Codification
R.S. § 259 derived from acts [Sept. 24, 1789, ch. 20, § 35], [1 Stat. 92]; [June 25, 1868, ch. 71, § 5], [15 Stat. 75]; [June 22, 1870, ch. 150, § 5], [16 Stat. 162].
Amendments
1877—Act Feb. 27, 1877, struck out “agriculture” before “manufactures”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Act Mar. 4, 1913, substituted “Secretary of Commerce” for “Secretary of Commerce and Labor”.
Transfer of Functions
Act Aug. 23, 1912, transferred certain duties of Department or Bureau of Labor to Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
Act Feb. 14, 1903, transferred Bureau of Statistics from Treasury Department to Department of Commerce and Labor.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, see note set out under section 172 of this title.