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 434 THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 157, 158, 159. 1867. Repeating Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts ofacts incon- °l°“"· sistent with this act are hereby repealed. Approved, March 2, 1867. March 2, *1867. CHAP. CLVIII. —— An Act to establish a Department q/'Education. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Démrfmént of States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be established, §';:;;,‘t:3""Q’,`I;£: at the Qty of Washin.gton, a department of education, for- the purpose of ington, D. C. collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress ml? *`°f Whul of education in the several States and Territories, and of difusing such p°`p°°°‘ inforrnation respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of etheient school systems, and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country. fCgmm;?$l‘{¤°*` Sue. 2. And be it futher enacted, That there shall be appointed by §i,°,,£gi,;€,;gnt’ the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a comduties, und sal- missioner of education, who shall be intrusted with the management of “Y i the department herein established, and who shall receive a salary of four thousand dollars per annum, and who shall have authority to appoint one hh? ¢=l¤¤‘k¤ and chief clerk of his department, who shall receive a salary of two thousand t °" samy ’ dollars per annum, one clerk who shall receive a salary of eighteen hundred dollars per annum, and one clerk who shall receive tx salary of sixhowappointed teen hundred dollars per annum, which said clerks shall be subject to the ““‘l *°m°"°‘l· appointing and removing power of the commissioner of education. Annual report Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the of the commis- · - f · 1. 8mm_ commissioner 0 education to present annua ly to Congress a report embodying the results of his investigations and labors, together with a statement of such facts and recommendations as will, in his judrrment, sub- First report to serve the purpose for which this department is established. in the first 1>t¤¤¤¤¤ it Sim- report made by the commissioner of education under this act there shall ment of the land ’ 8,,,,,,,, by com be presented a statement of the several grants of land made by Congress gress to promote to promote education, and the manner in which these several trusts have gw, " ’ proceeds of the same, as far as the same can be determined. Proper emacs Sync. 4. And be it further enacted, That the commissioner of public €gi;’°d;¥);;;;;;;1t. buildings is hereby authorized and directed to furnish proper offices for the use of the department herein established. APl’ROVED, March 2, 1867. March 2, 1867. CHAP. CLIX. — An Act declaring and firing the Rights of Wluntens as a Part of the Army. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United In computing States of America in Congress assembled, That in computing the length of um ¤°*"’*°** °*` service of any officer of the arm in order to determine what allowance Rl1y ll.l'\"(1y0li'l0€l‘, d f . . y, Y. . . • the time 0; nu. an payment 0 additional or lonpev 1ty rations he is entitled to, and also actgal segvice is in fixing the relative rank to be given to an officer as between himself and Lagoaé; “"""° others having the same grade and date of appointment and commission, there shall be taken into account and credited to such officer whatever time he may have actually served, whether continuously or at different periods, as a commissioned officer of the United States, either in the regular army, or, since the nineteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixtygone,  the volunteer seg-vipe, either under lappoiptmcng 0}: ctgrimisi _ _ _ _ SIOH rom 18 governor o a ta e, or rom the resident 0 the mtc t0'£;;)I;’;“"i;°¤ ptaties; and the provision herein contained as to relative rank {shall aptgy ,ipp0,,,tmc,,ts 0 a appointments that have already been made under the Act to X ¤£d;;;¢t1866, the military peace establishment of the United States," approved July ° hM"‘p_ 382_ twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
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