The Department of the Interior was established by the act of March 3, 1849 (9 Stat L. 395). GENERAL LAND OFFICE.-Organized as a bureau of the Treasury Department under act of April 25, 1812 (2 Stat. L. 716). First commissioner, Edward Tiffin, of Ohio; appointed May 7, 1812. Became a bureau of the Interior Department when that department was organized under the act of March 3, 1849 (9 Stat. L. 395). INDIAN OFFICE.-Organized as a bureau of the War Department under the act of July 9, 1832 (4 Stat. L. 564). First commissioner, Elbert Herring, of New York; appointed July 10, 1832. Became a bureau of the Interior Department under the act of March 3, 1849 (9 Stat. L. 395). BUREAU OF PENSIONS.-Organized as act of March 2, 1833 (4 Stat. L. 622). of Virginia; appointed March 3, 1833. ment under the act of March 3, 1849 PATENT OFFICE.-Organized as a of March 4, 1836 (5 Stat. L. 117). Connecticut; appointed July 4, 1836. ment under the act of March 3, 1849 a bureau of the War Department under First commissioner, James L. Edwards, Became a bureau of the Interior Depart(9 Stat. L. 395). bureau of the State Department under act First commissioner, Henry S. Ellsworth, of Became a bureau of the Interior Depart(9 Stat. L. 395). BUREAU OF EDUCATION.-Established as a department under act of March 2, 1867 (14 Stat. L. 434). Ceased to exist as a department and became a bureau of the Interior Department July 1, 1869, under act of July 20, 1868 (15 Stat. L. 106). First commissioner, Henry Barnard, of Connecticut; appointed March 14, 1867. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.-Organized as a bureau of the Interior Department under act of March 3, 1879 (20 Stat. L. 394). First director, Clarence King, of New York; appointed April 14, 1879. RECLAMATION SERVICE (NOW BUREAU OF RECLAMATION).—Organized under act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. L. 388), under the Director of the Geological Survey, Charles D. Walcott. First director, F. H. Newell, of Pennsylvania; appointed March 9, 1907. Designation changed to Bureau of Reclamation June 20, 1923. First commissioner of reclamation, David W. Davis, of Idaho; appointed June 20, 1923. BUREAU OF MINES. Organized as a bureau of the Interior Department under act of May 16, 1910 (36 Stat. L. 369). First director, Joseph A. Holmes, of North Carolina; appointed September 3, 1910. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.-Organized as a bureau of the Interior Department under act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. L. 535). First director, Stephen T. Mather, of Illinois; appointed May 16, 1917. ALASKAN ENGINEERING COMMISSION (NOW THE ALASKA RAILROAD).—Established by presidential appointment under authority of the act of March 12, 1914 (38 Stat. L. 305). Placed under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior by Executive orders dated April 10, 1915, and June 8, 1923. First chairman and chief engineer, William C. Edes, of California; appointed May 1, 1914. Designation of Alaskan Engineering Commission changed to The Alaska Railroad August 15, 1923. 714 رز 5-17-32 883217 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Secretary of the Interior____ First Assistant Secretary--. Executive assistant to the Secretary- Chief inspector--- Chief clerk of the department--- Senior attorney--. Board of Appeals, member of---- Board of Appeals, member of.. Commissioner of the General Land Office__ Assistant Commissioner_-_ Commissioner of Indian Affairs___ Assistant Commissioner___ Commissioner of Pensions. Deputy Commissioner__ Commissioner of Patents_ First Assistant Commissioner__ Assistant Commissioner__. Commissioner of Education= Director of the Geological Survey- Commissioner of Reclamation___. Director of Finance, Reclamation Bureau___ Director of Farm Economics, Reclamation Bureau__. Acting Chief Engineer, Reclamation Bureau. Assistant Director of Bureau of Mines___ Assistant Director of the National Park Service___. Governor of Hawaii. Superintendent of St. Elizabeths Hospital__ President of Columbia Institution for the Deaf_____ Hubert Work. Wm. J. Donald. George R. Wickham. Charles H. Burke. Edgar B. Meritt. Washington Gardner. Hays Haymaker. Thos. E. Robertson. Wm. A. Kinnan. Karl Fenning. John J. Tigert. George Otis Smith. Elwood Mead. III |