§ 190. Discussions in commercial reports of partisan questions. No part of the consular and other commercial reports of the Department of Commerce, including circular letters to chambers of commerce, discussing partisan political, religious, or moral questions shall be published. (Feb. 25, 1885, ch. 150, 23 Stat. 324; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736.) CHANGE OF NAME Act Mar. 4, 1913, substituted the "Department of Commerce" in lieu of "Department of Commerce and Labor". TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Act Feb. 14, 1903, transferred the Bureau of Statistics from the Treasury Department to the Department of Commerce and Labor. § 191. Terms of measure, weight, and money in commercial reports. All terms of measure, weight, and money in the diplomatic, consular, and other commercial reports prepared, printed, published, and distributed by the Department of Commerce shall be reduced to and expressed in terms of measure, weight, and coin of the United States, as well as in the foreign terms. (Feb. 9, 1903, ch. 530, 32 Stat. 813; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, 10, 32 Stat. 829; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736.) CHANGE OF NAME Act Mar. 4, 1913, substituted the "Department of Commerce❞ in lieu of "Department of Commerce and Labor”. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Act Feb. 14, 1903, transferred the Bureau of Statistics from the Treasury Department to the Department of Commerce and Labor. § 192. Disposition of moneys received for special statistical studies, etc. All moneys received by the Department of Commerce in payment of the cost of work under section 189a of this title shall be deposited in a special account to be administered under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce. These moneys may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the ordinary expenses incidental to the work and/or to secure in connection therewith the special services of persons who are neither officers nor employees of the United States. (Mar. 1, 1919, ch. 86, § 1, 40 Stat. 1256; May 27, 1935, ch. 148, § 2, 49 Stat. 293.) CROSS REFERENCES for Disposition of fees for services or publications furnished by department, see section 606 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. Rules and regulations for enforcement of this section, see section 192a of this title. §192a. Rules and regulations governing special statistical studies. The Secretary of Commerce shall prescribe rules and regulations for the enforcement of this section and sections 189a and 192 of this title. (May 27, 1935, ch. 148, § 3, 49 Stat. 293; Aug. 7, 1946, ch. 770, § 1 (4), 60 Stat. 866.) AMENDMENTS 1946-Act Aug. 7, 1946, amended section by repealing all provisions relating to reports to Congress. § 193. Statements and reports for collectors of customs and Treasury Department: The Department of Commerce will furnish monthly to the collectors at the several ports a tabulation in detail showing the quantities and values of the merchandise imported and exported from their respective districts, and will furnish the Treasury Department upon request such special reports as may be necessary from time to time. (Jan. 5, 1923, ch. 23, § 2, 42 Stat. 1110.) § 194. Bureau of Customs Statistics transferred and consolidated with Division of Statistics. The control and with it the expense of operation of the office known as the Bureau of Customs Statistics under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Treasury, on January 5, 1923, located in the customhouse, city of New York, State of New York, including all officers, clerks, and other employees of that bureau, official records, papers, mechanical and office equipment, furniture, and supplies on that date in use, is as of that date transferred from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of Commerce. The Secretary of Commerce is authorized, if by him deemed advisable, to consolidate the Bureau of Customs Statistics with the Division of Statistics of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce into one office, located in either Washington or New York, or partly in either place, in the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce; the statistical bureau authorized to be located in New York under the jurisdiction and control of the Department of Commerce shall continue to occupy the premises in the New York customhouse which were on January 5, 1923, occupied by the Bureau of Customs Statistics, and additional space as needed shall be assigned in the same building for its use by the Secretary of the Treasury upon request of the Secretary of Commerce. (Jan. 5, 1923, ch. 23, § 1, 42 Stat. 1109.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS The functions of all other officers of the Department of Commerce and the functions of all agencies and employees of such Department were, with a few exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of Commerce, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in note under section 591 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. § 195. Transportation expenses of employees. CODIFICATION Section, acts Apr. 18, 1930, ch. 184, 46 Stat. 198; Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 280, 46 Stat. 1334, is now covered by section 837 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. FOREIGN COMMERCE SERVICE §§ 197-197d. Repealed. Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, Title XI, § 1131 (54), 60 Stat. 1039. Section 197, act Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 365, § 1, 44 Stat. 1394, related to establishment of Foreign Commerce Service. Section 197a, act Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 365, § 2, 44 Stat. 1394, related to duties of officers. Section 197b, acts Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 365, § 3, 44 Stat. 1394; Apr. 12, 1930, ch. 142, 46 Stat. 163, related to appointment of officers, assignments for duty, and allowances. Section 197c, act Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 365, § 4, 44 Stat. 1395, related to employment of clerks and assistants. Section 197d, act Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 365, § 5, 44 Stat. 1396, related to status of officer while serving abroad. EFFECTIVE DATE Repeal of sections was made effective three months from Aug. 13, 1946, by section 1141 of act Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title XI, 60 Stat. 1040. § 197e. Traveling expenses and allowances. (a) Any officer, clerk, employee, or assistant of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, while on duty outside the continental limits of the United States and away from the post to which he is assigned, shall be entitled to receive his necessary traveling expenses and his expenses incurred for subsistence, or per diem allowance in lieu thereof, in accordance with law, including, at the discretion of the Secretary, expenses for subsistence for the entire period while attending a trade gathering, congress, or conference, and, in any other case, for the entire period (but not exceeding sixty days) while remaining continuously in any one place. (b) Any such officer, clerk, employee, or assistant, while on duty within the continental limits of the United States, shall be entitled to receive the traveling expenses and actual expenses incurred for subsistence, or per diem allowance in lieu thereof, authorized by law. (Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 365, § 6, 44 Stat. 1396.) CODIFICATION Subsec. (b) as originally enacted related to allowances for clerical assistants for the Foreign Commerce Service. Present subsec. (b) was originally enacted as subsec. (c). TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS The functions of all other officers of the Department of Commerce and the functions of all agencies and employees of such Department were, with a few exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of Commerce, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in note under section 591 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. ch. 280, title III, 46 Stat. 1334; July 1, 1932, ch. 361, title III, 47 Stat. 502; Mar. 1, 1933, ch. 144, title III, 47 Stat. 1393; Apr. 7, 1934, ch. 104, title III, 48 Stat. 551; Mar. 22, 1935, ch. 39, § 1, 49 Stat. 90; May 15, 1936, ch. 405, § 1, 49 Stat. 1336; June 16, 1937, ch. 359, § 1, title III, 50 Stat. 287; Apr. 27, 1938, ch. 180, title III, § 1, 52 Stat. 273; June 29, 1939, ch. 248, title III, 53 Stat. 909, related to purchases of supplies and equipment on the open market, and is now covered by sections 6a and 6b of Title 41, Public Contracts. Transfer of Foreign Commerce Service and functions to Department of State, see note under section 197 of this title. Standard barrels for lime. Penalty for selling lime in unmarked barrels and containers. Duty of United States attorney to enforce law. STANDARD BASKETS AND CONTAINERS Standards for Climax baskets. Standard basket or container for small fruits and vegetables. 253. 254. Failure to conform to standards; penalty; exception. Examination and test by Department of Agriculture; rules and regulations. 255. 256. Duties of United States attorney. Guaranty of manufacturer of baskets or containers as defined. STANDARD HAMPERS, ROUND STAVE BASKETS, AND SPLINT BASKETS FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 257. Standard hampers and round stave baskets. 257a. Standard splint baskets. Sec. 257b. Regulations to provide for reasonable variations in hampers and baskets; covers so attached as not to reduce capacity. 257c. Approval of manufacturers' dimension specifications by Secretary of Agriculture. 257d. Violations; what constitutes; punishment; guaranty against prosecution. 257e. Seizure of illegal hampers and baskets; condemnation; procedure. 2571. Hampers and baskets for foreign countries; conformity to foreign specifications; banana hampers. 257g. Duty of United States attorneys to prosecute. 257h. Regulations by Secretary of Agriculture; examination and tests. 2571. Cooperation between Secretary of Agriculture and other agencies; method; expenses; appropriation. WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND STANDARDS §201. Sets of standard weights and measures for agricultural colleges. The Secretary of Commerce is directed to cause a complete set of all the weights and measures adopted as standards to be delivered to the governor of each State in the Union for the use of agricultural colleges in the States, respectively, which have received a grant of lands from the United States, and also one set of the same for the use of the Smithsonian Institution: Provided, That the cost of each set shall not exceed $200. (Mar. 3, 1881, No. 26, 21 Stat. 521; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, §§ 4, 10, 32 Stat. 826, 829; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736.) CHANGE OF NAME Act Mar. 4, 1913, created the "Department of Labor”, and renamed the "Department of Commerce and Labor", the "Department of Commerce". TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Act Feb. 14, 1903, transferred the National Bureau of Standards from the Treasury Department to the Department of Commerce and Labor. APPROPRIATION A sum sufficient to carry out the provisions of this section was appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated by the act of March 3, 1881. DISTRIBUTION TO STATES The Secretary of the Treasury was directed to cause a complete set of all the weights and measures adopted as standards to be delivered to the governor of each state for the use of the states by Res. June 14, 1836, No. 7, 5 Stat. 133, which provision was not incorporated into the Revised Statutes. § 202. Repairs to standards. Such necessary repairs and adjustments shall be made to the standards furnished to the several States and Territories as may be requested by the governors thereof, and also to standard weights and measures The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to furnish precise copies of standard weights and measures, bearing the seal of the Bureau of Standards and accompanied by a suitable certificate, to any State, Territory, or institution heretofore furnished with the same, upon application in writing by the governor in the case of a State or Territory, or by the official head in the case of an institution, setting forth that the copies of standards applied for are to replace similar ones heretofore furnished, in accordance with law, which have been lost or destroyed: Provided, That the applicant shall, before the said standards are delivered, first deposit with the Secretary of Commerce the amount of money necessary to defray all expenses incurred by the Bureau of Standards in furnishing the same, which amount shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of miscellaneous receipts as soon as the weights or measures are delivered for transportation into the hands of such persons as are designated by the officers ordering the same. (Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 301, § 1, 28 Stat. 383; Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, § 1, 31 Stat. 1449; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736.) CHANGE OF NAME Act Mar. 4, 1913, created the "Department of Labor", and renamed the "Department of Commerce and Labor", the "Department of Commerce". Act Mar. 3, 1901, provided that the Office of Standard Weights and Measures should thereafter be known as the National Bureau of Standards. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Act Feb. 14, 1903, transferred to National Bureau of Standards from the Treasury Department to the Department of Commerce and Labor. § 204. Metric system authorized. It shall be lawful throughout the United States of America to employ the weights and measures of the metric system; and no contract or dealing, or pleading in any court, shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection because the weights or measures expressed or referred to therein are weights or measures of the metric system. (R. S. § 3569.) DERIVATION Act July 28, 1866, ch. 301, § 1, 14 Stat. 339. § 205. Authorized tables. The tables in the schedule annexed shall be recognized in the construction of contracts and in all legal proceedings as establishing, in terms of the weights and measures on June 22, 1874, in use in the United States, the equivalents of the weights and measures expressed therein in terms of the metric STANDARDS OF ELECTRICITY $221, 222. Repealed. July 21, 1950, ch. 484, § 13, 64 Stat. 370. Sections, act July 12, 1894, ch. 131, §§ 1, 2, 28 Stat. 101, 102, related to units of electrical measure and are now covered by sections 223 and 224 of this title. §223. Units of electrical measure. From and after July 21, 1950, the legal units of electrical and photometric measurement in the United States of America shall be those defined and established as provided in the following paragraphs. Resistance-ohm. The unit of electrical resistance shall be the ohm, which is equal to one thousand million units of resistance of the centimeter-gram-second system of electromagnetic units. Current-ampere. The unit of electric current shall be the ampere, which is one-tenth of the unit of current of the centimeter-gram-second system of electromagnetic units. Electromotive force and electric potential-volt. The unit of electromotive force and of electric potential shall be the volt, which is the electromotive force that, steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one ohm, will produce a current of one ampere. Quantity-coulomb. The unit of electric quantity shall be the coulomb, which is the quantity of electricity transferred by a current of one ampere in one second. Capacitance-farad. The unit of electrical capacitance shall be the farad, which is the capacitance of a capacitor that is charged to a potential of one volt by one coulomb of electricity. Inductance-henry. The unit of electrical inductance shall be the henry, which is the inductance in a circuit such that an electromotive force of one volt is induced in the circuit by variation of an inducing current at the rate of one ampere per second. Power-watt. The unit of power shall be the watt, which is equal to ten million units of power in the centimeter-gramsecond system, and which is the power required to cause an unvarying current of one ampere to flow between points differing in potential by one volt. Energy-joule; kilowatt-hour. The units of energy shall be (a) the joule, which is equivalent to the energy supplied by a power of one watt operating for one second, and (b) the kilowatthour, which is equivalent to the energy supplied by a power of one thousand watts operating for one hour. Intensity of light-candle. The unit of intensity of light shall be the candle, which is one-sixtieth of the intensity of one square centimeter of a perfect radiator, known as a "black body", when operated at the temperature of freezing platinum. Flux of light-lumen. The unit of flux of light shall be the lumen, which is the flux in a unit of solid angle from a source of which the intensity is one candle. (July 21, 1950, ch. 484, §§ 1-11, 64 Stat. 370.) CODIFICATION Section is comprised of sections 1-11 of act July 21, 1950. § 224. Establishment of values of primary electric and photometric units in absolute measure; legal values. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Commerce to establish the values of the primary electric and photometric units in absolute measure, and the legal values for these units shall be those represented by, or derived from, national reference standards maintained by the Department of Commerce. (July 21, 1950, ch. 484, § 12, 64 Stat. 370.) STANDARD BARRELS § 231. Standard barrel for apples; steel barrels. The standard barrel for apples shall be of the following dimensions when measured without distention of its parts: Length of stave, twenty-eight and one-half inches; diameter of head, seventeen and one-eighth inches; distance between heads, twentysix inches; circumference of bulge, sixty-four inches outside measurement, representing as nearly as pos |