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 370 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 240, 241. 1910. ence and who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate., and who shall receive a salary of six Ex ac, thousand dollars r annum; and there shall also be in the said bureau mu. P0 _ , such exiéerts and other employees as may from time to time be authorized b on ss. nuuea. SEc?2. TE it shall be the province and duty of said bureau and its director, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to make dili ent investigation of the methods of mining, especially in relation to Exe safety of miners, and the appliances best adapted to prevent accidents, the possible improvement of conditions under which mining operations are carried on, the treatment of ores and other mineral substances, the use of explosives and electricity, the prevention of accidents, and other inquiries and technologic investigations pertinent Fw. 1>.¤¤~ to said industries, and from time to time make such public reports of the work, investigations, and information obtained as the Secretary of said department may direct, with the recommendations of such bureau. 0§g°ggk‘Q;}’§““*‘ Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior shall provide the said ` bureau with furnished offices in the city of Washington, with such books, records, stationery, and appliances, and such assistants, clerks, stenographers, typewriters, and other employees as may be necessary for the proper discharge of the duties imposed by this Act upon suc bureau, fixing the compensation of such clerks and employees within ‘ appropriations made for that purpose.- 'f{§§§‘*§§,,‘,§{ {§,,,"§f§j Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to iggbflurvega transfer to the Bureau of Mines from the United States Geological `L . Survey the supervision of the investigations of structural materials and the analyzing and testing of coals, li ites, and other mineral fuel sub- (§,‘{§§Y”““°”"°“ stances and the investggation as to tile causes of mine explosions; and the appropriations ma e for such investigations may be expended under the supervision of the Director of the Bureau of Mines in manner as if the same were so directed in the appropriations Acts; and such investigations shall hereafter be within the province of the Bureau of Mines, and shall cease and determine under the organization of the United ,,£,‘§‘,§,},‘§f’°“· °'”‘• States Geological Survey; and such experts, employees, pro rty and equipment as are now employed or used by the Geological Siirvey in connection with the subjects herewith transferred to the Bureau of N ri Mines are directed to be transferred to said bureau. mm‘{,,_“,§}Q*}f’,¤°§t§;§f Sec. 5. That nothing in this Act shall be construed as in any way granting to any officer or employee of the Bureau of Mines any right or authority in connection with the inspection or supervision of mines or metallurgical plants in any State. . ”‘°"°°‘·'“1’r1°1°‘ Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect and be in force on and after the iirst day of July, nineteen hundred and ten. Approved, May 16, 1910. g1?yRi6‘E·ggij  241.-An Act Transferring Oregon County to the southern division of the  western )ud1c1al district of Missouri. Be it enacted by the Semufe and House of Re resentatives 0 the United yugixuriialigimru States of America in Uongress assembled, Tifat the countyf of Oregon, trz?ii¤(i§r(i·gd ig?-Eliftl in the State of Missouri, be detached from the eastern `udicial district rrggggzion. and attached to the southern division of the western judicial district of Pending mum, the State of Missouri: }?»·¢wz'ded, That courts of the eastern district shall reta1n_ and exercise ]urisdiction over all causes and proceedings, c1v1l and criminal, arising in or coming from said county and begun and pending at the date of taking effect of this Act, and of all criminal offenses committed in said county prior to the date this Act goes into effect. the prosecution of which have not begun, as completely as if this Act were not passed. Approved, May 16, 1910.