15 U.S.C. § 178 — Collection of statistics of foreign and interstate commerce and transportation

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This law requires a federal official to collect trade and transportation data. The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce's head must gather statistics on commerce with foreign countries and between states. This includes data on railroads, waterways, shipping costs, and freight charges.

This section gives a job to the officer in charge of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. That officer must gather and organize statistics and facts about: commerce with foreign nations and among the states; railroad systems in the United States and other countries; how railroads are built and run, and the actual cost of building and running them; the actual cost of moving freight and passengers by rail, and by canal, river, and other navigable U.S. waters; the charges railroads and waterways impose for moving freight and passengers; and the amount of tonnage transported.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

It shall be the duty of the officer in charge of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to gather and collate statistics and facts relating to commerce with foreign nations and among the several States, the railroad systems of this and other countries, the construction and operation of railroads, the actual cost of such construction and operation of railroads, the actual cost of transporting freight and passengers on railroads, and on canals, rivers, and other navigable waters of the United States, the charges imposed for such transportation of freight and passengers, and the tonnage transported.

Source credit: (Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 129, § 1, 18 Stat. 352; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829; Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, § 1, 37 Stat. 407; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1(105), 45 Stat. 994.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1875Enacted · Act of Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 129 · 18 Stat. 352
1903Amended · Act of Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552 · 32 Stat. 829
1912Amended · Act of Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350 · 37 Stat. 407
1913Amended · Act of Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141 · 37 Stat. 736
1928Amended · Act of May 29, 1928, ch. 901 · 45 Stat. 994

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 129 on 1875-03-03.

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