2762 ARTICLE 89.

An. Code, sec. 1. 1904, sec. 1. 1888, sec. 1. 1884, ch. 211, secs. l,/2. 1892, ch. 29.
1916, ch. 406, sec. 1. 1922, ch. 29, sec. 1 (p. 69).

1. The office of Commissioner of Labor and Statistics is hereby created.
The term of office of said Commissioner shall be two years and until his
successor shall be appointed and shall have qualified said term beginning
on the first Monday of May succeeding his appointment, except that the
Commissioner first appointed under this Act shall be appointed on January
1, 1923, and hold office until the first Monday of May, 1924, and until
his successor shall qualify. Any vacancy shall be filled by the Governor
for the unexpired term The Governor may at any time remove the Com-
missioner from office for inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in
office. The salary of the Commissioner shall be $3,000 per annum. The
said Commissioner shall be allowed for actual and necessary expenses in-
curred in the discharge of his duties.

The Commissioner of Labor and Statistics is authorized and empowered
to appoint or employ such, deputies, inspectors, assistants and employees
of every kind as may be necessary for the performance of the duties now
or hereafter imposed upon him by this or any other law; provided, however,
that such appointments and employments, and the compensation to be
allowed therefor, shall in each and every case be subject to the approval
of the Governor.

See art. 27, sec. 297, et seq.

An. Code, sec. 2. 1904, sec. 2. 1888, sec. 2. 1888, ch. 173. 1892, ch. 29. 1902, ch. 365.
1916, ch. 406, sec. 2.

2. It shall be the duty of the said Commissioner1 of Labor and Sta-
tistics:

1st. To collect statistics concerning and examine into the condition
of labor in this State, with especial reference to wages, and the causes of
strikes and disagreements between employers and employees.

2nd. To collect information in regard to the agricultural conditions
and products of the several counties of the State, the acreage under culti-
vation and planted to the various crops, the character and price of lands,
the live stock, et cetera, and all other matters pertaining to agricultural
pursuits, which may be of general interest and calculated to attract
immigration to the State.

3rd. To collect information in regard to the mineral products of the
State, the output of mines, quarries and so forth, and the manufacturing
industries.

4th. To collect information in regard to railroads and other trans-
portation companies, shipping and commerce.

5th. To keep a bureau of general information, and to this end all officers
and institutions of this State, including officers of the General Assembly,
are directed to transmit to the Commissioner of Labor and Statistics all
reports, as soon as published.

6th. To classify and arrange the information and data so obtained,
and as soon as practicable after entering upon the duties of its office, publish

1 Formerly state board of labor and statistics.