The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-03-15

instruments, records, books, papers,
DC, are hereby transferred to the
Department Of Industries; aud the
Secretary may, through said bureau,
IN connection with the Bureau OF
Statistics, institute such inyestiga.
lions and collect such Information,
facts and statistics relative to the
mines and mining Of the United
States, facility for their ventilation
and general operation as may be
deemed Of value and Importance.
"ln addition to the duties imposed
by chapter 10, titls Of the Revised
Statutes, the Bureau Of Statistics
shall collect aud report the agricul.
tural statistics of the United States,
and in addition all important infor-
nation or statistics relating 10 indus
trial education and agricultural col.
lections, to labor and demands and
prices therefor, in this and other
countries, TO markets and prices, to
modes and cost Of transporting agri-
cultural products and live stock to
their final market, to the demand,
supply and prices in foreign markets,
TO the location, number and products
Of manufacturing establishments Of
whatever sort, their sources Of raw
material, methods, markets, cost Of
transportation and prices, to such
commercial or other conditions as
may affec! the market value of farm
products or the interest Of the indus.
trial classes Of the United States
Anaethe, Secretary lie hereby author.
lied to establish such divisions in
this Bureau as to make such monthly
or other reports as he shall deem
most effective for the prompt dis.
semination Of such reliable informa.
tion respecting crops and domestic
and foreign markets as will be oil
service to the farmers, miners, me.
chanics, laborers or other Industrial
lists of the United States.
"That there shall be in the Depart.
ment of Industries q Division Of
Commerce, and, to superintend said
Division, Commission of Commerce,
who shall be appointed by the Pres.
ident, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, and shall re-
ceive salary Of $1,000 per annum
THAT all divisions or subdivisions
bureaus, or parts thereof, heretofore
attaching to the Treasury Depart
ment by virtue of the provisions. Of
chapter 10 of title Z of the Revised
Statutes, relating to commerce anc
navigation; title 40, relating to the
regulation Of vessels in foreign com
merce; title so, relating to the regula
ton of vessels in domestic commerce
title So, relating to the regulation o.
steam-yesscls; title Sc, relating to the
coast survey, or by virtue of any law
amendatory Of said several provis
ions or regulations in pursuance
thereof, shall from and after the
passage Of this act, be part Of the Di
vision of Commerce in the Depart
ment of Industries.
"That all duties devolving upon
the Secretary Of the Treasury by vir
tue Of the several provisions men
toned in the preceding section shall
from and after the passage of lhi.
act, be performed by the Secretary O
Industries. The authority conferred
and the duties imposed by said sew
oral provisions upon the Register q
the Treasury shall, from and after
the passage of this act, be exercised
and discharged by the Commissioner
of Commerce. All bonds authorized
by any Of the provisions aforesaid t.
bamade payable to the Register o
the Treasury shall, from and aftel
the passage Of this act, be made pay
able to the Commissioner of Com
merce.
"That this act shall not be con
strued TO interfere with the present
ent organization Of the various de
partments, divisions, subdivisions
and bureaus embraced herein, except
with reference to the transfer lhereo
to the Department of Industries, sub
ject to the general provisions Of law
relating to regulations in the variou.
Departments of the Government ant
appointments to Office therein"