The Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.--This
officer superintends the survey of the coasts and rivers of the
United States. He has charge of the publication of charts and
sailing directions which are of inestimable value to mariners.
The Light-House Board.--The Light-house Board has charge of
the light-houses, of which 1199 had been established previous to
the year 1899, besides the light vessels and beacons used for the
protection of navigation.
THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
On March 4, 1913, the bill was signed by the President which created the
Department of Labor. It is evidence of the spirit manifested by the
Americans to make their government serve the cause of human
conservation. Besides the Bureau of Information, which was created for
the department, there were transferred from other departments the Bureau
of Immigration[55] and the Children's Bureau. The Division of
Naturalization was made a bureau, and the Bureau of Labor was
constituted the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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