What has been the history of all bureaus will be the history of this one. The Department of Commerce and Labor was established February 14. 1903. with a Secretary at a salary of $8.000 a year. ain Assistant Secretary at $5.000 a year. a chief clerk. a disbursing clerk. " and such other clerical assistants as may from time to time be authorized by Congress." There were transferred to that department from the Treasury Department all matters pertaining to the Lighthouse Board and the Lighthouse Establishment. Steamboat Inspection Service. the Bureau of Navigation and United States shipping commissioners. the National Bureau of Standards. the Coast and Geodetic Survey. the Commissioner General of Immigration. the commissioners of immigration. the Bureau of Immigration. the Immigration Service at large. and the Bureau of Statistics. From the Department of the Interior there was transferred the Census Office. There was attached to it also the Department of Labor. the Fish Commission. and the Office of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries.
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