on the public debt, for payment of principal and interest on bonds of the Puerto Rican and Philippine governments (of which the Secretary of the Treasury is the transfer agent), and for the redemption of national-bank notes, Federal Reserve notes, and Federal Reserve bank notes. He is treasurer of the board of trustees of the Postal Savings System, trustee for bonds held to secure national-bank note circulation and public deposits in national banks and bonds held to secure postal savings in banks, and custodian of miscellaneous securities and trust funds.

There are in the Office of the Treasurer six divisions: The Chief Clerk, Cashier, Division of Securities, Currency Redemption Division, Division of General Accounts, and Accounting Division, whose duties are indicated in general by their

names.

BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING

This Bureau designs, engraves, and prints for the Government, United States currency, bonds, notes, bills and certificates; Federal Reserve notes; Federal farm loan, joint-stock land bank, consolidated Federal farm loan and Federal farm mortgage bonds; Home Owners' Loan Corporation bonds; revenue, customs, and postage stamps; Government, including Emergency Relief Administration, checks; and many other classes of engraved work for governmental use. It performs a similar function, as authorized by the Bureau of Insular Affairs, for the insular possessions of the Government.

MINT BUREAU

The Director of the Mint has general supervision of the mints and assay offices of the United States. He prescribes the rules, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the transaction of business at the mints and assay offices, receives daily reports of their operations, directs the coinage to be executed, reviews the accounts, authorizes expenditures, superintends the annual settlements of the several institutions, and makes special examinations of them when deemed necessary. Appointments, removals, and transfers in the mints and

assay offices are subject to his approval.

The Director of the Mint publishes quarterly an estimate of the value of the standard coins of foreign countries for customhouse use and other public purposes. He also makes an annual report to the Secretary of the Treasury, covering the operations of the mint service for the fiscal year and giving statistics of the production of precious metals in the United States and the world for the calendar year.

DIVISION OF SAVINGS BONDS

The function of this Division is to promote the sale of savings bonds.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY IN CHARGE OF CUSTOMS, COAST GUARD, AND NARCOTICS, OFFICES UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF

CUSTOMS SERVICE

The Customs Service was established by the First Congress in the act of July 31, 1789, and subsequently districts and ports were established from time to time by acts of Congress. The act of August 24, 1912 (19 U. S. C. 1), authorized the President to reorganize the Customs Service, abolish ports, and abolish or consolidate districts, and under this authority the present form of field organization was effected by Presidential proclamation of March 3, 1913. The act of August 1, 1914, authorizes the President to arrange the several customs collection districts, abolish ports of entry, and establish new ports as may appear necessary from time to time, provided that the total number of districts and ports, or either of them, does not exceed the number which existed on the date of the passage of the said act.

There are at present 48 customs collection districts, including Puerto Rico but excluding the Virgin Islands, and each district is in charge of a collector of customs. There are seven comptroller districts, with a comptroller of customs at the head of each. The comptrollers check and verify all customs transactions. The customs investigative branch is designated the Customs Agency Service, and its activities are divided into 14 customs agency districts-10 in the United States and 4 in foreign countries. Each district in the United States is under the direction of a supervising customs agent, and each foreign district is under the direction of a Treasury attaché.

The Customs Service is under the direction of the Commissioner of Customs, which office was established by the act of March 3, 1927. This act also created the Bureau of Customs in lieu of the former divisional organization. Under the authority of that act the Secretary of the Treasury has conferred upon the Com

missioner of Customs, subject to the general supervision and direction of the Secretary, the powers and duties in regard to the importation and entry of merchandise into or the exportation of merchandise from the United States vested in or imposed upon the Secretary of the Treasury by the Tariff Act of 1930 or any other law, except that regulations and certain classes of decisions require the approval of the Secretary.

The principal functions of the Service are to enter and clear vessels and supervise the discharge of cargo; enter, appraise, classify, and ascertain the quantities of imported merchandise, and assess and collect the duties thereon, or warehouse the merchandise; inspect international traffic by vessel, highway, railway, and air, and patrol the international borders for the purpose of enforcing the customs laws; review and allow or disallow protests by importers against rates or amounts of duties; determine the drawback due on the exportation of articles in the manufacture of which duty-paid imported materials are used, and certify such drawback for payment; prevent the smuggling of contraband, including narcotics, the introduction of prohibited articles, and prevent and detect undervaluations and other frauds on the customs revenue, and apprehend violators of the customs laws; enforce the anti-dumping_act, the neutrality laws, and perform certain duties under the Foreign Trade Zones Act (19 U. S. C., ch. 1A, 1934 ed.).

Collectors of customs are field officers of the Department of Commerce in the enforcement of the navigation and shipping laws, and in this capacity document vessels of the United States, collect duties on tonnage, admeasure American vessels for registry, enrollment, or license. The Customs Service also cooperates with other services in the Treasury Department and other executive departments in the enforcement of the preventive, sanitary, and other laws under their respective administrations relating principally to articles brought to this country and in some cases to articles sent out of the country.

COAST GUARD

The act of January 28, 1915, provided that the Coast Guard be created in lieu of the then existing Revenue Cutter Service and the Life Saving Service and be composed of those two organizations. The act also provided that it shall constitute a part of the military forces of the United States, operating under the Treasury Department in time of peace and as a part of the Navy in time of war or when the President shall so direct.

The duties of the Coast Guard are as follows:

(a) Prevention of smuggling and enforcement of customs and all other Federal laws upon the high seas, and the navigable waters of the United States, its Territories and possessions. This authority (except as to prevention of smuggling and enforcement of customs and other specific laws) does not extend to inland waters other than harbors, bays, sounds, and roadsteads along the coasts, and the Great Lakes and connecting waters thereof. These law enforcement duties include: Customs laws; criminal laws; navigation laws-shipping, maritime, anchorage (captains of the port), motorboat, oil-pollution, regattas, and marine parades; conservation laws-fur seals, halibut, whaling, sponge fishing; immigration, quarantine, and neutrality laws; providing transportation facilities to customs and immigration officers in boarding vessels; examining merchant seamen for certificates as lifeboatmen.

(b) Assisting vessels in distress and saving and protecting life and property on the seas and navigable waters of the United States, its Territories, and possessions, and along the coasts thereof. This includes flood relief on rivers; destruction and removal of derelicts, wrecks, or other dangers to navigation; international service of ice observation and ice patrol in the North Atlantic Ocean; extending medical and surgical aid to United States vessels engaged in deep-sea fishing; aid to transoceanic air commerce; caring for and transporting shipwrecked and destitute persons in Alaska and elsewhere; removing sick or injured sailors or passengers from vessels at sea by airplane, and furnishing medical advice by radio; assist in keeping navigable channels free of ice; collecting statistics regarding loss of life and property on vessels.

(c) Constitutes a part of the military forces of the United States at all times, operating as a part of the Navy in time of war or when the President shall so direct.

To assist the commandant, who is charged by law with the administration of the Coast Guard, there are established at headquarters: Divisions of Engineering, Inspection, Operations, Finance, Aviation, Personnel, Communications, Intelligence, Procurement and Supplies, and a permanent board.

An annual report, covering the activities of the Coast Guard, is made to the Secretary of the Treasury.

BUREAU OF NARCOTICS

The Commissioner of Narcotics, under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of the Treasury, has general supervision of the enforcement of the Harrison Narcotic Act, the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, and related statutes, including the administration of the permissive features of the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act, and cooperates with the Customs Bureau in the enforcement of the prohibitive features of the latter act. The Commissioner also cooperates (1) with the State Department in the discharge of the international obligations of the United States concerning the traffic in narcotic drugs and (2) with the several States in the suppression of the abuse of narcotic drugs in their respective jurisdictions.

The duties of the Bureau include the investigation and the detection and prevention of violations of the Federal narcotic laws (including the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937), the determination, with the cooperation of the Public Health Service, of quantities of crude opium and coca leaves to be imported into the United States for medical and legitimate uses, and the issuance of permits to import the crude narcotic drugs and to export drugs and preparations manufactured therefrom under the law and regulations. An annual report is made to Congress which also serves the purpose of the special report heretofore prepared in the Bureau on behalf of the Government for transmittal through the State Department to The Hague under the International Opium Convention of 1912.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, OFFICE UNDER THE
SUPERVISION OF

BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

The Bureau of the Public Health Service at Washington comprises eight divisions and the Chief Clerk's Office, the operations of which are coordinated and are under the immediate supervision of the Surgeon General, who makes an annual report to the Secretary of the Treasury on the activities of the Service.

The National Institute of Health is the research division of the Public Health Service, and conducts the scientific investigations of the Service. Through the Institute, the Department enforces the act of July 1, 1902, to regulate the sale of viruses, serums, toxins and analogous products, including arsphenamine. The National Cancer Institute created by act of August 5, 1937, will function as one of the divisions of the National Institute of Health.

The Division of Foreign and Insular Quarantine and Immigration administers the quarantine laws of the United States concerned with the prevention of the introduction of human contagious or infectious diseases from foreign ports into the United States, together with the observation of the provisions of the PanAmerican Sanitary Code and the International Sanitary Convention of Paris, 1926, International Sanitary Convention for Aerial Navigation, and supervises the medical examination of intending immigrants conducted at certain American consulates abroad and at ports of entry in the United States and its insular possessions.

The activities of the Division of Domestic Quarantine include the following: (1) Enforcement of the Interstate Quarantine Regulations, with special reference to the control of water supplies used on interstate carriers and the sanitation of shellfish shipped in interstate commerce; (2) assistance to State and local health authorities in the enforcement of State and local laws and regulations; (3) cooperation with the State health authorities in preventing the spread of epidemic diseases; (4) assistance to State health departments in the development and maintenance of adequate public health services, including training of personnel as authorized under title VI of the Social Security Act; (5) cooperation with other establishments of the Federal Government in matters pertaining to public health engineering and sanitation; (6) annual conference of State and Territorial health officers with the Surgeon General.

The Division of Sanitary Reports and Statistics collects and publishes information regarding the prevalence and geographic distribution of diseases dangerous to the public health in the United States and foreign countries. Court decisions, laws, regulations, and ordinances pertaining to the public health are compiled, digested, and published. The section on public health education cooperates with the State, local, and volunteer health agencies to extend health educational service throughout the United States.

Through the Division of Marine Hospitals and Relief, hospital and outpatient treatment is given at 26 marine hospitals and 127 other relief stations to legal

beneficiaries who are chiefly seamen from American merchant vessels, Coast Guard personnel, patients of the Veterans' Administration, of the Employees' Compensation Commission, immigrants, and lepers. Physical examinations are made for the Civil Service Commission and shipping commissioners.

The Division of Personnel and Accounts attends to matters relating to personnel and the maintenance of personnel records; convenes boards for the examination or discipline of medical officers and other personnel; is responsible for all bookkeeping and accounting in connection with Bureau appropriations; and maintains and supervises property records.

The Division of Venereal Diseases was created by act of Congress in July 1918 (1) to study and investigate the cause, treatment, and prevention of venereal diseases; (2) to cooperate with State boards or departments of health for the prevention and control of such diseases within the States; and (3) to control and prevent the spread of these diseases in interstate traffic. Clinical and laboratory studies are conducted which pertain especially to the cause, treatment, prevalence, and prevention of syphilis and gonorrhea and are carried on both independently and in cooperation with other agencies. Among numerous cooperative activities may be included educational and informative measures and the study and institution of effective programs directed against the venereal diseases.

The Division of Mental Hygiene (formerly the Narcotics Division-name changed by act of June 14, 1930) is charged with the responsibility of administering the two narcotic farms; conducting studies of the nature of drug addiction and the best methods of treatment and rehabilitation of addicts; making studies of the quantities of narcotic drugs necessary to supply the normal and emergency medicinal and scientific requirements of the United States; conducting studies of the causes, prevalence, and means for the prevention and treatment of mental and nervous diseases; and supervising and furnishing medical and psychiatric service in the Federal penal and correctional institutions under the control of the Department of Justice (act of May 13, 1930).

The Chief Clerk and Administrative Officer has supervision of clerical personnel, office quarters occupied by the Bureau in Washington, the Bureau library, official files and records, mail, supplies of stationery to Bureau and field service, and printing and binding.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY, OFFICES UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK

The Chief Clerk, under the direction of the Secretary through his administrative assistant, is charged with the enforcement of departmental regulations of a general nature, and is custodian of sites for proposed public buildings in Washington.

He has supervision of the several service units, such as telephone, telegraph, duplicating, and motor messengers.

The Chief Clerk has administrative jurisdiction of the contingent appropriation and other miscellaneous appropriations, as well as the appropriations for Government exhibits at various expositions. He has the custody of the completed records and files of the Secretary's office and of the Treasury seal, and handles requests for certified copies of official papers.

He is chairman of the personnel committee of the Treasury and classification officer for the Department, and has general supervision of the assignment of annual efficiency ratings of the Treasury personnel.

In addition to the duties described above, the Chief Clerk has charge of the unassigned business of the Secretary's office.

DIVISION OF APPOINTMENTS

This Division has supervision over matters relating to appointments and other changes in the personnel of the departmental and field services of the Treasury Department, including negotiations with the Civil Service Commission. It prepares nominations and commissions of Presidential officers and arranges bonds required for Treasury officials. The Division has supervision over the work connected with the retirement and retention of employees under the retirement law, and keeps a record of leave granted to employees in the Department in Washington.

DIVISION OF PRINTING

The Division of Printing transacts all of the Treasury Department's printing and binding business with the Government Printing Office and outside contractors; approves requisitions for stationery supplies used by the Department;

authorizes engraving work to be done by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for all Government departments and establishments unless money, securities, or postage stamps are involved, and has control over newspaper and periodical advertising for the Treasury Department; the binding of confidential Department records and the warehousing and distribution of blank books and forms for Washington and field offices of the Department. The Division also edits and prepares copy for "Treasury Decisions" under customs, internal revenue, narcotics, and other laws; prepares semi-annual bound volumes thereof and maintains a mailing list for their distribution. Appropriations to the Department for printing and binding and for purchases of stationery supplies are under the administrative control of the Division.

CORRESPONDENCE DIVISION

This Division maintains control of all secretarial mail, including contacts with all branches of the Department in connection with official correspondence, both incoming and outgoing; prepares letters for the signature of the Secretary and routes others to the proper officials; has charge of the stenographic pool for the Secretary's office; performs such special duties as are assigned from time to time.

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF TREASURY BUILDINGS

The Superintendent of Treasury Buildings, under the direction of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary, is charged with direct responsibility for the maintenance and operation of all Treasury buildings in the District of Columbia except the buildings of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

COMMITTEE ON ENROLLMENT AND DISBARMENT

The Committee on Enrollment and Disbarment receives applications for admission to practice before the Treasury Department and for customhouse brokers' licenses. The committee passes upon such applications, enrolls applicants to practice before the Department, and issues customhouse brokers' licenses. The committee conducts hearings in disbarment proceedings, on complaints filed by the attorney for the Government, who represents the Department before the committee, and makes recommendations to the Secretary. Records in proceedings aimed at the revocation of customhouse brokers' licenses are referred to the Committee for its recommendations.

BUREAU OF THE BUDGET

The Bureau of the Budget was created by the act approved June 10, 1921. It is in the Treasury Department but under the immediate direction of the President. The Bureau prepares for the President the annual Budget and such supplemental or deficiency estimates as the President may recommend from time to time to Congress. The Bureau has the authority under the act "to assemble, correlate, revise, reduce, or increase the estimates of the several departments and establishments." The act requires the head of each department and establishment to appoint a budget officer whose duty it is to prepare, under his direction, the departmental estimates of appropriations and such supplemental or deficiency estimates as may be required. These officials are liaison officers between the department and the Bureau of the Budget. On or before September 15 of each year the head of each department and establishment revises his estimates and submits them to the Bureau.

The Bureau is authorized, when directed by the President, to make detailed studies of the departments and establishments for the purpose of enabling the President to determine what changes should be made in the interest of economy and efficiency. Officials of the Bureau are given the authority to have access, for the purpose of examination, to the books, papers, and records of any department or establishment.

By Public Resolution No. 57, approved May 11, 1922, the authority to approve the use of printing and binding appropriations for the printing of journals, magazines, periodicals, and similar publications is conferred upon the Director of the Bureau of the Budget and by section 16 of Executive Order No. 6166, dated June 10, 1933, there is transferred to him the function of making, waiving, and modifying apportionments of appropriations as required by the provisions of section 665, title 31, United States Code.