63 STAT.]
81ST CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 379-AUG. 2 , 1949
SEC. 17. The first sentence of subsection (f) of section 313 of the
Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, is amended by inserting after
"lessors," the following: "and of associations (as defined in this
section) ,".
SEC. 18. Subsection (h) of section 313 of the Interstate Commerce
Act, as amended, is amended to read as follows:
"(h) As used in this section, the words 'keep' and 'kept' shall be
construed to mean made, prepared, or compiled, as well as retained;
the term 'lessor' means a lessor of any right to operate as a water car-
rier; the term 'water carrier' or 'lessor' includes a receiver or trustee
of such water carrier or lessor; and the term 'association' means an
association or organization maintained solely by water carriers subject
to this part which engages in activities relating to the fixing of rates,
publication of classifications, or filing of schedules by such carriers."
SEC. 19. (a) That the third sentence of subsection (a) of section
315 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, is amended by strik-
ing out the word "registered".
(b) The last sentence of such subsection (a) is amended to read as
follows: "In proceedings before the Commission involving the lawful-
ness of rates, fares, charges, classifications, or practices, service of
notice of the suspension of a tariff or schedule upon an attorney in fact
of a carrier who has filed a said tariff or schedule in behalf of such
carrier naming the rates, fares, charges, classifications, or practices
involved in such proceedings shall be deemed to be due and sufficient
service upon the carrier and service of notice of the suspension of a
joint tariff or schedule upon a carrier which has filed said joint tariff
to which another carrier is a party naming the rates, fares, charges,
classifications, or practices involved in such proceedings shall be
deemed to be due and sufficient service upon the several carriers parties
thereto, but such manner of service shall not be considered as excluding
service in any other manner authorized by law."
SEC. 20. The first two sentences of subsection (a) of section 412
of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, are amended to read
as follows:
"(a) For purposes of administration of the provisions of this part,
the Commission is hereby authorized to require annual, periodical,
or special reports from freight forwarders and associations (as defined
in this section), and to prescribe the manner and form in which such
reports shall be made, and to require from such forwarders and associ-
ations specific, full, true, and correct answers to all questions upon
which the Commission may deem information to be necessary. Such
annual report shall give an account of the affairs of the freight
forwarder or association in such form and detail as may be prescribed
by the Commission."
SEC. 21 . The first sentence of subsection (d) of section 412 of the
Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, is amended by inserting after
the words "documents of freight forwarders" the following: "and
of associations (as defined in this section)".
SEC. 22 . Subsection (f) of section 412 of the Interstate Commerce
Act, as amended, is amended to read as follows:
"(f) As used in this section, the words 'keep' and 'kept' shall be
construed to mean made, prepared, or compiled, as well as retained;
and the term 'association' means an association or organization main-
tained by or in the interest of any group of freight forwarders subject
to this part which performs any service, or engages in any activities,
in connection with any traffic, transportation, or facilities subject
to this Act."
Approved August 2, 1949.
489
54 Stat. 945.
49U. S. C. §913 (f).
54 Stat. 945.
49 U S.C.
.
913 (h).
Definitions.
54 Stat. 946.
49U.S.C. i 915 (a).
54 Stat. 946.
49U. S. C. §915 (a).
Service of notice.
56 Stat. 294.
49 U.S. C. §1012 (a).
Reports from freight
forwarders, etc.
56 Stat. 295.
49U. S.C. §1012(d).
56 Stat. 295.
49 U.S.C. 1012 (f).
Definitions.
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