§ 176. — Collection of commercial statistics.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC176]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 5--STATISTICAL AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION
Sec. 176. Collection of commercial statistics
A purpose of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce is the
collection, arrangement, and classification of such statistical
information as may be procured, showing, or tending to show, each year
the condition of the manufactures, domestic trade, currency, and banks
of the several States and Territories.
(R.S. Sec. 335; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, Sec. 1, 19 Stat. 241; Aug. 23,
1912, ch. 350, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 407.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 335 derived from Res. June 15, 1844, No. 16, 5 Stat. 719.
Amendments
1877--Act Feb. 27, 1877, struck out ``agriculture'' before
``manufactures''.
Transfer of Functions
For 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.
