386 FORTYNINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 104. 1887. interest. Said Commission may, from time to time, make 01- amend such general rules qr orders as may be requisite for the order and regulation of proceedings before it, including forms of notices and thq servico thereoi which shall conform, as nearly as may bc, to thoqo 111 uga in the courts of the United States. Any party may appear bctorc sand votes and acts Commission and be heard, in person or by attorney. Every vptc and ’*° M *°°°*d°d- officml act of the Commission shall be entered of record, mid 1ts procecdings shall be public upon the request of enrhcr party 1riterc§ted. Said Commission shall have an official seal, which shall be judicially noticed. Either of the members of the Commission may administer oaths and ahirmatious. $*3**7 °Y C°¤¤· SEO. 18. That each Commissioner shall receive an annual salary of
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- :fé“·0:°lf;°; seven thousand Eva hundred dollars, payable in the same manner ps
- gi,,ye,,,_ the salaries ofjudges of the courts of the United States. The 00mm1s-
siou shall appoint a secretary, who shall receive an annual salary of three thousand five hundred dollars, payable in like manner. The Commission shall have authority to employ and Ex the compensation 0f such other employees as it may find necessary to the proper performance of its duties, subject to the approval of `the Secretary of the Interior. - 9¤*•=¤¤ ¤¤<1 ¤¤P· The Commission shall be furnished by the Secretary of the Interior P1Q?{t Ns with suitable offices and all necessary officc supplies. Witnesses snm- °°°moncd before the Commission shall be paid the same fees and mileage that am paid witnesses in the courts of the United States. E¤1>¤¤¤¤¤· All of tho expenses of the Commission, including all necessary expenses for transportation incurred by the Commissioners, or by their employees under their orders, in making any investigation in any other places than in the city of Washington, shall be allowed and paid, ou the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the chairman of the Commission and the Secretary of the Interior. Sessions- Sec. 19. That the principal office of the Commission shall be in the city of Washington, where its general sessions shall be held; but whenever the convenience of the public or of the parties may be promoted or delay or expense prevented thereby, the Commission may hold special sessions in any part of the United States. It may, by one or more of the Commissioners, prosecute any inquiry necessary to its duties, in any part of the United States, into any matter or question of fact pertaining to the business of any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act. Annan reports to Sm:. 20. That the Commission is hereby authorized to require annual C°¤¤¤¤i¤¤*¤¤ f*°¤¤ reports from all common carriers subject to the provisions of this act, °°""“°“ °"" '°"‘ to fix the time and prescribe the manner in which such reports shall be ` made, and to require from such carriers specific answers to all ques-
tions upon which the Commission may need information. Such annual
D°*¤**¤· reports shall show in detail the amount of capital stock issued, the amounts paid therefor, and the manner of payment for the smnc; the dividends paid, the surplus iimd, if any, and the number of stockholders; tbe funded and iloattng debts and the interest paid thereon; the cost and value of the czu·r·ie1·’s property, itanchises, and equipment; Vtho qum bgg_qf emplgyees and tho salaries paid each class; the amounts "` expended for improvements each year, bow expended, and the character of such improvements; the earnings and receipts from each branch of business and from all sources; the operating and other expenses; the balances of profit and loss; and a complete exhibit of the financial operations of the carrier each year, iucludiugzm annual balance-sheet. Such reports shall also contain such information in relation to mms or regulations concerning fares or heights, or agreements, arrangements or contracts with other common carriers, as the Commission may requireand the said Commission may, within its discretion, for the purpose 0f Qlay prescribe enabling it the better to carry out the purposes of this act, prescribe
¤>‘¤¢¢*¤ °* (if in the opinion of the Commission it is practicable to prescribe such
'"' “· uniformity and methods of keeping accounts) u period of time within
