Amador ledger., 1906-02-23
A BILL TO ESTABLISH A DEPART.
MENT OF MINES.

Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the Unitec
States of America in congress assem-
bled, that there shall be at the seat oi
government an executive department
to be known as the department ot
mines and mining, and secretary oi
mines and mining at the head thereof,
who shall be appointed by the presi
dent, by and with the advice and con.
sent of the senate, who shall have a
seat in the cabinet, and who shall re-
ceive salary of $4,000 per annum
and section 158 of the Revised
Statutes is hereby amended to include
such department, and the provisions
of title of the Revised Statutes,
including all amendments thereto,
are hereby made applicable to said
department.
Sec. 2. That there shall be IN
said department an assistant secre-
tary of mines and mining, to be
appointed by the president, by and
with the advice and consent of the
senate, who shall receive salary of
"a, OOO per annum.- He shall perform
such duties as shall be prescribed by
the secretary and required by law.
There shall also be appointed by said
secretary one chief clerk, who shall
receive salary of 81, 800 per annum,
and such other clerical assistance as
may, from time to time, be authoriz-
ed by congress.
Sec. 3. That the said department of
mines and mining shall have general
jurisdiction over all matters pertain
ing to mines and mining industries
and the geological, survey, and over
all the matters committed to any of
the bureaus, offices, departments, or
branches of the public service by this
act transferred from other executive
departments of the government to the
said department of mines and mining
as fully as the same is now poss essed
by any of the said bureaus, offices,
departments, or branches of the
public service from whence the same
is so transferred, and that the official
records and papers now on file in and
relating to the business of any such
bureau, office, department, or branch
of the public service in this act trans
ferred to the department of mines
and mining, together with the furnl-
ture now in use in such bureau,
office, department or branch of the
public service, shall be. and is here
by, transferred to the department of
mines and mining.
Sec. A. That there shall be in the
department of mines and mining a
bureau which shall, under the direc-
tion of the secretary thereof, gather,
compile and publish information in
respect to the same, and it shall be
the duty of said bureau to acquire
and disseminate practical and useful
information concerning the mines,
mineral resources and mining in
dustries of the United States; that
the Office of the" director of the
geological survey and the geological
survey service, and all that relates to
and pertains to the same, is hereby
transferred from the jurisdiction of
the interior department to the jurls-
diction and supervision of the depart
ment of mines and mining, to remain
henceforth under the jurisdiction of
the latter; and the director of the
geological survey is hereby made the
director of said bureau.
Sec 5. That the secretary of mines
and mining shall annually make a
report in writing to congress, which
shall contain an account of all moneys
received and expended by him in
promoting and facilitating the de-
velopment of the American mines
mineral resources and mining indus
tries and such recommendations as he
shall deem necessary to the fnrther
development of the same. He shall
also make special investigations and
reports on particular subjects when
ever required to do so by either the
president, the senate or the house of
representatives.
Sec. 6. That the secretary of mines
and mining shall have charge in the
building or premises occupied by or
appropriated to the department of
mines and mining, of the library,
furniture, fixtures, records, and other
property pertaining to it, or hereafter
acquired for use in it's business; and
he shall be allowed to expend for
periodicals and the purposes of the
library, and for the rental of appro-
pirate quarters for the accommodation
of the department of mines and min
ing within the District of Columbia,
and for all other incidental expenses
such sums as congress may provide
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