published between 1906 and 1910 and which were later assigned to the series. These earlier issues were published under the general title "Reports on Trade Conditions," at first by the Department of Commerce and Labor without the name of any subordinate: bureau, and later by the Bureau of Manufactures. Special Consular Reports. The Special Consular Reports consist mainly of compilations of reports made by consular officers. This series was published by the State Department from 1890 to 1903 (Vols. I to 26), by the Bureau of Statistics from 1903 to 1905 (Vols. 27 to 36), by the Bureau of Manufactures from 1905 to 1912 (Vols. 37 to 53) and by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce after 1912 (Vols. 54 to 84). Industrial Standards Series. This series consists of standard specifications for industrial materials that have been prepared by the Government and by technical societies and organizations, with accurate and reliable translations of them into foreign languages. Sixty-two standard specifications of the American Society for Testing Materials have been translated into Spanish and sixty-one specifications into French. These are printed in separate pamphlets, with the English text and foreign language on facing pages. Miscellaneous Series. This series includes all other publications of the Bureau which give the results of investigations, but which do not fall within the series described above, including statistical publications other than those heretofore described. The publications of the former Cost of Production Division appeared in this series. The serial numbering began with No. 5, published in 1910 by the Bureau of Manufactures, Nos. 1 to 4 being assigned to publications previously issued. Unclassified Publications. Publications not bearing the name of a series are issued from time to time as necessity arises. Among these may be mentioned an annotated catalogue, a list of publications, circulars descriptive of the work of the Bureau and its several divisions, confidential bulletins regarding specific opportunities for trade in foreign countries, schedules of imports and exports, and rules and regulations. Cost of production studies, authority for transfer to Tariff Promoting commerce with South and Central America........38 Stat. L., 500 Transfer of compilation from Treasury Department..42 Stat. L., 1109 Tariffs of foreign countries, study of.. Appropriations Appropriations fiscal year 1924. Duties and Powers Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.. Bureau of Manufactures.... Chief of Bureau in State Department to prepare reports for Department of Commerce. Collectors of customs, to collect statistical information.. To report exports by rail. Commercial attaches.... .33 Stat. L., 138 37 Stat. L., 407 42 Stat. L., 1114 .42 Stat. L., 1112 42 Stat. L., 1536 .37 Stat. L., 407 32 Stat. L., 825 .32 Stat. L., 825 ....R. S. 337 .27 Stat. L., 689 .38 Stat. L., 500 42 Stat. L., 1112 Duties and Powers--Continued Consular Officers To furnish information..... R. S. 1712 R. S. 1713 To furnish statements of exports.. To make commercial report..... Director of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce Annual statistics.... .20 Stat. L., 273 .32 Stat. L., 825 .R. S. 336 R. S. 341 18 Stat. L., 352 .R. S. 339 .18 Stat. L., 353 ..32 Stat. L., 825 Licensing commercial travelers in foreign countries.....42 Stat. L., 1028 To direct accounts to be kept by collectors of customs.. R. S. 337 R. S. 339 .R. S. 251 R. S. 265 To direct publication of statistics...... To prescribe form of statistical statement.......... To print annual statement of exports and imports. To print report on commerce and navigation.. To report on domestic trade............... Under China Trade Act... Organization Clerks for Commercial Attaches...... Commercial Attaches, general..... May be recalled for duty in Department.. .R. S. 263 R. S. 259 .42 Stat. L., 849 .38 Stat. L., 500 42 Stat. L., 64 42 Stat. L., 1112 .38 Stat. L., 500 42 Stat. L., 1112 ..42 Stat. L., 64 42 Stat. L., 1112 Creation of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce...37 Stat. L., 407 Creation of Bureau of Manufactures.... Creation of Department of Commerce. Statistical work transferred from Treasury Department. .42 Stat. L., 1109 Trade Commissioners may be recalled for duty in Depart Personnel-Continued. Registrar, China Trade Act..... Transportation of families and effects of officers and clerks Publications Annual statistics..... Commerce and Navigation, data to be included.. Edition of Monthly Summary of Foreign Commerce. Edition of Statistical Abstract.. Monthly statistics.... Prohibition of publication of partisan, political, religious or moral questions.. Quarterly statistics.. Terms of measure, weight and money. Miscellaneous Credit to accounts of disbursing officers on account of .42 Stat. L., 849 .42 Stat. L., 1113 .R. S. 336, 341 R. S. 336, 338 .36 Stat. L., 821 .29 Stat. L., 459 .28 Stat. L., 616 .R. S. 339 .23 Stat. L., 324 .18 Stat. L., 352 .32 Stat. L., 813 Few of the older laws relating to the work of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce have been expressly amended, but changes in the names of offices and officers have been made in the several acts cited below. The act of February 14, 1903 (32 Stat. L., 829), creating the Department of Commerce and Labor, gave the Secretary of that Department the powers and duties which had previously been exercised by the Secretary of the Treasury over the work transferred to the new department. By the act of March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. L., 736) the Department of Labor was created, and the name of the Department of Commerce and Labor was changed to Department of Commerce; the Secretary of Commerce and Labor becoming the Secretary of Commerce. The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce was created by the act of August 23, 1912 (37 Stat. L., 409), which provided that all duties of the Bureau of Manufactures and the Bureau of Statistics should be exercised by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. The designation of the head of the Bureau was changed from Chief to Director by substituting the word Director in the appropriation for the fiscal year 1920 (40 Stat. L., 1256). In the following compilation the wording of the several acts has been altered to accord with the changes effected by the acts cited. The term modified indicates changes by general legislation; the term amended is used only if the act has been expressly amended. Revised Statutes 251.1 The Secretary of Commerce . . . shall also prescribe the forms of the annual statements to be submitted to Congress by him showing the actual state of commerce and navigation between the United States and foreign countries, or coastwise between the collection districts of the United States, in each year. Revised Statutes 259.' The Secretary of Commerce shall make a report to Congress on the first Monday of January in each year, containing the results of the information collected during the preceding year, by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce upon the condition of the domestic trade currency and banks of the several States and Territories. Revised Statutes 263.* The Secretary of Commerce shall cause the annual report on the statistics of commerce and navigation, required from the Director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to be prepared and printed according to law, and to be submitted to Congress at as early a day in each regular session as practicable, and not later than the first Monday in January. Revised Statutes 265.5 The Secretary of Commerce shall furnish to the Public Printer on or before the first day of November of each year, the manuscript, prepared for printing, of a condensed statement of the aggregate amount of the exports and imports from foreign countries during the preceding fiscal year. 'As modified February 14, 1903 (32 Stat. L., 829), and March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. L., 736). 'As amended February 27, 1877 (19 Stat. L., 241), and as modified March 6, 1902 (32 Stat. L., 52), February 14, 1903 (32 Stat. L., 829), August 23, 1912 (37 Stat. L, 409), and March 4, 1913 (37 Stat L., 736). 3 Last specific appropriation for collection of statistics of domestic trade was made in the appropriation act for fiscal year 1912. Sec. 333 Revised Statutes provides for the collection of banking statistics by the Comptroller of the Currency. *As modified February 14, 1903 (32 Stat. L., 829), August 23, 1912 (37 Stat. L., 409), March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. L., 736), and March 1, 1919 (40 Stat. L., 1256). "As modified June 20, 1874 (18 Stat. L., 881), February 14, 1903 (32 Stat. L., 829), and March 4, 1913, (37 Stat. L., 736). |