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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 16 — Bureau of Dairy Industry

§ 402. Chief of bureau; appointment and duties

Statutory text

A Chief of the Bureau of Dairy Industry shall be appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture, who shall be subject to the general direction of the Secretary of Agriculture. He shall devote his time to the investigation of the dairy industry, and the dissemination of information for the promotion of the dairy industry.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 68–208 § 2 · 43 Stat. 243

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 402

    May 29, 1924, ch. 208, § 2, 43 Stat. 243

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    May 29, 1924, ch. 208, § 2, 43 Stat. 243

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 2. That a Chief of the Bureau of Dairying shall be appointed Appointment, etc., of Chief of Bureau. Duties. by the Secretary of Agriculture, who shall be subject to the general direction of the Secretary of Agriculture. He shall devote his time to the investigation of the dairy industry, and the dissemination of information for the promotion of the dairy industry.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Bureau of Dairying” established by act , designated “Bureau of Dairy Industry” by act .

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Functions of Bureau of Dairy Industry transferred to Secretary of Agriculture by 1947 Reorg. Plan No. 1, § 301, eff. , 12 F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 952. See note set out under section 391 of this title.

Bureau of Dairy Industry consolidated with other agencies into Agricultural Research Administration for duration of World War II by Ex. Ord. No. 9069, , 7 F.R. 1409.

Credits

1924–1926 · 2 acts
  1. 1924May 29, 1924, ch. 208, § 2, 43 Stat. 243
  2. 1926May 11, 1926, ch. 286, 44 Stat. 499.
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(May 29, 1924, ch. 208, § 2, 43 Stat. 243; May 11, 1926, ch. 286, 44 Stat. 499.)

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