Report of the Superintendent of the United States Capitol Building and ILLUSTRATIONS. MAPS AND DIAGRAMS. Page. Diagram showing maps sold by U. S. Geological Survey during the fiscal years 1915 and 1916___ 375 Map of the United States showing areas covered by geologic maps published prior to July 1, 1916___ 400 Map of the United States showing areas covered by topographic surveys prior to July 1, 1916. 408 Organization chart of the Bureau of Mines.. 544 National parks and national monuments under the Department of the 764 Yellowstone National Park-Old Faithful Geyser_. 752 752 752 752 752 752 752 752 756 756 Proposed Grand Canyon National Park-Grand Canyon__- 756 756 756 Proposed Greater Sequoia National Park-Summit of Mount Whitney- 756 756 Proposed Mount McKinley National Park-Mount McKinley--- 756 Commissioner of the General Land Office-----Clay Tallman. Chief of Construction, Reclamation Service---.F. E. Weymouth. Assistant Superintendent of National Parks---Joseph J. Cotter. Chairman Alaskan Engineering Commission__. William C. Edes. Member Alaskan Engineering Commission____.Capt. Frederick Mears, U. S. Army, Member Alaskan Engineering Commission----.Thomas Riggs, jr. *Superintendent of St. Elizabeth's Hospital___.Dr. William A. White. President Columbia Institution for the Deaf...Dr. Percival Hall. President Howard University--- Dr. Stephen M. Newman. Surgeon in Chief Freedmens Hospital-------.Dr. William A. Warfield. Name of this institution changed from Government Hospital for the Insane by sundry civil act approved July 1, 1916 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 commissoner, 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 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 when that department was organized. BUREAU OF PENSIONS. Organized as a bureau of the War Department under act of March 2, 1833 (4 Stat. L., 622). First commissioner, James L. Edwards, of Virginia; appointed March 3, 1833. Became a bureau of the Interior Department when that department was organized. PATENT OFFICE. Organized as a bureau of the State Department under act of March 4, 1836 (5 Stat. L., 117). First commissioner, Henry S. Ellsworth, of Connecticut; appointed July 4, 1836. Became a bureau of the Interior Department when that department was organized. BUREAU OF EDUCATION. Organized under act of March 2, 1867 (14 Stat. L., 434). 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. Organized under act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. L., 388), under the Director of Geological Survey, Charles D. Walcott. First director, F. H. Newell, of Pennsylvania; appointed March 9, 1907. BUREAU OF MINES. Organized as a bureau of the Interior Department under the act of May 16, 1910 (36 Stat. L., 369). First director, Joseph A. Holmes, of North Carolina; appointed September 3, 1910. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. To be organized under the act of August 25, 1916 (Public No. 235). |