§ 1518. — Custody of buildings; officers transferred.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC1518]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 40--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Sec. 1518. Custody of buildings; officers transferred
The Secretary of Commerce shall have charge, in the buildings or
premises occupied by or appropriated to the Department of Commerce, of
the library, furniture, fixtures, records, and other property pertaining
to it or acquired for use in its business; and he shall be allowed to
expend for periodicals and the purposes of the library, and for the
rental of appropriate quarters for the accommodation of the Department
of Commerce within the District of Columbia, and for all other
incidental expenses, such sums as Congress may provide from time to
time. Where any office, bureau, or branch of the public service
transferred to the Department of Commerce is occupying rented buildings
or premises, it may still continue to do so until other suitable
quarters are provided for its use. All officers, clerks, and employees
employed on February 14, 1903, in or by any of the bureaus, offices,
departments, or branches of the public service transferred to the
Department of Commerce are each and all transferred to said department,
except where otherwise provided by law. All laws prescribing the work
and defining the duties of the several bureaus, offices, departments, or
branches of the public service transferred to and made a part of the
Department of Commerce shall, so far as the same are not in conflict
with the provisions of this Act, remain in full force and effect until
otherwise provided by law.
(Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, Sec. 9, 32 Stat. 829.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is act Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, 32
Stat. 825, as amended, which is classified to sections 175, 1501, 1504,
1510, 1511, 1512, 1513, 1515, 1516, 1517 to 1519 of this title.
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 603 of Title 5 prior to
the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization
and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
Change of Name
Act Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, 37 Stat. 736, provided that Department of
Commerce and Labor and Secretary of Commerce and Labor were to be
thereafter called Department of Commerce and Secretary of Commerce.
