Organization and law of the Department of commerce and laborPrepared under the direction of the secretary .. . Part 1. Proceedings in the Senate , 419 Part 2. Proceedings in the House of Representatives 531 Part 3. Adoption of conference report 637 Indexes 659,709,713 5 ILLUSTRATIONS racing page Executive offices of the Department of Commerce and Labor 1 Temporary office of the Secretary, White House, February 18 to March 15,1903. 7 Temporary offices. Builders Exchange Building, March 16 to June 16, 12 Temporary office of the Secretary, Builders Exchange Building 22 Temporary oflBce of t
Organization and law of the Department of commerce and laborPrepared under the direction of the secretary .. . Part 1. Proceedings in the Senate , 419 Part 2. Proceedings in the House of Representatives 531 Part 3. Adoption of conference report 637 Indexes 659,709,713 5 ILLUSTRATIONS racing page Executive offices of the Department of Commerce and Labor 1 Temporary office of the Secretary, White House, February 18 to March 15,1903. 7 Temporary offices. Builders Exchange Building, March 16 to June 16, 12 Temporary office of the Secretary, Builders Exchange Building 22 Temporary oflBce of the Chief Clerk, Builders Exchange Building 24 Temporary office of the Disbursing Clerk, Builders Exchange Building 32 Temporary quarters of the Bureau of Corporations, Builders Exchange Building < 49 Building occupied by the Bureau of Labor 60 Building occupied by the Light-House Board, the Bureau of Navigation, and the Steamboat Inspection Service 65 Bureau of the Census 78 Coast and Geodetic Survey 97 Building occupied by the Bureau of Statistics 103 Bureau of Fisheries 149 Bureau of Standards _ 413. CHAPTER I ORIGIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR The preamble to the Constitution lays down broadly two great aimsof government—(1) the defense of the life, liberty, and property of thecitizen, and (2) the promotion of his general welfare. In the year following the adoption of the Constitution, three of theexecutive branches of Government, with Secretaries, were established:First, the Department of Foreign Affairs, by act approved July 27,.1789 (name changed to Department of State by act approved Septem-ber 15, of the same year); second, the War Department, created by theact of August 7, 1789 (then embracing naval affairs); and third, theTreasury Department, established by act of September 2, 1789. Fromits beginning the Treasury Department has been the principal agencyof government through which a limited supervision of the commercialand industrial life of the nation
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