The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-27

any SucQ CIa4S4cGOnS or mak1nS any such purchases ehan within thirty days after making the same file with the Interstate cOxnmerce commission a full and detailed statement of the fransactton ahowing the manner of the competitive bidding. who were the bid ders, and the names and addresses of the directors and officers of the cor porationa and the members of the arm or partnership bidding; and whenever the said commission shall, after 1nves- tgRtiOn or hearing, have reason to be- MeYe that tho law has been violated in and about the said purchases or transactions It shall transmit all pa- pers and documents and It's own views or findings regarding the transaction to the attorney general.
 If any common carrier shall violate this section it shall be fined not ex- ceeding $25,0oO; and every such dt- rector, agent, manager or officer there Of who shall have knowingly voted for or directed the act constituting such violation or who shall have aided or abetted in such violation shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not exceeding $55Ooo, or confined in jail not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.
 Sec. 12.. That any suit, action, or proceeding under the antitrust laws against q corporation may be brought not only in the judicial district where of 1t is an inhabitant,s but also in any district wherein 1t may be found or transacts business; and all process in such cases may be served in the dis trict of which 1t is an inhabitant, or wherever 1t may be found
 Sec. 13. That in any suit, action, or proceeding brought by or on behalf of the United States subpoenas for witnesses who are required to attend a court of the United States in any judicial district in any case, civil or criminal, arising under the antitrust laws may run into any other district: Provided, That in civil cases no writ 5 of subpoena shall issue for witnesses living out of the district in which the court is held at greater distance than 100 miles from the place Of hold ing the same without the permission of the trial court being first had upon proper application and cause shown.
 Sec. IA. That whenever corpora ton shall violate any of the penal pro- visions of the antitrust laws, such vio- Iation shall be deemed to be also that of the individual directors, officers, or agents of such corporation who shall have authorized, ordered. or done any of the acts constituting in whole or in part such violation, and such violation shall be deemed misdemeanor, and upon conviction therefor of any such director, officer. or agent he shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding $5,ooo or by Imprisonment for not ex- ceeding one year, or by, both, in the discretion of the court.
 Mode of Procedune.
 Sec. 16. That the several district courts of the United States are hereby invested with jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this act, and 1t shall be the duty of the several dis trict attorneys of the United States, in their respective districts, under the direction of the attorney general, to institute proceedings in equity to pre- vent and restrain such violations. Such proceedings may be by way of petition setting forth the case and praying that such violation shall be enjoined or otherwise prohibited.