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and trust-companies, and in the Federal Trade Commission where
applicable to all other character of commerce, to be exercised as
follows :
Whenever the commission or board vested with jurisdiction
thereof shall have reason to believe that any person is violating
or has violated any of the provisions of sections two, three,
seven and eight of this Act, it shall issue and serve upon such
person a complaint stating its charges in that respect, and containing
 a notice of a hearing upon a day and at a place therein
fixed at least thirty days after the service of said complaint. The
person so complained of shall have the right to appear at the
place and time so fixed and show cause why an order should
not be entered by the commission or board requiring such person
to cease and desist from the violation of the law so charged in
said complaint. Any person may make application, and upon
good cause shown may be allowed by the commission or board,
to intervene and appear in said proceeding by counsel or in
person. The testimony in any such proceeding shall be reduced
to writing and filed in the office of the commission or board. If
upon such hearing the commission Or board, as the case may be,
shall be of the opinion that any of the provisions of said sections
have been or are being violated, it shall make a report in writing
in which it shall state its findings as to the facts, and shall issue
and cause to be served on such person an order requiring such
person to cease and desist from such violations, and divest itself
of the stock held, or rid itself of the directors chosen contrary
to the provisions of sections seven and eight of this Act, if any
there be, in the manner and within the time fixed by said order.
Untill a transcript of the record in such hearing shall have been
filed in a circuit court of appeals of the United States, as herein
after provided, the commission or board may at any time, upon
such notice and in such manner as it shall deem proper, modify
or set aside, in whole or in part, any report or any order made
or issued by it under this section.
If such person fails or neglects to obey such order of the
commission or board while the same is in effect, the commission
or board may apply to the circuit court of appeals of the United
States, within any circuit where the violation complained of was
being committed or where such person resides or carries On
business, for the enforcement of its order, and shall certify and