Chapter 127. to establish a Bureau of Labor
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CHAP. 127.— An Act to establish a Bureau of Labor.June 27, 1884.Bureau of Labor.Commissioner. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That there shall be established in the Department of the Interior a Bureau of Labor, which shall be under the charge of a Commissioner of Labor, who shall be appointed by 61 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 127, 131. 1884. the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
The Commissioner of Labor shall hold his office for four years, and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed, and shall receive a salary of three thousand dollars a year. The CommissionerSalary.Duties. shall collect information upon the subject of labor, its relation to capital, the hours of labor, and the earnings of laboring men and women, and the means of promoting their material, social, intellectual, and moral prosperity. The Secretary of the Interior upon the recommendationChief clerk, etc.Salary. of said Commissioner, shall appoint a chief clerk, who shall receive a salary of two thousand dollars per annum, and such other employees as may be necessary for the said Bureau: *Provided,* That the*Proviso.* total expense shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars per annum.
During the necessary absence of the Commissioner, or when the office shall become vacant, the chief clerk shall perform the duties of Commissioner. The Commissioner shall annually make a report in writing Annual report.to the Secretary of the Interior of the information collected and collated by him, and containing such recommendations as he may deem calculated to promote the efficiency of the Bureau. Approved, June 27, 1884.