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Show 83 Ancillary Matters.-Other provisions include those relat- ing to accounts, records and reports by carriers; and investiga- tion, enforcement, and procedures.54 Exemptions.-A number of exemptions from the Act are specified, principal among which are those for the transpor- tation of commodities in bulk.65 Water Terminals.-In 1918, Congress directed the Chief of Engineers to submit special reports on terminal and transfer facilities and to indicate in his Annual Reports the character of such facilities existing on every harbor or waterway under maintenance or improvement by the United States, with a statement as to their adequacy for existing commerce.56 The following year Congress declared its policy that water termi- nals are essential at all cities and towns located upon harbors or navigable waterways, and that "at least one public terminal should exist, constructed, owned and regulated by the munici- pality, or other public agency of the State and open to use of all on equal terms."57 This policy respecting water terminals thus aids federal navigation improvement of rivers and harbors under statutes which we shall later examine.58 Moreover, Congress has also provided that if the public interest would not seriously suffer by delay, the Secretary of the Army69 may withhold moneys appropriated for further improvement of existing projects unless there are adequate water terminals or assurances that they will be provided.60 Inland Waterways Corporation.-After almost 100 years of federal improvement of navigable waterways for commercial use by others,61 in 1918 the Federal Government itself began a limited commercial operation of boats and facilities on inland waterways. After the President had taken over transportation M See 49 U. S. C. 13,14,16, 20. ¦" § 303, 54 Stat. 931, 49 U. S. C. 903. 88 Act of July 18, 1918, § 7, 40 Stat. 904, 911, 33 U. S. O. 550; see also Act of June 5,1920, § 8,41 Stat. 988, 992, as amended, 46 U. S. C. 867. w Act of March 2,1919, § 1, 40 Stat. 1275,1286, 33 U. S. C. 551. M See infra, pp. 87-112. "The Department of the Army and its Secretary will be referred to hereafter, excepting in quotations, by their present official titles. " Act of March 2,1919, § 1,40 Stat. 1275,1286. n See infra, pp. 88-90. |