The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-19
a DEPARTMENT. OF AeRrcT,-
TURE, II
A bill introduced by Mr.. George, from tbs
Committee on Agriculture, which WaS
read the first and second times BY uu.n,
nous consent.

| Be it enacted by the Senate and H.
/ OF Representatives of the United States -
| America in Congress assembled. That - -, u
/ dition to the powers and duties now -
scribed by law for the Department of A.;
culture, the following are hereby coner5a5
and vested in said department. Ii is boraLI
made an executive department, and m,
/ head thereof shall be known as the Sacre-
| tary of the Department Of Agriculture He
shall have practical knowledge Of agricnl.
/ ture, and shall receive a salary of eigbt
thousand dollars per annum.
SECTION ,. That there shall be in tbe
said department an Assistant Secretary
who shall be appointed by the President
| by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, and shall be entitled to the same
salary Is now provided by law for the As.
sistant Secretary of the Interior Depart.
ment. He shall have practical KNOWLEDGE
of agriculture, and shall perform such
duties in the Department of Agriculture as
shall be prescribed by the Secretary or NAV
be requireCpby law. There shall also be
chief clerk, who shall receive a salary of
two thousand two hundred dollars year.
SEC. 3. That there shall be in the Depart.
ment of Agriculture a Bureau of Labor and
Industrial Education, with a chief appointed
thereotty the Secretary, who shall be entitled
a salary of three thousand dollars per an.
mum. 1t shall be his duty to collect infol-
nation of the Agricultural Colleges and iu-
dustrial schools endowed by Congress, and
also to collect statistics and facts showing
the condition and progress of education
among the industrial classes, and concern
ing wages of labor, price OF products, ana
the cost of living OF the working classes in
the United States and other countries. This
bureau shall collect snch Information con-
corning the rural work Of women as viii
tend to enlarge the sphere OF their labors
and Tighten the burden of the families of the
agricultural population, and shall also col
lect such Information concerning the cree
ton and adornmeut of rural homes rs may
conduce to comfort, health, and well-being
of the rural population.
SEC. t. That tue Bureau of Geological
Survey as now established by law is hereby
transferred to the Department of Agricul,
ture. This bureau, in addition to the
duties now imposed on it by law, shall in
vestigate and collect Information concern
ing the resources aud capabilities of the
public and private lands in the United
States for farming, stock-raising, timber,
manufacturing, mining, water-pOwer and
other industrial uses.
SEC. 5. That there shall be in said depart
ment a bureau of Transportation, the chief
Of which shall be appointed by the Secrcta-
ry, and shall be entitled to receive a salary
Of three thousand dollars per annum. This
bureau shall collect information concerning
the cost of moving agricultural products
and general merchandise and carrying
passengers, and of the cost and construction
and maintenance Of railroads, and the cost
of the operation of the different systems Of
transportation by land and water.
SEC. 6. That there shall be in said de-
partment a Bureau of Manufactures and
Machinery, the chief Of which shall be
appointed by the Secretary, and shall be
entitled TO receive salary Of three thous-
and dollars per annum, This bureau shall
collect information concerning the cost and
production of the raw material, and the
procsr1SAo of converting the same into man
IudV Re cost OF such processes, and
such ation concerning manu-
taegb ginery as may be valuable
Dr. IN producers, and consumers;
az q shall also collect iniorma.
5e ,csrAMsnanulacture, and
Aral implements,
adapted to any
am OF the Union.
~ practical kuowl-
%s&gHd machinery.
NEhall be in said de-
s8Agricuilural Produc-
s3Ch shall be appointed
4 - SSld shall be entitled to a
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