Federal Securities Act: Hearing Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives Seventy-third Congress, First Session, on H.R. 4314, to Provide for the Furnishing of Information and the Supervision of Traffic in Investment Securities in Interstate Commerce. March 31, April 1, 4, 5, 1933 ... |
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... suggestion , and I am thinking about it . Mr. PARKER . I am trying to protect the innocent man who is in bad company . Mr. MERRITT . The innocent man ought to look out and not sign his name to everything , without examination . Mr ...
... suggestion , and I am thinking about it . Mr. PARKER . I am trying to protect the innocent man who is in bad company . Mr. MERRITT . The innocent man ought to look out and not sign his name to everything , without examination . Mr ...
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... suggestion is that we strike out the word " the " and the word " circuit " and have it read " Court of Appeals . " The commencement of proceedings in " -then strike out the words . " the circuit " and leave the words " Court of Appeals ...
... suggestion is that we strike out the word " the " and the word " circuit " and have it read " Court of Appeals . " The commencement of proceedings in " -then strike out the words . " the circuit " and leave the words " Court of Appeals ...
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... suggestions about this bill , that it is the hope to close these hearings tomorrow ; certainly not later than noon Monday . Some gentleman from New York spoke to me this morning , saying that if we could get through with Mr. Thompson in ...
... suggestions about this bill , that it is the hope to close these hearings tomorrow ; certainly not later than noon Monday . Some gentleman from New York spoke to me this morning , saying that if we could get through with Mr. Thompson in ...
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... suggestion occurred to me , whether or not that does not involve an exercise of control apart from the question of publicity . A somewhat similar question is involved in subdivision ( e ) , follow- ing that , on line 15 , in which the ...
... suggestion occurred to me , whether or not that does not involve an exercise of control apart from the question of publicity . A somewhat similar question is involved in subdivision ( e ) , follow- ing that , on line 15 , in which the ...
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... suggestion . We hold partners liable , why shouldn't we hold a director of a corporation liable ? Mr. LEA . Might it not be well to consider adopting a rule that directors would be responsible even without their signatures , under ...
... suggestion . We hold partners liable , why shouldn't we hold a director of a corporation liable ? Mr. LEA . Might it not be well to consider adopting a rule that directors would be responsible even without their signatures , under ...
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Page 9 - If any provision of this Act, or the application of such provision to any . person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Act, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. SEC. 16. This Act may be cited as the "National Labor Relations Act.
Page 153 - Upon the filing of the record with it the jurisdiction of the court shall be exclusive and its judgment and decree shall be final, except that the same shall be subject to review by the...
Page 105 - These contracts are not articles of commerce in any proper meaning of the word. They are not subjects of trade and barter offered in the market as something having an existence and value independent of the parties to them. They are not commodities to be shipped or forwarded from one State to another, and then put up for sale.
Page 222 - Commerce" means commerce among the several States or with foreign nations, or in any Territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia, or between any such Territory and another, or between any such Territory and any State or foreign nation, or between the District of Columbia and any State or Territory or foreign nation. "Corporation...
Page 9 - ... to appear before the commission, or to produce documentary evidence if so ordered, or to give evidence touching the matter in question ; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Page 8 - Judgments and decrees so rendered shall be subject to review as provided in sections 128 and 240 of the Judicial Code, as amended (USC, title 28, sees. 225 and 347).
Page 194 - ... as in cases of contract from any person who, if sued separately, would have been liable to make the same payment, unless the person who has become liable was, and the other was not, guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation.
Page 194 - Any security exchanged by the issuer with its existing security holders exclusively where no commission or other remuneration is paid or given directly or indirectly for soliciting such exchange...
Page 7 - ... made in the course of repeated and successive transactions of a like character by such owner, or on his account by such representative, and such owner or representative not being the underwriter of such security.
Page 9 - Upon the application of the Attorney General of the United States, at the request of the commission, the district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus commanding any person or corporation to comply with the provisions of this Act or any order of the commission made in pursuance thereof.