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Department of Commerce and Labor   /dɪpˈɑrtmənt əv kˈɑmərs ənd lˈeɪbər/   Listen
Department of Commerce and Labor

noun
1.
A former executive department of the United States government; created in 1903 and split into two departments in 1913.





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"Department of commerce and labor" Quotes from Famous Books



... any suit brought in a Circuit Court by the United States government under the Sherman Anti-trust act or the Interstate Commerce law, could be given precedence over other cases at the desire of the Attorney-General. Three days later a law was passed which established a Department of Commerce and Labor, whose chief was to be a cabinet officer. Included in the Department was a Bureau of Corporations headed by a Commissioner, who was authorized to investigate the organization and conduct of the business of corporations. ...
— The United States Since The Civil War • Charles Ramsdell Lingley


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