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Public Law 62–377
To constitute a commission to investigate the purchase of American-grown tobacco by the Governments of foreign countries.
Approved August 24, 1912
Statutory text
An Act
To constitute a commission to investigate the purchase of American-grown tobacco by the Governments of foreign countries.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That a commission consisting of three Senators, to be chosen by the President of the Senate, and three Members of the House of Representatives, to be chosen by the Speaker, is hereby created; such commission is empowered to investigate the conditions under which the Governments of foreign countries purchase American-grown tobacco, and whether there is any combination or understanding between the representatives of said foreign Governments with a view of depressing the price of American-grown tobacco. The commission shall report the results of its investigations to the Congress. The sum of ten thousand dollars
Appropriation.
to defray the expenses of the commission, including the expenses of witnesses and clerical work, is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of the Treasury.
Approved, August 24, 1912.