Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-02

Copy Of Bill Signed by President Taft
May l6-To Take Effect July l. 1910.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United
States of America, in Congress AS
sembled-
'That there is hereby established in
the Department of the Interior Bureau,
to be called the Bureau of Mines, and q
Director of said Bureau, who shall be
thoroughly equipped for the duties of
said Office by technical education and
experience and who shall be appointed
by the President, by and with the ad-
vice and consent Of the Senate, and who
shall receive q salary of $4,000 per an
mum; and there shall also be in the said
Bureau such experts and other employees
as may from time to time be authorized
by Congress.
Section 2. That it shall be the prov
ince and duty of said Bureau and its
Director under the direction of the Sec
retary of the Interior to make diligent
investigation of the methods of mining,
especially in relation to the safety of
miners, and the appliances best adapted
to prevent accidents, the possible i'm
provement of conditions under which
mining operations are carried on, the
treatment of ores and other mineral
substances, the use of explosives and
electricity, the prevention of accidents,
and other inquiries and technologic in
vestigations pertinent to said industries,
and from time to time to make such
public reports of the work, investiga-
tions, and information obtained as the
Secretary Of said Department may direct,
with the recommendations of such Bu-
reau.
Section 8. That the Secretary of the
Interior shall provide the said Bureau
with furnished Offices in the city of
Washington, with such books. records,
stationery and appliances, and such as
sistants, clerks, stenographers, typewrit-
ers, and other employees as may be nec-
essary for the proper discharge of the
duties imposed by this act upon such
Bureau, fixing the compensation of such
clerks and employees within appropria-
tions made for that purpose.
Section 4. That the Secretary of the
Interior is hereby authorized to transfer
to the Bureau of Mines from the United
States Geological Survey the supervi-
sion of the investigations of structural
materials, the analyzing and testing of
Goals, lignites, and other mineral fuel
substances and the investigation as to
the causes of mine explosions; and the
appropriations made for such investiga-
tions may be expended under the super
vision of the Director of the Bureau of
Mines in manner as if the same were so
directed in the appropriation acts and
such investigations shall hereafter be
within the province of the Bureau of
Mines, and shall cease and determine
under the organization of the United
States Geological Survey; and such ex-
perts, employees, property and equip
ment as are now employed or used by
the Geological Survey in connection
with the subjects herewith transferred
to the Bureau of Mines are directed to
be transferred to said Bureau.
Section 5. That nothing in this Act
shall be construed as in any way grant
ing to any officer or employe Of the Bu-
reau of Mines any right or authority in
connection with the inspection or super
vision Of mines or metallurgical plants
in any State.
Section 6. This Act shall take effect
and be in force on and after the first
day of July, 1910.