THIRTY—JIN'I`H CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 298. 1866. 331 bureau of statistics," wld the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby au- l}uream of ststhorized to appoint a director to superintend and control the business of f:‘,,'£:M_ said bureau, who shall be paid au annual salary of thirty-five hundred uyy Dglyaptmggh dollars And it shall be the duty of the director of the bureau of statistics _ _ to prepare the report on the statistics of commerce and navigation. ex- m£\[;f’ff£’5·£;f’ ports and imports, now required by law to be submitted annually to Con- tm, _ _ grass by the Secretary of the Treasury; and said report, embracing the $****52;*835, returns of the commerce and navigation, the exports and imports of the United States to the close of the fiscal year, shall be submitted to Con- Report, vghen grass in a printed torm on or before the first day oi' December next suc- lé;s;;‘;_“°d ceeding; and the said director, as soon as practicable after the organization of this office shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, prepare and publish monthly reports of the exports and imports of the United States, including the quantities and values of goods warehoused Monthly FB- 0;- withdrawn from warehouse, and such other statistics relative to the §§f,‘§,§;`,§f,§f"°“ trade and industry of the country as the Secretary of the Treasury may consider expedient. And the director of the bureau of statistics shall also prepare an annual statement of vessels registered. enrolled, and licensed under the laws of the United States, together with the class, name, mé°£'L‘;.“:8;;z£‘ tonnage, and place of registry of each vessel, and such other information i as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem proper to embody therein ; and to enable the said director to furnish the information required, the Secretary of the Treasury shall have power, under such regulations as he SYSWKH of shall prescribe, to establish and provide 2, system of numbering vessels so ;’;l;"g:;;?,€dv°°° registered, enrolled, and licensed ; and each vessel so numbered shall have registered, dud her number deeply carved or otherwise permanently marked on her main H°L°';j*?;lH;’*Y b° beam; and if at any time she shall cease to be so marked, such vessel °S§u,;,be,,"h°,, shall be no longer recognized as a vessel of the United States. The said to be marked.. director shall also prepare an annual statement of all merchandise passing to Kgszsgfsgglug in transit through the United States to foreign countries, each description ceases to be tt of merchandise, so far as practicable, warehoused, withdrawn from ware- Utlmd $*8*68 house For consumption, for exportation, for transportation to other districts, veiggual Bmw, and remaining in the warehouse at the end of each fiscal year. It shall ment of incrbe the Further duty of said director to collect, digest, and arrange, for the €::\‘:;;?;*Q`;_°_ use of Congress; the statistics of the manufactures of the United States, h,,,,w;’, gw, their localities, sources of raw material, markets, exchanges with the pro- S¤¤fiS¤i¤¤ ¤f ducing regions of the country, transportation of products, wages, and such m'm°f°'°tm‘°' other conditions as are found to aiiect their prosperity; and to aid him in the discharge of these duties, the several clerks now employed in the prepa- Clerks. ration of statistics in the treasury department., or any bureau thereof; may be placed under his supervision and direction ; and, in addition, the Secretary of the Treasury shall detail such other clerks as may be necessary to fully carry out the provisions of this act. And the expenses of the bureau of statistics thr clerical service, publication of reports, station- Expenses or ery. books, and statistical periodicals and papers required by the bureau, b“'°”“· shall be defrayed on the order and approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, out of any.moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. And _ _ _ all letters and documents to and from the director of the bureau of statis- ,;;"“k‘"g Pm"' tics, relating to the duties and business of his office, shall be transmitted ° ` by mail free of postage. Seo. 14. And be it jim/zer enacted, That the Secretary of the Treas- d_C°ll°°*i*Z¤ °*` ury be authorized to suspend the collection, in any of the States hereto- S`t$?;:,§;e°QDy fore declared in insurrection, of the direct tax imposed by an act of in insurrection Congress passed August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled |;?l°3‘;g°‘;d "An act to provide increased revenue from imports, to pay interest on 1g6g_' the public debt, and for other purposes," until January first, eighteen 186i,_¤b·45· hundred and sixty-eight~ V0}` X"' P' 292 Approved, July 28, 1866.
