Commissioner General of Immigration, the Commissioners of Immigration, the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, the Divisions of Information and Naturalization, the Immigration Service at Large, and the Children's Bureau.

The creation of the Federal Trade Commission in 1914 8 abolished the Bureau of Corporations which had been a part of the Department of Commerce.

The further history of the department is that of its bureaus, presented in the following chapters of Part X.

3. Activities

The department serves the nation through its bureaus, q. v.

(a) The Office of the Secretary of Commerce.

(1) The Secretary of Commerce is charged with the responsibility of carrying out the purpose of the Department as outlined in its organic act. (See Mission, ante.)

7 Act March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 736).

8 Act Sept. 26, 1914 (38 Stat. 717 [Comp. St. §§ 8836a-8836k]).

9 Act Feb. 14, 1903 (32 Stat. 826); Act March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 736).

His duties also comprise the administration of the Lighthouse Service and the aid and protection to shipping thereby; the taking of the census, and the collection and publication of statistical information connected therewith; the making of coast and geodetic surveys; the collecting of statistics relating to foreign and domestic commerce; the inspection of steamboats, and the enforcement of laws relating thereto for the protection of life and property; the supervision of the fisheries as administered by the federal government; the supervision and control of the Alaskan fur seal, salmon, and other fisheries; the jurisdiction over merchant vessels, their registry, licensing, measurement, entry, clearance, transfers, movement of their cargoes and passengers, and laws relating thereto, and to seamen of the United States; the administration of federal laws governing radio communication, including the licensing and inspection of broadcasting stations and of apparatus on vessels and the licensing of operators; the custody, construction, maintenance, and application of standards of weights and measurements; the gathering and supplying of information regarding industries and markets for the fostering of manufacturing; and the formulation (in conjunction with the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Treasury) of regulations for the enforcement of the Food and Drugs Act of 190610 and the Insecticide Act of 1910.11 He has power to call upon other departments for statistical data obtained by them.

For the proper accomplishment of any or all of the aforesaid work, it is by law provided that all duties performed,12 and all the powers and authority possessed or exercised at the date of the creation of said department by the head of any executive department in and over any bureau, office, officer, board, branch, or division of the public service transferred to said department, or any business arising therefrom or pertaining thereto, or in relation to the duties and authority conferred by law upon such bureau, office, officer, board, branch, or division of the public service, whether of appellate or advisory character or otherwise, are vested in and exercised by the Secretary of Commerce.

It is his further duty to make such special investigations and furnish such information to the President or Congress as may be required by them on the foregoing subject matters, and to make annual reports to Congress upon the work of said department.

(la) The Assistant Secretary of Commerce.-The Assistant Secretary performs such duties as shall be prescribed by the Secretary or may be required by law. In the absence of the Secretary, he acts as head of the department.

(2) The Chief Clerk.-The Chief Clerk is charged with the general supervision of the clerks and employees of the department; the enforcement of the general regulations of the department; the supervision of the library and the stock and shipping section of the department; the care of all vehicles employed; the general supervision of all expenditures from the appropriations for contingent expenses and rent; the receipt, distribution, and transmission of the mail; the custody of the department's seal and the records and files of the Secretary's

10 Act June 30, 1906 (34 Stat. 768 [Comp. St. §§ 8717-8728]).

11 Act April 26, 1910 (36 Stat. 331 [Comp. St. §§ 8765-8777]).

12 Available only from Superintendent of Documents and at price stated.

office; the answering of calls from Congress and elsewhere for copies of papers and records; and the discharge of all business of the Secretary's office not otherwise assigned.

(2a) Disbursing Clerk.-The Disbursing Clerk is charged by the Secretary of Commerce with the duty of preparing all requisitions for the advance of public funds from appropriations for the Department of Commerce to disbursing clerks and special disbursing agents charged with the disbursement of public funds; the keeping of appropriation ledgers relating to the advance and expenditure of all items of appropriations. He has charge of the issuing, recording, and accounting for government requests for transportation issued to officers of the department for official travel; the audit and payment of all vouchers and accounts submitted from the various offices, bureaus, and services of the department (except the Coast and Geodetic Survey and those services having special disbursing agents); and the general accounting of the department.

(2b) Appointment Division.-The Chief of the Appointment Division is charged by the Secretary of Commerce with the supervision of matters relating to appointments, transfers, promotions, reductions, removals, and all other changes in the personnel, including applications for positions and recommendations concerning the same, and the correspondence connected therewith; the preparation and submission to the Secretary of all questions affecting the personnel of the department in its relations to the civil service law and rules; the preparation of nominations sent to the Senate and of commissions and appointments of all officers and employees of the department; the preparation of official bonds; the compilation of statistics in regard to the personnel, including material for the Official Register, and the custody of oaths of office, records pertaining to official bonds, service records of officers and employees, correspondence and reports relating to the personnel, reports of bureau officers respecting the efficiency of employees, and records relating to leaves of absence.

(2c) Division of Publications.-The Chief of the Division of Publications is charged by the Secretary of Commerce with the conduct of all business the department transacts with the Government Printing Office; the general supervision of printing, including the editing and preparation of copy, illustrating and binding, the distribution of publications, and the maintenance of mailing lists. The advertising done by the department is in his charge. He also keeps a record of all expenditures for the publishing work of the department and conducts the correspondence it entails.

(2d) Division of Supplies.-Under the direction of the chief clerk the Chief of the Division of Supplies has personal supervision of all the work incident to the purchase and distribution of supplies for the department proper and for the services of the department outside of Washington, and of the keeping of detailed accounts of all expenditures from the appropriation for contingent expenses of the department. He receives, verifies, and preserves the annual returns of property from the offices and bureaus of the department which are supplied from the contingent appropriation, and examines and reports on the property returns of all other bureaus and services.

(2e) Departmental Library (110,000 volumes).

(3) Solicitor.-The Solicitor for the Department of Commerce exercises his functions under the supervision of the Attorney General, but he is the chief law officer of the Department of Commerce, and his duties are to act as legal adviser for the officials of that department; to prepare and examine all contracts and bonds entered into or required by said department; and to render such legal services in connection with the administrative work of said department as may be required of him.

(b) Bureau of the Census.-(See Chapter XXXVIII.)

(c) Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. (See Chapter XXXIX.) (d) Bureau of Fisheries.-(See Chapter XL.)

(e) Bureau of Lighthouses.-(See Chapter XLI.)

(f) Coast and Geodetic Survey.-(See Chapter XLII.)

(g) Bureau of Navigation. (See Chapter XLIII.)

(h) Steamboat Inspection Service. (See Chapter XLIV.)

(i) Patent Office.-(See Chapter XLV.)

(j) Bureau of Standards.-(See Chapter XLVI.)

5. Publications

(a) Annual Report of the Secretary of Commerce.

(b) Commerce Reports; Trade Information Bulletins, etc. (See Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.)

(c) Price List No. 62 on Commerce and Manufactures, for sale by the Superintendent of Documents.

(d) List of Publications of the Department of Commerce, available for distribution May 1, 1925. Obtainable free upon application to "Chief, Division of Publications, Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C."

(e) A monthly list of publications published during that month is obtainable as in (d).

27 pp.

(f) Annual Report of Chief of Appointment Division, 1923. 16 pp. (g) Annual Report of Chief of Division of Publications, 1923. (There are also available copies of each Annual Report from 1907 to 1922, inclusive.)

(h) Circulars of department in effect July 1, 1917. 184 pp.

(i) List of publications of department available for distribution (with list of government depository libraries and agencies selling certain department publications). May 1, 1924. 112 pp.

(j) List of publications issued by department. 4 pp. (Issued monthly. Contains list of publications issued by department during month for which pamphlet is issued.)

(k) Atlantic Intracoastal Canals-Commercial, military, and other advantages of deep sea-level canals connecting north Atlantic coastal waterways, by Grosvenor M. Jones and Oliver C. Moles. (With bibliography.) Sept. 17, 1918. 139 pp., 9 illustrations, 15 cents.12

(1) International Price Comparisons-History of prices during war (with bibliography), by Wesley C. Mitchell, assisted by Margaret L. Goldsmith and

12 Available only from Superintendent of Documents and at price stated.

Florence K. Middaugh. (Published by Department of Commerce in co-operation with War Industries Board.) 408 pp., 22 illustrations, 25 cents.12

(m) Problems of American Commerce and Industry-An analysis by Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, before Chamber of Commerce of United States at Atlantic City, April 28, 1921. 12 pp.

(n) Report of President's Conference on Unemployment, Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, Chairman. September 26 to October 13, 1921. 178 pp., 5 illustrations, 20 cents.12

(0) A zoning primer, by advisory committee appointed by Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce. 1922. 11 pp., 1 illustration, 5 cents.12

(p) Business Cycles and Unemployment-Report and recommendations of a committee of President's Conference on Unemployment, with foreword by Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce. 1923. 36 pp., 5 cents.12

6. Field Agencies Selling Publications on World Trade Conditions, Issued by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce

12 Available only from Superintendent of Documents and at price stated.