Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-23
MONEYS GOODNORK
Full Text of the Bill introduced by
Representative Money in the House
10 Make the
Agricultural Bureau an Executive De.
Partment, and to Enlarge its
Duties and Powers.

! We give below, in full, Mr. Moneys bill to
make the agricultural bureau an executive
department. A measure of great importance
TO the South, it should have the hearty sup
| port OF every representative in Congress
| from this section
Bet enacted By tie Senate and House Of Rep
reseRtdtiues Of The United States Of AmeTica in
Congress assembled, That the department of
agriculture is hereby made an executive de-
! partment OF tia government
Sec. ,. That the head Of the depart
ment shall be called the secretary of the de-
| partment OF agriculture, and shall be prac-
| iicai agriculturist, and shall receive salary
/ OF $4,000 per annum. That there shall also
| be an assistant secretary of the department
OF agriculture, who shall be appointed by
the President, by and with the advice and
conseNt OF the Senate, who shall be practi-
cal agrIculturist, and who shall receive sal
airy OF $500 per annum. There shall also
| be a chief clerk of the department, who
shall be appointed by the secretary, and who
shall receive salary of 5000 per annum.
Sec. 8. That there is hereby established in
the department. Of agriculture bureau of
education and labor, with chief whose
salary shall be - per annum, whose duty
1t shall be to collect all informatio concern
ing education IN this country and abroad,
and all Information concerning the wages of
labor, the price OF products, the cost OF liv-
ing of the working classes at home and
abroad, that may conduce to the welfare and
advancement of the industrial classt of this
country. This bureau shall especially COL
lect all Information concerning the rural
work OF women that may enlarge the sphere
OF labor and tighten the burdens of the fam
Ines OF the agricultural population, and
shall also collect such inform alton concern
ing the adornment of rural homes as may
conduce to the comfort and weil-being of the
rural population. And the bureau OF edu-
caIlon, already organized, is hereby trans
ferred, with it officers, and clerks, and en-
ployes, and ali its books, papers, records, and
other property, to the department of agricul-
ture.
Sec. 4. That there is hereby established
bureau of geological survey, with a chief
thereof at a salary of s. per annuu,
whose duties shall be the same as now
exercised by the commission known as the
Geological Survey; and all the clerks, en-
ployes, books, records, and papers, instru-
ments and property of said geological sur
vey are hereby transferred to the bureau of
geological survey; and all important and
valuable information concerning mines and
mining interests shall be collected By said
bureau.
Sec. 5. That there is hereby established a
bureau of transportation, with chief at a
salary OF s. per annam, which
shall collect information concerning cost of
moving agricultural products and general
merchandise, and carrying passengers, and
of the cost of construction and operation of
the different systems of transportation by
land and water.
Sec. 6. That their is hereby established
bureau OF manufactures, with a chief at
salary OF s. per annum, which bureau
shall collect Information concerning the cost |
OF raw material, and the processes of con-
verting the raw material into manufactures, |
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formation concerning manufactures valuable |
to manufacturers, producers and consumers;
and said bureau shall especially collect in
formation concerning the manufacture cost |
and practical value of agricultural nipple |
ments and fertilizers.
Sec. z. That the secretary of the de- |
partment of agriculture is hereby empow- |
cred and directed to establish in each |
State OF the Union one or more experimental |
stations for the purpose of thoroughly test /,
ing valuable plants, seeds, fertilizers, and |
agricultural implements with reference to |
soil and climate; and at least one of the |
experimental stations in each State shall be
connected with an agricultural college, if
there be such.
for the general diffusion of the information
collected as above directed by the several |
bureaus of the department, reports at least
once year; and he is hereby authorized
and empowered to adopt such other methods
of diffusing valuable information among the
industrial classes as his judgment may APP
prove. And he shall exchange his reports, bull
letins, and other publications with the several
agricultural livestock, and other industrial
journals of the Union for copies of their
several publications, which shall be filed in
the library of the department of agriculture.
Sec. 8. That the secretary of the depart
ment of agriculture shall organize the
bureaus hereby established by the appoint
ment OF their respective heads and such clerks
and laborers as he may deem necessary for
the efficient performances of the duties OF the
department, making such divisions and ap-
pointing superintendents thereof as he may
deem necessary; and the employees of the
department shall be taken from the several
sections of the Union, so that all climates
and productions may be represented as far
as practicable without impairing the
efficiency of the service, and they shall also
be taken from the agricultural classes of the
country as far az consistent with efficiency.
Sec. 10. That section l5S of the Revised
Statutes is hereby amended so as to include
The department of agriculture, and the pro-
visions OF title of the Revised Statutes
are hereby made applicable 20 the depart
nent OF agriculture, and the provisions of
title II, except such as are inconsistent with
his act, are hereby continued in full force
aud effect.