CHAP. 369.—An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for other purposes. * * Be it enacted, &c., That all pensions which have been, or which may hereafter be, granted under the general laws regulating pensions to widows in consequence of death occurring from a cause which originated in the service since the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, shall commence from the date of death of the husband. [June 7, 1888.] * * 1879, Jan. 25, ch. 23; March 3, ch. 187; ante, pp. 208, 256. 1886, March 19, ch. 22, ante, p. 487. June 7, 1888. 25 Stat. L., 176. CHAP. 373.-An act to amend an act entitled "An act to establish agricultural stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States under the provisions of an act approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and the acts supplementary thereto." Grants to States Be it enacted, &c., That the grant of money authorized by the act for agricultural of Congress entitled "An act to establish agricultural experiment experiment stastations in connection with the colleges established in the several tions; when legisStates under the provisions of an act approved July second eighteen lature not in seshundred and sixty-two, and of acts supplementary thereto," are sub- sion, governor ject as therein provided to the legislative assent of the States or may give assent. 1887, March 2, Territories to be affected thereby; but as to such installments of the ch. 314, § 9, ante, appropriations as may be now due or may hereafter become due, p. 552. when the legislature may not be in session, the governor of said State or Territory may make the assent therein provided, and upon a duly certified copy thereof to the Secretary of the Treasury he shall cause the same to be paid in the manner provided in the act of which this is amendatory, until the termination of the next regular session of the legislature of such State or Territory. [June 7, 1888.] CHAP. 382.—An act for the protection of the officials of the United States in the Indian June 9, 1888. 25 Stat. L., 178. Punishment of Indians for crimes against United 1888, June 4, ch. Be it enacted, &c., That any Indian hereafter committing against the person of any Indian agent or policeman appointed under the laws of the United States, or against any Indian United States States officers, deputy marshal, posse comitatus, or guard, while lawfully engaged in &c., in Indian Terthe execution of any of the United States process, or lawfully engaged ritory. in other duty imposed upon such agent, policeman, deputy marshal, R.S., § 2142. posse comitatus, or guard by the laws of the United States, any of 343, ante, p. 588. the following crimes, namely, murder, manslaughter, or assault with 1889, March 1, intent to murder, assault, or assault and battery, or who shall in any ch. 333, §§ 1, 2, 5, manner obstruct by threats or violence any person who is engaged and note (1), post, in the service of the United States in the discharge of any of his du- PP. 670,671. 1890, May 2, ch. ties as agent, policeman, or other officer aforesaid, within the Indian 182, § 30, post, p. Territory, or who shall hereafter commit either of the crimes 732. aforesaid, in said Indian Territory, against any person who, at the time of the commission of said crime, or at any time previous thereto, belonged to either of the classes of officials herein before named, shall be subject to the laws of the United States relating to such crimes, and shall be tried by the district court of the United States exercising criminal jurisdiction where such offense was committed, and shall be subject to the same penalties as are all other persons charged with the commission of said crimes, respectively; and the district court. said courts are hereby given jurisdiction in all such cases. [June 9, 1888.] NOTE. (1) This act appears to supersede 1887, March 2, ch. 320, par. 2, ante, p. 554 Jurisdiction of June 13, 1888. 25 Stat. L., 182. Department of CHAP. 389.—An act to establish a Department of Labor. (1) Be it enacted, &c., That there shall be at the seat of Government Labor established; a Department of Labor, the general design and duties of which shall design and duties. be to acquire and diffuse among the people 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. Commissioner tion. SEC. 2. That the Department of Labor shall be under the charge and his compensa- of a Commissioner of Labor, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; he shall hold his office for four years, unless sooner removed, and shall receive a salary of five thousand dollars per annum. Clerical force. 1882, Aug. 5, ch. 389, § 4, ante, P. 374. SEC. 3. That there shall 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 copyists, at nine hundred dollars each per annum; two copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each per annum; one messenger; one assistant 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 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 Congress may from time to time provide, with compensation corresponding to that of similar officers and employees in other departments of the Government. Chief clerk may SEC. 4. That during the necessary absence of the Commissioner, as Commis- or when the office shall become vacant, the chief clerk shall perform the duties of Commissioner. act sioner. Disbursing clerk. Custody of erty. SEC. 5. That the disbursing clerk shall, before entering upon his duties, give bond to the Treasurer of the United States in the sum 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 him received by virtue of his office, with sureties to be approved by the Solicitor of the Treasury. Such bond shall be filed in the office of the First Comptroller of the Treasury, to be by him put in suit upon any breach of the conditions thereof. SEC. 6. That the Commissioner of Labor shall have charge in the building and prop- building or premises occupied by or appropriated to the Department of Labor, of the library, furniture, fixtures, records, and other property pertaining to it, or hereafter acquired for use in its business, and he shall be allowed to expend for periodicals and the purposes NOTE (1).-The statutes in force, besides this, which may be classed under the head of "Labor Legislation "are as follows: Eight hours a day's work for laborers, workmen, and mechanics, R. S., § 3738. Contract labor immigration forbidden, 1885, Feb. 26, ch. 164, ante, p. 479; 1887, Feb. 23, ch. 220, ante, p. 541; 1891, March 3, ch. 551, post, p. 934. Incorporation of National Trades Unions, 1886, June 29, ch. 567, ante, p. 498. Hiring out of convict labor forbidden. 1887, Feb. 23, ch. 213, ante, p. 539. Eight hour law to be enforced in Government Printing Office, 1888, March 30, ch. 47, par. 2, ante, p. 582. Letter carriers' eight hour law, 1888, May 24, ch. 308, ante, p. 587. Boards of arbitration, 1888, Oct. 1, ch. 1063, post, p. 622. Importation of products of convict labor forbidden, 1890, Oct. 1, ch. 1244. § 51, post, p. 868. Inspection of mines in Territories, 1891, March 3, ch. 564, post, p. 948. of the library, and for the rental of appropriate quarters for the accommodation of the Department of Labor within the District of Columbia, and for all other incidental expenses, such sums as Congress may provide from time to time. SEC. 7. That the Commissioner of Labor, in accordance with the Commissioner general design and duties referred to in section one of this act, is to ascertain: Cost specially charged to ascertain, at as early a date as possible, and when- of producing dutiable articles, inever industrial changes shall make it essential, the cost of producing cluding wages, articles at the time dutiable in the United States, in leading countries hours of labor, where such articles are produced, by fully-Specified units of produc- profits, and cost tion, and under a classification showing the different elements of cost, and kind of liv or approximate cost, of such articles of production, including the ing. wages paid in such industries per day, week, month, or year, or by the piece; and hours employed per day; and the profits of the manufacturers and producers of such articles; and the comparative cost of living, and the kind of living. Commissioner to report on: -effect of customs laws; "It shall be the duty of the Commissioner also to ascertain and report as to the effect of the customs laws, and the effect thereon of effect of currenthe state of the currency, in the United States, on the agricultural cy on agriculture industry, especially as to its effect on mortgage indebtedness of and mortgage infarmers;" and what articles are controlled by Trusts, or other com- debtedness; binations of capital, business operations, or labor and what effect 1890, July 2, ch. said trusts, or other combinations of capital, business operations, or 647, post, p. 762. labor have on production and prices. He shall also establish a system of reports by which, at intervals of not less than two years, he can report the general condition, so far as production is concerned, of the leading industries of the country. The Commissioner of Labor is also specially charged to investigate the causes of, and facts relating to, all controversies and disputes between employers and employees as they may occur, and which may tend to interfere with the welfare of the people of the different States, and report thereon to Congress. The Commissioner of Labor shall also obtain such information upon the various subjects committed to him as he may deem desiraable from different foreign nations, And what, if any, convict made goods are imported into this country, and if so from whence. SEC. 8. That the Commissioner of Labor shall annually make a report in writing to the President and Congress, of the information collected and collated by him, and containing such recommendations as he may deem calculated to promote the efficiency of the Department. -trusts. And effect of trusts or other combinations. -general condition of industries. labor controversies. 1888, Oct. 1, ch. 1063, post, p. 622. Foreign information. Foreign convictmade goods. 1890, Oct. 1, ch. 1244, § 51, post, p. 868. -annual report. He is also authorized to make special reports on particular subjects special reports. whenever required to do so by the President or either House of Congress, or when he shall think the subject in his charge requires it. He shall, on or before the fifteenth day of December in each year, make a report in detail to Congress of all moneys expended under penditures. his direction during the preceding fiscal year. Report of ex SEC. 9. That all laws and parts of laws relating to the Bureau of Labor Bureau Labor created under the act of Congress approved June twenty- merged in Departseventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, so far as the same are ment of Labor. applicable and not in conflict with this act, and only so far, are con- 1884, June 27, tinued in full force and effect, * * [Remainder of this section ch.127 (23 Stat. L., and all of section ten provide for organization of Department and have been executed.] [June 13, 1888.] 60). June 18, 1888. CHAP. 391.-An act to amend section nine hundred and ninety-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States for the District of Columbia so as to make Inauguration Day a holiday within said District. Be it enacted, &c., That section nine hundred and ninety-three of auguration Day a the Reyised Statutes of the United States, relating to the District holiday in District of Columbia. of Columbia, be, and the same hereby is, amended, by adding to R.S. of D. C., the days therein declared to be holidays within the said District, that day upon which the President of the United States is inaugu1879, Jan.31, ch. rated, otherwise called Inauguration Day, and that such day shall 38, and note, ante, be a holiday for all the purposes mentioned in said section. 1880, April 16, [June 18, 1888.] 993. p. 210. Res. No. 22, ante, p. 303. 1881, Dec. 20, ch. 2, ante, p. 331. 1885, Jan. 6, Res. No. 5, ante, p. 486. 1887, Feb. 23, Res. No. 6, ante, p. 574. 1888, Aug. 1, ch. 723, post,p.600. June 18, 1888. 25 Stat. L., 186. Commercial and CHAP. 393. An act to promote agriculture and for other purposes. Be it enacted, &c., That sections seventeen hundred and twelve agricultural infor- and seventeen hundred and thirteen, in chapter two, under title mation to be pro- eighteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relative to consuls and commercial agents be, and they are hereby, so amended that they shall read as follows: cured. Consuls, &c., to "SEC. 1712. Consuls and commercial agents of the United States furnish commer- in foreign countries shall procure and transmit to the Department of cial information. State authentic commercial information respecting such countries, Substitute for R. S., § 1712. of such character and in such manner and form and at such times as the Department may from time to time prescribe. 1879, Jan. 27, ch. 28, par. 1, ante, p. 209. -information for "And they shall also procure and transmit to the Department of Agricultural De- State, for the use of the Agricultural Department, monthly reports partment. relative to the character, condition, and prospective yields of the agricultural and horticultural industries and other fruiteries of the country in which they are respectively stationed; -to be embodied in crop reports. And the Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby required and directed to embody the information thus obtained, or so much thereof as he may deem material and important, in his monthly bulletin of crop reports." Consular offi- SEC. 1713. Every consular officer shall furnish to the Secretary cers to furnish of the Treasury, as often as shall be required, the prices current of prices current of all articles of merchandise usually exported to the United States from the port or place in which he is situated; exports for U.S. Prices current And he shall also furnish to the Secretary of the Treasury, at of imports, in- least once in twelve months, the prices current of all articles of cluding agricultural productions. merchandise, including those of the farm, the garden, and the Substitute for orchard, that are imported through the port or place in which he is R. S., § 1713. stationed. -to report as to And he shall also report as to the character of agricultural impleagricultural im- ments in use, and whether they are imported to or manufactured in plements. that county; as to the character and extent of agricultural and horticultural pursuits there. information to Secretary of That part of the information thus obtained which pertains to Treasury to trans- agriculture shall be transmitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, mit agricultural as soon as the same shall have been received by him, to the ComDep't of Agricul- missioner of Agriculture, who shall include the same, or so much thereof as he may deem material and important, in his annual reports, stating the said prices in dollars and cents, and rendering tables of foreign weights and measures into their American equivalents." [June 18, 1888.] ture. 1889, Feb. 9. ch. 122, post, p. 641. CHAP. 394. —An act relating to postal crimes, and amendatory of the statutes therein mentioned. Be it enacted, &c,, That section thirteen of an act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled "An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes," be, and the same is hereby, so amended as to read, as follows: June 18, 1888. 25 Stat. L., 187. Postal service. Penalty for submitting false evidence as to second class mail matter. Substitute for 1879, March 3, "SEC. 13. That any person who shall submit, or cause to be sub- ch. 180, § 13 (20 mitted to any postmaster or to the Post-Office Department or any Stat. L., 359), ante, officer of the postal service any false evidence, relative to the char- P. 246. Id., §§ 10, 12, 14, ante, p. 246. acter of any publication, for the purpose of securing the admission 1885, March 3, ch. thereof at the second-class rate for transportation in the mails, shall 342, par. 4, ante, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and for every such offense, upon p. 483. conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars." SEC. 2. That any person who shall, with intent to defraud, falsely Penalty for counterfeiting forge or counterfeit the signature of any postmaster, assistant post- money orders or master, chief clerk, or clerk upon or to any money-order or postal- postal notes. note, or blank therefor provided or issued by or under the direction of the Post-Office Department of the United States, or of any foreign country, and payable in the United States, or any material signature or indorsement thereon, or any material signature to any receipt or certificate of identification thereon; R. S., § 5463. 1887, Jan. 3, ch. 13, §2, ante, p.518. Any person who shall falsely alter, or cause or procure to be for altering. falsely altered in any material respect, or knowingly aid or assist in falsely so altering any such money-order or postal-note; Any person who shall, with intent to defraud, pass, utter, or pub- -for fraudulently lish any such forged or altered money-order or postal-note knowing issuing. any material signature or indorsement thereon to be false, forged, or counterfeited, or any material alteration therein to have been falsely made; any postmaster, assistant postmaster, or clerk employed in any post-office or branch post-office who shall issue any money-order or postal-note, without having previously received or paid the full amount of money payable therefor, with the purpose of fraudulently obtaining or receiving, or fraudulently enabling any other person, either directly or indirectly, to obtain or receive from the United States, or any officer or agent thereof, the sum of money specified in such money-order or postal-note; tal notes. Any person who, with intent to defraud the United States, trans- for uttering posmits, or presents to, or causes or procures to be transmitted to or presented to any officer, or at any office of the Government of the United States any money-order or postal-note, knowing the same to contain any forged or counterfeited signature to the same or to any material endorsement, receipt, or certificate thereon, or material alteration therein unlawfully made, or to have been unlawfully issued without previous payment of the amount required to be paid upon such issue, shall, upon conviction, be punishable by fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment at hard labor for not less than one year and not more than five years. [Substitute for the remainder of this section, 1888, Sept. 26, ch. 1039, § 1, post, p. 621.] [June 18, 1888.] CHAP. 486.-An act providing for an additional associate justice of the supreme court of the Be it enacted, &c., That hereafter the supreme court of the Territory of Utah shall consist of a chief justice and three associate justices, any three of whom shall constitute a quorum; but no justice shall act as a member of the supreme court in any action or proceed SUP R S38 |