7 USC § 2205 - Duties of former Commissioner of Agriculture transferred to Secretary

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title: "7 USC § 2205 - Duties of former Commissioner of Agriculture transferred to Secretary"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2205"
section_name: "Duties of former Commissioner of Agriculture transferred to Secretary"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Mar. 2, 1889, ch. 373, 25 Stat. 840; July 14, 1890, ch. 707, 26 Stat. 288.)"
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# § 2205. Duties of former Commissioner of Agriculture transferred to Secretary

February 8, 1889

The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to perform all the duties named in all Acts of Congress in force on , to be performed by the Commissioner of Agriculture.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 2, 1889, ch. 373, 25 Stat. 840; July 14, 1890, ch. 707, 26 Stat. 288.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by , , .

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 1, eff. , 18 F.R. 3219, , set out as a note under .