Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 52.djvu/1062

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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 601-JUNE 23, 1938 Jurisdiction of Boards (c) Matters relating to such through service and joint rates, fares, or charges may be referred by the Authority or the Interstate Com- merce Commission, upon complaint or upon its own initiative, to a joint board created as provided in subsection (a). Complaints may be made to the Interstate Commerce Commission or the Authority with respect to any matter which may be referred to a joint board under this subsection. Power of Boards (d) With respect to matters referred to any joint board as pro- vided in subsection (c), if such board finds, after notice and hearing, that any such joint rate, fare, or charge, or classification, rule, regula- tion, or practice, affecting such joint rate, fare, or charge or the value of the service thereunder is or will be unjust, unreasonable, unjustly discriminatory, or unduly preferential or prejudicial, or that any division of any such joint rate, fare, or charge, is or will be unjust, unreasonable, inequitable, or unduly preferential or preju- dicial as between the carriers parties thereto, it is authorized and directed to take the same action with respect thereto as the Authority is empowered to take with respect to any joint rate, fare, or charge, between air carriers, or any divisions thereof, or any classification, rule, regulation, or practice affecting such joint rate, fare, or charge or the value of the service thereunder. Judicial Enforcement and Review (e) Orders of the joint boards shall be enforceable and reviewable as provided in this Act with respect to orders of the Authority. EVIDENCE Power to Take Evidence SEC. 1004. (a) Any member or examiner of the Authority when duly designated by the Authority for such purpose, may hold hear- ings, sign and issue subpenas, administer oaths examine witnesses, and receive evidence at any place in the United States designated by the Authority. In all cases heard by an examiner or a sing e member the Authority shall hear or receive argument on request of either party. Power to Issue Subpena (b) For the purposes of this Act the Authority shall have the power to require by subpena the attendance and testimony of wit- nesses and the production of all books, papers, and documents relating to any matter under investigation. Witnesses summoned before the Authority shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the courts of the United States. Enforcement of Subpena (c) The attendance of witnesses, and the production of books, papers, and documents, may be required from any place in the United States, at any designated place of hearing. In case of disobedience to a subpena, the Authority, or any party to a proceeding before the Authority, may invoke the aid of any court of the United States in requiring attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents under the provisions of this section. 1021 Jurisdiction of boards. Power of boards. Judicial enforce- ment and review. Evidence. Power to take, etc. Power to issue sub. pena. Witnesses, fees and mileage. Enforcment o sub- pena