ADDITIONAL SECTION. That all existing laws relating to the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence and the compelling of testimony under the Act to regulate commerce and all Acts amendatory thereof shall apply to any and all proceedings and hearings under this Act.

ADDITIONAL SECTION. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, but the amendments herein provided for shall not affect causes now pending in courts of the United States, but such causes shall be prosecuted to a conclusion in the manner heretofore provided by law.

ADDITIONAL SECTION. That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.*

Approved February 11, 1887; amended March 2, 1889; February 10, 1891; February 8, 1895; and June 29, 1906.

*Note. - By a joint resolution adopted after the passage of the Hepburn Act, it was provided that this Act should go into effect sixty days after June 29 1906.

The Elkins Act As Amended

[Hepburn bill amendments in bold-faced type.] An Act to further regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled: