failing to do so, his office or employment shall become vacant.1 § 125. General Office of Commission-In San Francisco. The office of the Commission shall be in the city and county of San Francisco.14 § 126. Open When.-The office shall always be open, legal holidays and nonjudicial days excepted.15 § 127. Session of Commission at.-The Commission shall hold its sessions at least once in each calendar month in said city and county of San Francisco, and may also meet at such other times and in such other places as may be expedient and necessary for the proper performance of its duties." § 128. Other Offices of Commission.-For the purpose of holding sessions in places other than the city and county of San Francisco, the Commission shall have power to rent quarters or offices, and the expense thereof and in connection therewith shall be paid in the same manner as other expenses authorized by this act.17 § 129. Session of Commission, Public.-The sessions of the Commission shall be public.18 § 130. Official Seal of Commission-Judicial Notice. The Commission shall have a seal, bearing the following inscription: "Railroad Commission State 18 Ib. Qualifications of Commission prescribed by statute. In re Opinion of Justices, 75 N. H. 613, 72 Atl. 754; State v. Gulf R. Co., 55 Tex. Civ. App. 108, 118 S. W. 730, 736. 14 Section 8 (a), p. 23. 15 Ib. 16 Ib. 17 Ib. of California." The seal shall be affixed to all writs and authentications of copies of records and to such other instruments as the Commission shall direct. All courts shall take judicial notice of said seal.19 § 131. Supplies and Equipment.-The Commission is authorized to procure all necessary books, maps, charts, stationery, instruments, office furniture, apparatus and appliances, and the same shall be paid for in the same manner as other expenses authorized by this act.20 § 132. Quorum of Commission.-A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, for the performance of any duty or for the exercise of any power of the Commission."1 § 133. Vacancy not to Impair Powers.-No vacancy in the Commission shall impair the right of the remaining commissioners to exercise all the powers of the Commission.22 § 134. Majority to Act-One may Investigate.The act of a majority of the commissioners when in session as a board shall be deemed to be the act of the Commission: but any investigation, inquiry or hearing which the Commission has power to undertake or to hold may be undertaken or held by or before any commissioner designated for the purpose by the Commission, and every finding, order or decision made by a commissioner so designated, pursuant to such investigation, inquiry or hearing, when approved and confirmed by the Commission and ordered filed in its office, 19 Section 8 (b). 20 Section 8 (c). shall be and be deemed to be the finding, order or decision of the Commission.23 § 135. Salaries - Of Commissioners.-The annual salary of each commissioner shall be six thousand dollars.24 § 136. Of Officers and Employees.-All officers, experts, engineers, statisticians, accountants, inspectors, clerks and employees of the Commission shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the Commission.25 § 137. Of Civil Executive Officers.-The commissioners, attorney, secretary, rate expert and assistant secretary shall be civil executive officers and their salaries as fixed by law or the Commission shall be paid in the same manner as are the salaries of other state officers.20 § 138. Of Other Persons and Employees.The salary or compensation of every other person holding office or employment under the Commission shall be paid monthly from the funds appropriated for the use of the Commission, after being approved by the Commission, upon claims therefor to be audited by the board of control." § 139. Expenses of Commission.-All expenses incurred by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of this act, including the actual and necessary traveling and other expenses and disbursements of the commissioners, their officers and employees, incurred while 28 Ib. 24 Section 10 (a). 25 Ib. 26 Ib. on business of the Commission, shall be paid from the funds apropriated for the use of the Commission, after being approved by the Commission, upon claims therefor to be audited by the board of control.28 § 140. Free Transportation of Commissioners and Employees. The commissioners and the officers and employees of the Commission, shall, when in the performance of their official duties, have the right to pass, free of charge, on all railroads, cars, vessels and other vehicles of every common carrier, as said term is defined in this act, subject in whole or in part to control or regulation by the Commission, between points within this state, and such persons shall not be denied the right to travel upon any railroad, car, vessel or other vehicle of such common carrier, whether such railroad, car, vessel or other vehicle be used for the transportation of passengers or freight, and regardless of its class.29 § 141. Annual Report of Commission.-The Commission shall make and submit to the governor on or before the first day of December of each year subsequent to the year nineteen hundred and twelve, a report containing a full and complete account of its transactions and proceedings for the preceding fiscal year, together with such other facts, suggestions, and recommendations as it may deem of value to the people of the state.30 28 Section 10 (b). 29 Section 11. 80 Section 12. CHAPTER VII. DUTIES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES. Charges to be Just and Reasonable. Unjust Charge Unlawful. Services and Facilities. Tariff Schedule-Filing and Public Inspection of. Shall State What. How Printed-Copies How Kept and Produced. Form of to be Prescribed by Commission. Limitation of Rates, Tolls, Rentals and Charges. Power of Commission to Approve or Fix, etc. Power of Commission to Change Form of Schedule of Rates. Changes in Schedule-Notice. Notice, How Given. Commission may Allow Change Without the Notice. § 142. § 143. § 144. § 145. Rules and Regulations. § 146. § 147. § 148. § 149. § 150. § 151. § 152. § 153. § 154. § 155. 156. § 157. § 158. § 159. § 160. § 161. § 162. § 163. § 164. § 165. § 166. § 167. § 168. § 169. § 170. § 171. § 172. § 173. § 174. § 175. § 176. § 177. § 178. Joint Tariff, etc.-Names of Parties to be Set Out. Rebates and Privileges Prohibited. Free Passes and Reductions Prohibited-Exceptions. pany. Prior Contract for Free or Reduced Rate Passenger Exceptions as to United States, etc.-Epidemics, Pestilences, etc. Contract for Exchange of Service. Greater or Less Charge shall not be Demanded or Collected-Rebating, etc., Prohibited. Exceptions may be Established by Commission. Interstate Traffic-Filing Schedule of. Preferences Prohibited. Unreasonable Difference of Rates, etc. Power of Commission as to. Profiting from Economics, etc.-Dividends. § 179. Profit Sharing-Scale of Charges. |