2009 US Code
Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 5 - STATISTICAL AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION
Sec. 178 - Collection of statistics of foreign and interstate commerce and transportation
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 5 - STATISTICAL AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION Sec. 178 - Collection of statistics of foreign and interstate commerce and transportation |
| Contains | section 178 |
| Date | 2009 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | February 1, 2010 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 129, §1, 18 Stat. 352; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, §10, 32 Stat. 829; Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, §1, 37 Stat. 407; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, §1, 37 Stat. 736; May 29, 1928, ch. 901, §1(105), 45 Stat. 994. |
| Statutes at Large References | 18 Stat. 352 32 Stat. 829 37 Stat. 407, 736 45 Stat. 994 |
§178. Collection of statistics of foreign and interstate commerce and transportation
It shall be the duty of the officer in charge of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to gather and collate statistics and facts relating to commerce with foreign nations and among the several States, the railroad systems of this and other countries, the construction and operation of railroads, the actual cost of such construction and operation of railroads, the actual cost of transporting freight and passengers on railroads, and on canals, rivers, and other navigable waters of the United States, the charges imposed for such transportation of freight and passengers, and the tonnage transported.
(Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 129, §1, 18 Stat. 352; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, §10, 32 Stat. 829; Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, §1, 37 Stat. 407; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, §1, 37 Stat. 736; May 29, 1928, ch. 901, §1(105), 45 Stat. 994.)
Amendments1928—Act May 29, 1928, discontinued the report of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to Congress on commercial relations of the United States.
Transfer of FunctionsFor transfer of functions of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, see note set out under section 172 of this title.
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.
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