§ 564 T2'ILN 5.

-BXEOU'1VB DAI'AR''MENTS, OPFICEIRS, AND EMPLOYBIS

ties, colleges, boards of trade, chambers of commerce, or other 28, 1924, c. 204, Title 111, 43 Stat. 224; Feb. 27, 1925, c. 364,
local associations of business men, business organizations, .ane! Title III, 43 Stat. 1033.)
individuals within the State, Territory, district or insular pos- 594. Disbursing clerk.-There shall also he in said department
session in which such activities are to be carried on, moneys a disbursing clerk. (Feb). 14, 1903, c. 552, § 2, 32 Stat. 826.)
contributed from such outside sources, except in the case of 595. Assignment of salaries.-The Secretary of Commerce
the authorized activities of the Forest Service, shall be paid Is authorized, under such regulations as lie nfty prescribe, to
only through the Secretary of Agriculture or through State, permit officers and employees of the several bureaus and divi-
county or municipal agencies, or local farm bureaus or like sions of the Department of Commerce to assign their salaries
organizations, cooperating for the purpose with the Secretary while absent from Washington, District of Columbia, and
of Agriculture. (July 24, 1910, c. 26, 41 Stat. 270.) employed in the field. (June 17, 1910, c. 297, § 1, 36 Stat. 52.1.)
564. Same; salaries of employees of department.-The offi. 596. Powers and duties of department.-It shall be the
clals and the emuployees of the Department of Agriculture en- province and duty of said department to foster, promote, nnd
gaged in the activities described in section 563 of this title develop the foreign and domestic commerce, the mining, 1n1nu-
and paid in whole or it part out of funds contributed a $pro- facturing, shipping, and fishery Ildustries, and the transporta-
vided therein, and the persons, corporations, or associations tion facilities of the United States; and to this end It shall
making contributions as therein provided, shall not be subject be vested with jurisdiction and control of the departments,
to section 66 of this title; nor Lhall any official or employee bureaus, offices, and branches of the public service hereinafter
engaged in the cooperative activities of the Forest Service, specliled, and with such other powers and duties as may be
or the persons, corporations, or associations contributing to prescribed hy law. (Feb. 14, 1903, c. 552, § 3, 32 Stat. 826.)
such activities be subject to said section 66. (July 24, 1919, 597. Bureaus in department.-Te following namned offices,
c. 26, 41 Stat. 270.) bureaus, divisions, and branches of the public service, and all
that pertains to the same, shall be under time jurisdiction and
Chapter 10.-DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.
supervisloi of the Department of Commerce:
Sec. 1. The Bureau of Lighthouses.
591. Establnliuent of depaitmeat; Secretary ; seal.
2. Tihe Steamboat Inspection Service.
592. Apslstaat Secretari.
503. ClcC clerk and sultijintendent. 3. The Bureau of Navigation.
594. Disbursing clerk. 4. The United States Shipping Commissioners.
595. Assigarneuts of salaries. 5. The National Bureau of Standards.
69G. Powels and dutiei of department. 8. Time Coast and Geodetic Stfrvey.
597. tureaus In department.
598. Same; records, etc. 7. The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
599. Duties amid powers vested In department. 8. The Census Office.
600. Same; nierelhnnt vessels, shipping, navigation, etc. 9. The Bureau of Fisheries, and the office of Commissioner
601. Statistical Information.
602. Transfer of statistical or sclentilic work. of isherles.
6W3. Custody of buildings; officers transferred. 10. The Patent Offce.
601. Annual nnd special reports. 11. The Bureau of Mines.
603. Lease of Commerce Building. (Feb. 14, 1903, c. 552, HI 4, 12, 32 Stat. 826, 830; June 17,
Section 591. Establishment of department; Secretary; seal.- 1910, c. 301, § 4, 36 Stat. 537; Aug. 23, 1912, c. 350, 37 Stat.
There sllali be at the seat of government an executive depart- 407; Mar. 4, 1913, c. 141, 1 3, 37 Stat. 757; Jan. 5, 1923, c. 23,
nmint to be knownt a., the Department of Commerce, and a Sec- § 1, 42 Stat. 1109.)
retary of Commerce, who shall be the head thereof, who shall 598. Same; records, etc.-The official records and papers on
be appointed by the P'resident, by aid with the advice and file in ant pertaining exclusively to the business of tiny bureau,
consent of the Senate, and whose term and tenure of office office, departfment, or branch of time public service transferred
shall be like that of the heads of the other executive depart- to the Department of Commerce, together with the furniture
ments; and the provisions of chapter 1 of this title shall be In use it such bureau, office, department, or branch of the
appli-able to said lepartment. The said Secretary shall cause public service, are transferred to time Department of Com.
a seal of etlice to be made for the said department of such merce. (Feb. 14, 1903, c. 552, § 4, 32 Stat. 826.)
device as the President shall approve, and judicial notice shall 599. Duties and powers vested in department.-All dutles
be taken of the said seal. (Feb. 9, 1889, c. 122, § 3, 25 Stat. performed and all power and authority possessed or exercised
659; Feb. 1-4, 1903, c. 552, § 1, 32 Stat. 825; Feb. 26, 3907, c. by the head of any executive department In and over any
1635, § d, 31 Stat. 993; Feb. 17, 1909, c. 137, §§ 1, 2, 35 Stat. bureau, office, officer, board, branch, or division of the public
626; Mar. 4, 1909, e. 297, § 1, 35 Stat. 861; .Mar. 3, 1917, c. service transferred to the Department of Commerce, or any
163, § 1, 39 Stat. 1111; Mar. ., 1925, c. 519, § 4, -13 Stat. 1301.) business arising therefrom or ,pertaining thereto, or in-relation
Cros reference: Salary of Secretary ; see section .i of this title. to the duties performed by and authority conferred by law upon
592. Assistant Secretary.--There shall be in saiId department such bureau, officer, office, board, branch or division of the
all Assistant Secretary of Commerce, to be appointed by the puhlic service, whether of an appellate or revisory character or
'reshient. Ile shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed otherwise, slhall be 'ested In and .eercised by the Secretary of
by the Secretary or required by. law. (Feb. 14, 1903, c. 552, Commerce. (Feb. 14, 190',1, c. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829.)
§ 2, 12 Stat. 826; Mar. 4, 1913, e. 141, 37 Stat. 786; Mar. 3, 600. Same; merchant vessels, shipping, navigation, etc.-All
duies, power, authority and jurisdiction, whether supervisory,
1917, c. 163, § 1, 39 Stat. 1111.)
appellate, or otherwise, formerly Imposed or conferred upon
593. Chief clerk and superintendent.-There shall be in said
the Secretary of the Treasury by acts of Congress relating to
depiirtlneint a chief clerk and superintendent who shall be chief
exts.tive officer of time departlneut and who may be designated merchant vessels or yachts, their me.surement, numbers, naies,
by the Secretary of Commerce to sign official papers and doca- registers, enrollments, licenses, commissions, records, mort-
')ets during the temporary absence of the Secretary and the gages, bills of sale, transfers, entry, ec rance, movements and
Assistant Seretary of the department. (Feb. 14, 1903, c. 552, transportation of their cargoes and passengers, owners, offhiers,
§ 2, 32 Stat. 826; Jan. 5, 1923, c. 21, Title 1, 42 Stat. 1110; May seamen, passengers, fees, Inspection, equipment for the better
security of life, and by acts of Congress relating to tonnage
 TITLE 5.-EXECUTIVE DEPAIRTMINTS, OFICERS, AND EMPLOYflES
htx, boilers on steari .vessels, the carrying of fnflammable, ex-
plosive or dingerous cargo on vessels, the use of petroleum or
other sliuihlr substrinces to produce motive power and re-
lirting to the remission or refund of lines, penaltlcs, forfeitures,
exactions or chirges Incurred for violating any provision of
law relating to vessels or seanieu or to informer's shares of
such tiies, and by acts of Congress refiting to the Commissloler
ond Bureau of Navigation, Shipping Commissioners, their offli.
cers and empjloyees, Steamboat Inspection Service and any of
the officials thereof, are transferred to and imposed and con-
ferred upon the Secretary of Conmnerce from ind after the time
of lhe transfer of the Bureau of Navigation, the Shipping Corn-
mnissioners anid the Steamboat Iinspection Serve to the Deparl-
went of Commerce. (Feb. 14, 1903, c. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829.)
601. Statistical information.-The Secretary of Comnmerce
shall have control of tlie work of gathering and distributing
statistical information naturally relating to the subjects coii-
filed to his departient; and lie hall have the power and
authority to rearrange the statistical work of the bureaus 1, Id
offilcei confided to the Departm nt of Commerce, and to con-
solilate any of the statistical bureaus an(d offices above de-
scrilbed. lie shrll als1,o have authority to call upon other de-
plrtients of the Government for statistical data and ro~snlts
obtained by them; amid lie may collate, arrange, and publish
such statistical informatloi so obtained In such manner is to
hhn nliny seem wise. (Feb. 14, 1903, c. 552, § 4, 32 Stat. 821.)
602. Transfer of statistical or scientific wvork.-The Presl-
dent Is authorized, by order Ii writing, to transfer at any thne
the whole or any part of any office, bureau, division (ir other
branch of the iublic service engaged In statistical or scientiic
work, from the Department of State, the Department of the
Treasury, Lhe Departmenlt of War, tie Department of Justice,
the Post Office Department, the Departmeit (f the Navy or the
Departnment of tile Interior, to the Departmnt of Comnmerce;
and li every such case the duties and authority perfornied by
til(1 conferred by law upon such office, bureau, division or
other hrani(,h of the" public service, or the part thereof so trans-
ferred, shall be thereby transferred with such office, bureau,
divislon or cther biranch of the public service, or the part
thereof whilih Is so transferred. All power and authority coi-
ferred by law. both supervisory and appellate, i11po1 the de-
plartnient fioi wlich such transfer Is inade, or tile Secretary
thereof, in relatlon to the said office, bureau, divislon or other
branch of the public service, or the part thereof so traisferred,
shall inimmediately, when such trani-fer is so ordered by tie
President, be fllly conferred pon and vested il the Depart-
init of Connerce, or the Secretary thereof, ats the cise mlay
be, as to the whole or part of such office, bureau, division or
other branch of the public service so transferred. (Feb. 1t,
1003, e. 552, § 12, 32 Stat. 830.)
603. Custody of buildings; officers transferred.-The Se're-
tlary of Commerce shall lave ci'arge, Ill tie buildings or
premises oCCupled by or appropriated to the Department of
('onnerce, of the library, furniture, fixtures, records, and other
property pertaiing to it or acquired for use in its busi-
ness; and lie shall be allowed to expend for leriodileals
and the purposes of the library, and for the rental of al-
propriato quarters for the accommodation of the Department
of Commerce witlin the District of Columbia, and for till other
Illcideutal expenses, Slcl snlos as Congress may provide from
tlie to time. Where any office, burertu, or branch of the public
service transferred to the Department if Commerce is occupy-
Ing rented Ilulidhigs or premises, It may still continue to do so
until other suitable quarters tire provIeld for its use. All
officers, clerks, and employees employed on February 14, 1903 in
or by any of the bureaus, ofilces, departments, or branches of
the public service transferred to the Department of Commerce
are each and all transferred to said department, except where
§ 612
otherwise provided by law. All laws prescribing the work and
defining the duties of the several bureaus, offices, (elsrtiients,
or branches of the pullle service transferred to and imide
a Irt of the Departniit of Conunerce shall, so far as the
samei are not Ili conflict with the provisions of this challter.
remain l full force and effect until othierwise provided by law.
(Feb. 14, 103, c. 552, § 9,32 Stat. 820.)
604. Annual and special reports.-The Secretary (ifCInI-
nierce shrll annually, at the close of cach fiscal year, mlmke 'I
report i writing to Coigress, gl,,ing ti account of ail molneyl
received 0(d disbur.ed Iby hih ard his delartnmnt, 1nd d-
scrilbing the work done by th11 departlelt it fosterii, I lao-
illothig, lliddevelopng tile foreign andi dolli stle coillr e, Ihe
iiminig, inuifacturihg, shilpping, anl fishery industlries, aind
the trainisortatlon facilities, of the United States, aiid nUlunigIu,
such Irecoimmendations as lie shrll deeii necessary for tile effec-
tive plerformance of the duties ard purpo.ses of the delpartnilt.
Ile shrill also front time to tine lialce such spechil lniveslga-
lons and reports as lie my be required to do by the 'resident,
or by either House of Congress, or which lie hiself imy deem
necessary and urgent. (Feb. 14, 11)03, c. 552, § 8, 32 Stlat. 820.)
605. Lease of Commerce Building.-The Secretary of Coin-
ierce is authorized, Ill his discretion, to enter into a contract
for the lease for a period not to exceed five years with alnotion
for a period of live additional years, of the Commerce Building,
occupied oilMarch 1, 1919, by tile Department of Conmmerce, at
all ilUiiii rental iiot to exceed $65,500. (Mar. 1, 191), c. 8,
§ 1, 40 Stat. 1202.)
Chapter 1 I.-DEPARTMENT OF LABIOiR.
Sec.
(111.1.sta))lltsinrlt of departrnent ; Svereta r ; seal.
612. Assistant Secretirv.
(1:. Second As.4sltant Secretary ; apoiltrlont; duliles.
(11. PrIvate teeeleary to Second Asssitant Secretary.
615. Chief clerk; disbursing clerk.
department.
1G. illuieris and offices Ili
617. Library, records, etc., of delprtlent.
618. Itented quarters.
611). Mediation of labor dlsplites ; duties, powiers, etc., tratiferred to
departmient.
620. Report ald Invedlgntons.
621. Saine; records arid alpllers and furnituire transferred to depart-
luent.
22. Sanic ; laws operative.
Section 611. Establishment of department; Secretary;
sea. -There shall be an executive department hi the Goverii-
Ieialt to be called the Department of Labor, with a Secretary of
Labor, who shall be the head thereof, to be rappioiiiied liy the
Presihent, by and witih tie advice Uid consent of the Senate,
lnd whose tenure of ofllce shall be like that of the heads of
the other executive departments. The provisionis of chapler
1 of this title shrill be applicable to sihl departilient. The
purpose of tile Deparhnemt of Labor shall be to foster, pro-
mote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of tlhe Unlted
States, to Improve their working condiions, anl to advance
their opportuniltes for profitable employnient. The sahii Secre-
tary shrll cause a seal of office to lieniade for tle said depart-
imoit of such device as the President shall aplprove and Juihlial
iiotice shall Iretaken of the said seal. (Ju' l, 1888, c. 389, §
1, 25 Stat. 182; Feb. 26, 1907, c. 1635, § 4, 34 Slat. 993; Feb. 17,
190(9, c. 137, §§ 1, 2, 35 Stat. 626; Malr. 4, 10019, c. 297, § 1, X5
Stat. 801; Mar. 4, 1913, e. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; Mar. 4, 1925,
c. 549, § 4, 43 Stat. 1301.)
Cross reference: Salry of Secretary; see section 3 of this title.
612. Assistant Secretary.-There shall ire In sold deparlinent
all Assistant Secretary of Labor, to be nppcloted by the Presi-
dent. Ile shall perform" such duties as shall be prescribled by
tla Secretary or required by law. (Mar. 4, 1013, c. .141, § 2,
37 Stat. 730.)