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REGISTER

EDERAL
VOLUME

1934

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NUMBER 24

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Washington Thursday, April 16, 1936
S pecial O rder N o . 29-A

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
National Bituminous Coal Commission.

AN ORDER APPROVING MINIMUM PRICES FOR DISTRICT NO. 4 FOR
PURPOSES OF COORDINATION ONLY

G eneral O rder N o . 18
AN ORDER MODIFYING GENERAL ORDER NO. 16 TO EXTEND THE TIME
FOR FILING DATA THEREUNDER

Upon consideration of the request of various members of the Code th at the time specified in .General Order No. 16 issued March 17,1936, for the filing of cost and price realization data thereunder be extended by reason of the recent general dis ruption of ordinary operating conditions in many sections of the coal-producing districts resulting from flood and other extraordinary natural circumstances, and pursuant to au thority vested in it by the Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935, the Commission hereby orders as follows:
1.
That paragraph 1 of General Order No. 16 be, and hereby is, modified 1 by striking out the phrase within fifteen 15 days from the date of this Order, as it therein appears, and inserting in lieu thereof the phrase on or before April 17, 1936, 2 by striking out the phrase the 6th day of April 1936, as it therein appears, and inserting in lieu thereof the phrase April 22, 1936, and 3 by strik ing out the phrase the 11th day of April 1936 as it therein appears, and inserting in lieu thereof the phrase April 27
1936, so th at the said paragraph 1 of said General Order No. 16 shall read as follows:
1. Each producer having any mine within any District as defined in the Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 or by General Order No. 15 issued by the Commission February 8, 1936, shall on or before April 17, 1936, file with the Statistical Bureau of said District Board, acting herein as an agent of the Commission, com plete reports showing cost of production of coal at such mine as defined in said Act, and realization prices derived from the sale of said coal, all as more fully set forth and specified in Cost Forms Nos. la and 2a heretofore approved by the said Commission, such reports to include all coal produced during the period from October 1, 1935, to December 31, 1935, both dates inclusive. Such reports shall be filed in duplicate and shall be received and held by said Statistical Bureau as confidential information of the pro ducer upon the conditions and for the purposes specified in said Act. Upon receipt of such reports, such Statistical Bureau shall forthwith assemble the data as to cost of production and price realization therein set forth and shall make compilations thereof, and shall, on or before April 22, 1936, submit such compilations to said District Board which shall thereupon, on or before April 27, 1936, file such compilations with the Commission in Washington, D. C.

2. The Secretary of the Commission shall forthwith trans mit a copy of this Order to the District Board for each Dis trict which shall thereupon notify each producer having any mine within such. District of the substance hereof.
Dated this 9th day of April 1936.
N ational B itum inous C oal C ommission ,
By C. F. H osford, J r ., Chairman.
G eorge E dward A cret, W alter H. Maloney , C. E. S m ith , P ercy T etlow ,
C om m issioners.

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Filed, April 14, 1936; 11:49 a. m.

The Commission having on March 2, 1936, issued its Special Order No. 28 directing, among other tilings, the estab lishment and submission to it of minimum prices in each District of Minimum Price Area No. 1 by the District Board therefor, and the District Board for District No. 4 having, in compliance therewith, established minimum prices for said District on March 6, 1936, and submitted said prices to the Commission on March 12, 1936, and the Commission having considered said prices and the data upon which they were computed, and having heard and considered certain protests itthereagainst, and being fully advised in the premises:
Now, therefore, pursuant to authority vested in it by the Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935, the Commission hereby finds th at the said minimum prices, as so established and submitted, and as hereinafter modified; 1 will yield a return per net ton of bituminous coal produced in said Dis trict which is as nearly equal as can be, within the require ments of said Act, to $2.07, such sum being the weighted average of the total costs per net ton of the tonnage of said Minimum Price Area as determined by the Commission in its Special Order No. 27 issued February 20, 1936; 2 reflect, as nearly as possible, the relative market value of the various kinds, qualities, and sizes of coals; 3 are just and equitable as between producers within said District; 4 have due re gard to the interests of the consuming public; and 5 will not permit dumping, and orders as follows:
1. The said m inim um prices established on March 6, 1936, and submitted to the Commission on March 12, 1936, by said District Board for District No. 4 be, and they are hereby, modified to the effect th a t said prices become as set out in Schedule of Minimum Prices for District No. 4 attached hereto and made a part hereof, and th at said prices, as so modified, be and they are hereby approved, such modifica tion and approval to be effective as of this date for purposes of coordination only.
2. The Secretary shall forthwith transm it a copy of this Order, including the said Schedule of Minimum Prices hereto attached, to the District Board for each District in Minimum Price Area No. 1.
3. Said District Board for District No. 4 is hereby ordered to forthwith coordinate with all other districts concerned, based upon said Schedule of Prices as herein modified. All District Boards concerned shall immediately proceed with such coordination.
Dated this 8th day of April 1936.
N ational B itum inous C oal C omm ission ,
By C. F. H osford, Jr., Chairman.
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