182 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 389. 1888. June 18, im. CHAP. 389.-An act to establish a department of Labor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
°¢I¤”°* United States of America. in Congress assembled, That there shall
be at the seat of Government a Department of Labor, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the peo le of the United States useful information on subjects connected with labor, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and especially upon its relation to capital, the hours of labor, the earnings of laboring men and women, and the means of promoting their material, social, intellectual, and moral prosperity. 0¤¤¤¤¤*°¤°*'· Sec. 2. That the Department of Labor shall be under the charge of a Commissioner of Labor, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the nate; he shall hold his office ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤i<>¤· for four years, unless sooner removed, and shall receive a salary of five thousand dollars per annum. ¤¤¤'¤=•¤!¤¤¤· Sec. 3. That there s be in the Department of Labor, to be appointed by the commissioner of Labor: One chief clerk, at a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum; four clerks of class four, all to be statistical experts; five clerks of class three, one of whom may be a stenographer; six clerks of class two, one of whom may be a translator and one of whom may be a stenographer; eight clerks of class one; five clerks, at one thousand dollars per annum; one disbursing clerk, who shall also have charge of accounts, at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; two copy- ists, at nine hundred dollars each per annum; two copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each per aimum; one messenger; one u¤sm.g¤»·¤,¤m. msistant messenger; one watchman; two assistant watchmen; two . skilled laborers, at six hundred dollars each per annum; two charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each per annum; six special agents, at one thousand six hundred dollars each per annum; ten 8,,,:,,, ,‘¤,,__ special agents, at one thousand four hundred dollars each per annum; ' • four special agents, at one thousand two hundred dollars each per annum, and an allowance to special agents for traveling expenses not to exceed three dollars per day while actually employed in the field and outside of the District of Columbia, exclusive of actual transportation including sleeping-car fares; and such temporary experts, assistants, and other employees as Con s mav from time to time provide, with compensation correspondin to that of similar officers and employees in other departments of the Government. ¤1¤¤f¤1¤rk· Sec. 4, That during the necessary absence of the Commissioner, or when the office sha 1 become vacant, the chief clerk shall perform mmm; dark t11g dutgesrpf Cdmmilssipner. I k I · · mo. . ia 10 is ursin c er s a l, before enterin i duties, give bond to the Tregurcr of the United States of twenty thousand dollars, which bond shall be conditioned that the said officer shall render a true and faithful account to the Treasurer quarter-yearly, of all moneys and properties which shall be by hini recexyed by virtue of his office, with sureties to be approved by the gpliqiitoiktg thet Sfuch bond shall be field m the oince of e u·s omp ro ero e reasur to be b him ut in s ` ., ang breach of the conditions thereofl, y P mt upon
§,_b*¤¤¤¤¤ nc. 6. That the Commissioner of Labor shall have charge in the
Y building or fpremises occupied by or appropriated to the De artment
of Labor, o the library, furniture, fixtures, records, and other propy city pertaining to it, or hereafter acquired for use in its busmess
\\ an e shall be allowed to expend for periodicals and the purposes ‘ of the library, and for the rental of a propriate quarters for the accommodation of the Department of lgsbor within the District of Columbia, and for all other incidental expenses, such sums as Con. gross may provide from time to time.
