Banking, ancient and modern ..together with full instructions as to the business methods of the Treasury Department at Washington, . istrative duties relatingto: The construction, illumina-tion, inspection, and superinten-dence of light-houses, light-ves-sels, beacons, buoys, sea-marks,and their appendages, and embracing the security of foundation of worksalready existing; procuring illuminating and other apparatus, suppliesand materials of all kinds for building, and for rebuilding when neces-sary, and keeping in good repair the light-houses, light-vessels, beaconsand buoys of the Unite
Banking, ancient and modern ..together with full instructions as to the business methods of the Treasury Department at Washington, . istrative duties relatingto: The construction, illumina-tion, inspection, and superinten-dence of light-houses, light-ves-sels, beacons, buoys, sea-marks,and their appendages, and embracing the security of foundation of worksalready existing; procuring illuminating and other apparatus, suppliesand materials of all kinds for building, and for rebuilding when neces-sary, and keeping in good repair the light-houses, light-vessels, beaconsand buoys of the United States ; has charge and custody of all thearchives, books, documents, drawings, models, returns, apparatus, andother things appertaining to the Light-House Establishment; and hascharge of the purchase of the necessary land for the erection of light-houses, where the proper site does not belong to the United States, outof the appropriations made. The Atlantic coast-line is about 5,000 miles long, that of the Pacificabout 1,500, that of the lakes about 3,000, that of the rivers about 5,500miles, making a total of about 15,000 ri-:di-;mi-ti()X i r TKi-;.\.srRv counter enjiaged in the redemption ofmutilated currency. i6SUPERINTENDENT OF IMMIGRATION. The Superintendent of Immigration is charged with the duties,under the control and supervision of the Secretary of the Treasury, ofenforcing the laws in relation to immigration. These laws are embracedin the Acts of March 3, 1875, August 3, 1882, June 26, 1884, February26, 1885, October 19, 1885, February 23, 1887, March 3, 1891, andMarch 3, 1893. The office of Superintendent of Immigration wascreated by section 7 of the Act of March 3, 1891. All inspection andother officers in the immigration service are assigned to duty by theSuperintendent, their official duties and conduct are supervised by him,and all correspondence between the Department and the officers in theimmigration service is conduced by the Superintendent. Sectio
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