ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1305

title, or who owns stocks or bonds therein, or who has any pe-
cuniary interest therein.

417. The salaries of the commissioners, People's Counsel and
the secretary to the commission, shall be paid monthly by the
State Treasurer upon the warrant of the Comptroller of the
Treasury, out of the funds provided therefor. The commission-
ers. Peoples Counsel, the secretary of the commission and its
officers and clerks, inspectors, experts and other employees
shall have reimbursed to them, by the State Treasurer, upon
the warrant of the Comptroller, all actual and necessary travel-
ing and other expenses and disbursements incurred or made by
them in the discharge of their official duties. The salaries or
compensation of all other officers, clerks, inspectors, members
and employees of the commission, shall be fixed by the com-
mission, subject to the written approval in every case of the
Governor.

The sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75, 000) annually,
or so much thereof as may be necessary annually for the main-
tenance of said commission and the payment of the salaries of
the commissioners, the People's counsel, secretary, clerks, in-
spectors and all other employees whatsoever of the commission,
and for investigations and hearings and all its necessary and
incidental expenses, is hereby appropriated, and shall be pay-
able on the order or orders of said commission, drawn upon
the Comptroller at monthly intervals and at such other times as
the commission may deem necessary, and upon such order or
orders of the commission, the Comptroller shall draw his war-
rant upon the Treasurer of the State, at the end of each month,
and at such other times as the commission may deem necessary,
as aforesaid, for such amounts as the said commission may
certify to be due and payable for all the said salaries, costs and
expenses of the said commission as aforesaid, not exceeding,
however, the amount herein appropriated therefor.

418. Whenever application, protest or other form of com-
plaint is made to the Commission of or concerning any act or
omission, any service, regulation, equipment, appliance or facili-
ties, or the adequacy or quality thereof, any preferences or ad-
vantage or any prejudice, disadvantage or any discrimination,
any rates, tolls, fares or charges, or any regulations or practices
with respect thereto, or of or concerning any other matter or
thing done, permitted, maintained or omitted to be done by any
person, firm or corporation, subject to the jurisdiction of the
Commission, with respect to any of the requirements imposed