FRANK BROWN, ESQUTRE, GOVERNOR.

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ARTICLE LXXXIX.

Statistics and Information an to Branches of Industry.

1. A bureau of statistics and information, concerning the

various branches of industiy practiced in tliis State, and the

needs thereof, is hereby established, and a person, to be

Industrial

known as the " Chief of the Industrial Bureau," sliall be

Bureau.

appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and

consent of the Senate, who shall liold office for the term of

two years and until the appointment and qualification of

his successor, and shall receive as compensation the sum

of twenty-five hundred dollars a year.

2. It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Industrial

Bureau : 1st. To collect statistics concerning and examine

into the condition of labor in this State, with especial refer-

Labor.

ence to wages, and the causes of strikes and disagreements

between employers and employees.

2nd. To collect information in regard to the agricultural

condition and products of the several counties of the State,

the acreage under cultivation and planted to the various

Agricul-

crops, the character and price of lands, the live stock, et

tural.

cetera, and all other matters pertaining to agricultural pur-

suits, which may be of general interest and calculated to

attract immigration to the State.

3rd. To collect information in regard to the mineral pro-

Minerals.

ducts of the State, the out put of mines, quarries and so

forth, and the manufacturing industries.

4th. To collect information in regard to railroads aud

Transpor-

other transportation companies, shipping and commerce.

tation.

5th. To keep a bureau of general information, and to this

end all officers and institutions of this State, including offi-

Bureau of

cers of the General Assembly, are hereby directed to trans-

Informa-
tion.

mit to the Chief of the Industrial Bureau, 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

To pub-

the duties of his office, publish the same in substantial book

lish.

form and annually thereafter revise and republish the same.

7th. The sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof

as may be necessary, is hereby annually appropriated to pay

the salary of the Chief of the Industrial Bureau, and the

Appro-

expenses incident to the execution of the duties of his office;

priation.

but no part of said expenses shall be paid until the same

shall have been approved by the Governor, aud the said