UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION (1871-1892)
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Footnotes

1 On January 20, 1888 (after Commissioner Baird's death) an amendment to the statute established a salary of $5,000 for the Commissioner who "shall not hold any other office or employment under authority of the United States or any state." 
(U.S. Stat. xxv p. 1)

2 Department of the Interior, Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 27. Government Printing Office, Washington 1884.

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