include railroad associations, asaciations, etc. traffic associations, tariff bureaus, demurrage bureaus, weighing and inspection bureaus, collection agencies, and other associations, bureaus, agencies, or organizations controlled and maintained wholly or prin- cipally by two or more employers as hereinbefore defined and engaged in the performance of services in connection with or incidental to railroad transportation; and railway labor organizations, national in scope, which have been or may be organized in accordance with the 45 SUt..C . ch. 8; provisions of the Railway Labor Act, and their State and National upp. III, h.8. legislative committees and their general committees and their insur- ance departments and their local lodges and divisions, established pursuant to the constitution and bylaws of such organizations. "Carrer." (b) The term "carrier" means an express company, sleeping-car 24 Stat. 379 . 49 u. s . c. ch. i; company, or carrier by railroad, subject to part I of the Interstate Supp. III, ch. 1. Commerce Act. "Company." (c) The term "company" includes corporations, associations, and joint-stock companies. " Employee." (d) The term "employee" (except when used in phrases establish- ing a different meaning) means any individual who is or has been (i) in the service of one or more employers for compensation, or (ii) an
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