First Annual Report of the Secretary, 1903U.S. Government Printing Office, 1903 - United States |
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... duty , even in the face of a pronounced demand for immediate action in certain directions , to sacrifice the essentials of sound organization to a desire to make an early showing or to achieve immediate results from ill - considered and ...
... duty , even in the face of a pronounced demand for immediate action in certain directions , to sacrifice the essentials of sound organization to a desire to make an early showing or to achieve immediate results from ill - considered and ...
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... duties now allotted to this Department can be better performed under a different control the transfer of such duties will be promptly recommended . The names of the great departments of government indicate clearly the division of ...
... duties now allotted to this Department can be better performed under a different control the transfer of such duties will be promptly recommended . The names of the great departments of government indicate clearly the division of ...
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... duties . As rapidly as it has been thought advisable to make changes in these regards they have been made . While there has been decided progress in these directions , much still remains to be done , dependent upon such rearrangement of ...
... duties . As rapidly as it has been thought advisable to make changes in these regards they have been made . While there has been decided progress in these directions , much still remains to be done , dependent upon such rearrangement of ...
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... duty both day and night in a branch of the Gov- ernment devoted to commerce and industry . While existing laws do not permit the introduction of certain mod- ern appliances , the Department has from its organization made use of such as ...
... duty both day and night in a branch of the Gov- ernment devoted to commerce and industry . While existing laws do not permit the introduction of certain mod- ern appliances , the Department has from its organization made use of such as ...
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... duty of this commission to investigate and report , for the considera- tion of the Secretary , what rearrangement , by transfer or otherwise , in the work now assigned by law to any of these bureaus and REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF ...
... duty of this commission to investigate and report , for the considera- tion of the Secretary , what rearrangement , by transfer or otherwise , in the work now assigned by law to any of these bureaus and REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF ...
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Page 15 - There is hereby established at the seat of Government of the United States a Department of Agriculture, the general designs and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 103 - The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality...
Page 9 - March 2, 1895, to publish a bulletin on the condition of labor in this and other countries, condensations of State and foreign labor reports, facts as to conditions of employment, and such other facts as may be deemed of value to the industrial interests of the United States. This bulletin is issued every other month. By sectiqn 76 of an act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii...
Page 72 - The said bureau shall investigate and report to said department upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people, and shall especially investigate the questions of infant mortality, the birth rate, orphanage, juvenile courts, desertion, dangerous occupations, accidents and diseases of children, employment, legislation affecting children in the several States and Territories.
Page 11 - Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and Inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; and whereas in the recognition of this principle this Government has freely received emigrants from all nations, and invested them with the rights of citizenship...
Page 13 - ... who have been induced, assisted, encouraged, or solicited to migrate to this country by offers or promises of employment, whether such offers or promises are true or false, or in consequence of agreements, oral, written or printed, express or implied, to perform labor in this country of any kind, skilled or unskilled...
Page 27 - The said Commissioner shall have power and authority to make, under the direction and control of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor...
Page 13 - States, deported as having been induced or solicited to migrate as above described ; any person whose ticket or passage is paid for with the money of another, or who is assisted by others to come, unless it is affirmatively and satisfactorily shown that such person does not belong to one of the foregoing excluded classes...
Page 12 - ... /That whenever the President shall be satisfied that passports issued by any foreign government to its citizens to go to any country other than the United States or to any insular possession of the United States or to the Canal Zone are being used for the purpose of enabling the holders...
Page 9 - The Bureau of Labor Statistics is charged with the duty of acquiring and diffusing 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 relations 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.