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TAKEN JANUARY 1, 1920

, ~LEGIS~ATIV~iHiSTORY OF 'FOURTEENTH CENSUS BltJ..

lntroduced !n, the llolJlle •••••••••••••••• MIIY S, 1$,l8 , ~P."r,t~ ,frP:JD the Ho,* C(ensus Committole •••••• May 21 .. 19,18 1'a-d bY the Houae •••••••••••••••••• luly S, 1918 Reported frOm tbe ~te CeIIsuB Committee •••••• Dec. 11, 1918 P-....d. bV tile sen&te ..;.....'........., Jan. 17, 19f9 RjOport:eq ,,"Y eonferees:

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Section. 1'..-' 1. Authoriration for censu&,.<luhjects to be covered, and territory to be included ______________ . _______ .. __________ .__ __ _ ___ _ _____ ______ :\ 2. Census period --- _____ .. f\_<~.; __ .:: _______ l_.~J; _____ ._ •• ____________ 3

3. Official and statistical three 'provided for; 'women and honorably dis-charged soldiers and sallors to be emploYJd when practicable ______ • 3

4. Duties of officials __ ·_·_.-<.,.._ •• _______ .. ~ __ • ____ ;.. _______ •• _. _______ ._ 3 6. Salaries of officiaJs __________________________________ .___________ 4,

6. Cleri9al force, ~d, s~aries of; pref~rence ~n.,JIJjpo.l,nmeIit. to BolWtr.S, .. ,.110.1 and mariltell, od ~idhws o( 'ueh.,I..t __ .. ~-·-:,,_~~-,.d-~,:- .. L 4

7. Method by whiab a.ilditfona~e\tka And othe¥'emplo1etWshH-iIJe iirecMd, and provision tor temporary employees_ _____________ ____ ________ 4

8. Scope of census, and inquiries to be included in. schedules.___________ 6 9. Appointment of superviSol'l! ____________ .. ___ • ____ • __ •• _ ___ ___ __ _ ___ 6

10. Duties of supervisors and employment of enumerators. ____ ••• ..' _____ ._ 7 11. Compensa.tion of supervisors.·. _»~ ••• ____ "" ____ ._. __ • ________ ~ ____ • _. 7 12. Duties of enumerlLtorB ___ •• _. ______ ._. __ • ___ • ____ ~ •• __ • __ •• ___ .__ 8 13. Enumerati~n districts ______ • ______________ ~- __ -- .. ---.,.-~---- __ ._._ 8 14. Removal'tlt enumerators and appointment of IIUb'IYeS'lIors_.;.__________ I) 15. Employment and compensation of interpreteH ____ :.;. __ ._~,. __ • ___ .___ 9 16. Compeni!ation of enumerators and requirement!! as to resfde~oe of super-

visors and enumeratorS 7----..:----"'-.--.--.----~----.-.~--.-----.- ., 17. Payments to widows of supervisors. or elll.uDeratoH __ .~_._ ....... ~_______ 10' 18. Employmentofspecia.lagents; dutics; andpay __ •• ~_,,:._l. ___________ • 16 19. Oath or affirmation by supervisors a.nd other employees." ... _____ .____ 10 20. Date for taking and completing the census enumer.tiot!.~ ... _ .. _______ • 11 :21. Penalty for Mcehring fee, etc., for securing appointment .. :~. ___ .______ 11 22. Penalty for neglect or Musal ofoffici&l& or employees to'Pll'form duties.,·

or publishing, communicating, or furnishing f!!r.lse thlwm&tion_______ 11 23. Duty of perilons to turnish.~.op.nll.tJ~Ilj .penalty. (o~ FtIf_ or for giving

false dnformation, and. providing. against the meg. MtiviJlies of in-dividuals, committees, etc.,.l'egMdklg <laneUe retume~~ _______ ~.____ 12

24. Requirihr officillls of comp@ies, organizations, and i.I:lsl:lt'llttons and /lJl other persoIllJ to ADswer completely and correctly au questions eon-tained on sohedules; pena.lties._._, _____________________ .,________ 1,'

25. Prohibiting publication of ma.t~ idep.tifying lndividual reports _____ ... _ 13. 26. Enforcement of fines and penalti.~,. ___ ,. ______ • _______ .- _____ • __ ~'_ l'

27. Traveling and subsistence eXPetl~~S ti.nd authorization for expendi-tures for contingent expeJt$eB---,;:...;.--l'''"--_--_----_-------_______ It

28. Authorization for printtng. __ ~ __ ':. ____ •• ___________________ • ____ -. IS 29. Transmitting of maUmatter ___ ... __ .. ,.;.~ _________ • ___ • __ ,.._" .. _~,,_____ IS

30. Conferring authority on Sooretary of Commerce, on request of Dil'ElCtoJ'. to call upon other Deparlmentll of the Goverment for infOl'lQatiOll___ I.,

31. Providing for a quinquennial oeneua of agriculture _________ ._________ 14 32. Providing for a biennial. census of mannfaettUe8 _______________ -- __ .... 1" 33. Autborizin8 furnishing of tr~fIt ,tables a.nd other recordI aug

prepara.tion of special 'Jt~I·t1ompilation8, on payment of act.x (lost of such work ________ • ___ .. " .. _. _______ ~ ___ • ________ .;;_______ l'

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IPu!ii!Jd-N'O.826-6STH CONGBl!:Ill!. n. R. 11. ,An Act ~I), provide for the 'fourteenth and subsaqu80t daoenllial cenau~s

, lIe it enacted, by fM Senate (J,n,d House oj Repre$entati~8 oj the b'nited States oj AmeMCa '(,n Congress assembled; That a census of the~opu­l~tion, ", tUfa, Irianufactul"l;'s, forestry and forest product I and mines rries of the United Sta.tes shall be taken by the Di ector of the Cenaus in the year nineteen hundred and twenty and iavery ten years thereafter. The census herein provided for shall i~clude each State, the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico. A census of Guam and Samao shall be taken in the same y ar by the respective governors of said islands and .a c~mms of' the PJD8.¥1a Canal Zone by the governor of the Canal Zone in accordanc With plans pl'Elscribed or approved by the Director of the Census. , SEC. 2. That the period of three years be~nning the:first ay of July ne:Ut preceding the cens~s provided fo~ m section one of t~s Act shl\U be loiown &'s the, decenmal census penod, and the report upon the inquires, provided for in said section shall be complete. and published, ,~ithin su.ch period. •

SEc. 8. That during the decennial. census 'p~riod, and no ~ngerl th6fe m,~y be, employed in the Census Office, m addition to th forct! provided for by the legislative, executive, and judicial approp' ation Act for the fiscal year immediately preceding the decennial, enstls

. an I,tss.tstant director, who shall be an experienced ptootical 618.:0:; ~ chief statistician, who shall be a p'erson of mow and

J)xpej~enci;l in statistical work; a disbursing clerk; an ap oint~ n;tent'clerk; a '{lrivate ~~?r~ta.ry to the dire~to!; four ~ten ers; eIght ~xpett chIefs of dlvlslon; and ten stat al experts. . e as-si.$t.lWt dire6to~.l>hall be appointed by the dent, by and wi h the adtie&, and .conSent of the Senate. The chief statistician, th ' dis­~urSing clEn-k, the appointment eler~! the chiefs of divisions, a d the p,tivate sep:retary to the directo:r shall ba appointed without exa ina. don by the Secretary of Commerce upon 'the ~ommendation f the D~~tor 9f the Census. The !5tatis~ical experts' and the stenogr phers shall be'appoin't~d in conformity with the civil service Act and ules: ProffiAUd, TIl"at whenever praotioable wom.en a.ndhonorably diSCl'ged $>ldiers and sailors shan be employed in the positions herein p~ 'ded for:.

Slllo .. 4. That the assistant director shan per£orin such dU;' es' as rna:.y .he pres~dbed by the Director of the ~l.1li.U.S. In the a.bse, ce Of. ~he 4iteq~,()rl the &'ssistant direotor 'shan serVe as director, d in tli~ ab~de' 0t the direotor and assistant directot., the chief eler~ shall sene as, ~Ui'ootor.

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The appointment clerk sha.ll perform the duties assigned him by the Director of the Census. The disbuning clerk of the Census Office shall, a.t the beginnin~ of the decennial census period, give bond to the Secretary of the Treasury in the sum of $100,000, surety to be apl?roved by the So~citor of the Treasury', which bond shall be co~· dltioned that the saId officer shall 'render, quarter yearly, a true and faithful account to ~t.':{>f~ :4oCfHillting d,fJe4ts .0,1 .the Treasury of all moneys and propertIes WhlOh shall be received by him by virtue of his office during the said dooennial census period. Such bond shall be filed in the ofJ:l9~ of t,he &'creta,ry of th, T~8.Bury I to be by him put in suit upon any- breaeh of.the conditions thereof.

SEC. 5. Tliat'durmg the decenniM oenSU$ period the &.nuUiad e&tn­pepsation of \h~ offieia),& of the Q~ms~ O~c~ I;lhall be .,,"s .fql1~5: The DirectOr of the Oenspfi, ·,J1,.strQ; ~ne assistttht directo;; ,,5.~; the chief clerk and three chiei'Sta'tiStJ"ians f9r the divisi~ns,of pul,,;.; tion, ma!lufa.ctll;re~~ .and a~ooltu~e;: tespectiv~1jr $4,090,e, 'th,r~~, other chH~f sta.tIStlClans for the dl'vl$wnS o( vltai sta.tl~hcs:·lind stao!. tistics of cities, and the ohler statistioian provided for inse~tion thlee of this Act, $81600 each; the geographerJ S3,OOO; the disbUrsing.' clet¥l~ $3,000; th~ appointment clerk~ $2,750; the chiefs of ~ivision, '$2,5w' each,; th~ private seoret'l\~ tq the dlX6ctor, $2,250; the stil,tistica:l ~ertst $~iOOO each; and tlie stenographers prrivided lor in section threeoltlits.Act,SlI800'each. , ',' i

SEC. 6. That in addition to the fdrce hereinbefore provided lor an'1\ to tb.at authorIzed bI: the legislative, executive, an£!. judiCial app~?" priation Act for the fiscal year immedia.t~ly preceding, the dec.eIf.niat flen~us pElriod, there rpay be employ~d in the CeIi~us O,ffiCfl dqripg1tH£, dooennml census penod, and no longer, as m~y elerJtsl with' ~lLI!lr.li~ at the rates of $l,8Q9, $1,680" $1,560, $l,l,l40, $1,380, 11,3'20, $l~~,' 11,200,311140,',$1,080,11,020, .960,'and, $90\).; .~D:~ engin~er f\-t $r,~i. and two photostat operators, at 0 each; as Ulany sktlled laliorel:'" with salaries at the rate of not' . th&n', .• 720 nor plO~ t!tan $1,'0. p~:r p.nnJllU; and as ~a.Il.Y messenge~s, a..as1a'tant mes~engers, messen,g' bqys!, watchmen, u~killed labot~rs, ,and ~ha~wqm~n:as rnfl.Y . n,~ary. tor the ,pr~p'er and prompt ~.erf(.}riJlon<l~ o~ t¥e, :4u~i . :re9UU'~d i th(:lBe additional ~erk-s. f1nd~ eD;lpl~Yees to, ~e ,~p'p, " . the Airector of .th~.Oensus: Pr~d; That the .to~~ Jl:~~~r:~rtiuc I additional clerks wlth salanes at th,rate of $l,44'Q!J . , ~lIm shall at no time' excee'cil one hundred' and fifty: 'Pr,·· , , ·at employees ~ngaged in th~ Co,Dip .. n: or t~buI~tioti Q[t-~tIWj$1,i,Ci~: ", 't1\e use of mechanical devj.c(~$· '.e. 'C()lUnensated ()U' '~~pr.. b~8ifl.toh~~~db tped~~oI':':! .. '··:.,'d,"'hAtli~re. tA~~,' appomtmen}s ~o ~enca.l ~¥ oth~r P081tlOns in the e:x;~ctttlr.~ ~~.RM T ments ind ill lndependent gp\rlilrnnI'ental establJis ents !'ref~t~,J):Qe f3hil.U b" .y~ to hOllorabli~~.$Cl{' act solaiers~ : ,'Ei;r,f f~a~n:e'~ "nd: Jyil~e'9.I· such; If tbe:Y/lit~ 'f1~fted'f,O ~~ld' ~rl,~q posi ii!,?~:S;),~' , ,. SEC'. 7.~at the il.dditiB!ial 'ate-rlts arid other employees prO'1id~~ f~r~" at;C~l?n six.sh~ll. b~ ~pbject ,to suc1?- speeia,l t~st ~"iam~~tj~ f¥J ,t1ie·l'1j(ed~Q.r·Qf the cAnltas tnaynt,eset\be 8ubJect,.to the Rnt\ro~t\l of 'ih~·'Ulfit~d.' $tates 01$' etviee ~Qmriti~on . tb:e'~ ·~xaili.r.t;' '"dH~ to t~" Qila'uetAij b tl{e tf~ 'e~ St'a.te~IO)~-ir~e';Cow.w"" jld he' o:fii'oo ltil1'rappncants ~thoht regard t6 pbtiti6iil art', ' and to be held a.t such places in each State as may be Yes~& the Civil Service Commisa.j.on. Cert~fioations shall be made by the

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Qi~l'.servic:e .Commission up~n l"eq~e8t pf. thfl !:Pw~Qt?~ Q€ ,~he ,ellSUf foom ~-ebglJ.i,le registers slliestabblllhed, m,oonf~rmi1iY,Wlth e la.W b£.,apportionment . as' ,now, provided. for the ola.ssifi~d 'se'l''\tic J and tteltctioM-{,heret'rom shtlll be made· by' the Dirootor:of t~e ee sus, in tae' Qrder of rating: PTOVid~d, That the requirem(lnt as to .eon rroity with ·the .l&w of &.pportionment shall not apply to mellBenge,' boyS:. unskilled laborers, and charwomen: PrQvidedfurther,·Tha.t h eafwr ~Jl.~t\mina.tioIJ8 of ap~ica~ts for positions in t~e .Qovernmen ~er~­lC$,from any State or TeITltpry" shall bp had In t.he State. or 'fem­t~rj ·in· which such applicant resides, and no person shan be ,~g~ble fori~Q.fl.h 6~amintl.tio~ or appointment unles.s, he o.r she!~hall hav .b,eIe,~ a..ctQ.ally dpmiciled 10 such State pr. Terntory lor at least 0. ":~itr previous,to such ,examination: Provided further, That. the Civ' Serv!" lC.~, Commissipn sball hpld examinatipns pf. applicants t~mp :dly a .. bseijt frpm the places of their legal resid~Jlce or domicile . n ,~~e ,l;>illt.rict pf Columbia and elsewhere in the United States wh fa ex­a.plinationa are, usually held, upon propf satisfactory to. the cpm 'issipp' ~Q.at S\1M appliCf).nts are bpna tide residents pf the States pr Ter itpri~$ 111 which such apJ>!icants claim to. have legal residence pr dI41H.e': Provided further, That nothing herein shall be so eonst1;ue .1IiS' to ~l>ri?%e. the existing law of app.ortionment pr <?h.an~. the requit m,ni~s Q~ ellstlDg law as to. legoJ. reSIdence, or domlC11e pf such app cants,! ~prQvided further, That no perspn, afflicted with t1rlbercti19s sh.all be appointed and that each applicant for appointment shall ecoID­pany. ,his pr her appl~atipn with a certificate of health fro. . some mputablq physlcan; .And protriiU~ furlher, That,in n~ irl~t,a~c shall lno;re than pne Rerson be apPolDt.eQ frpm the sa1ll6 '.fauni .: An-d ,m-.. lovided further, That when the exigencies pf the service requ' 6, the ~ectq~ ,may ~pppint f01; tempp.t;ar:r eri;tploymf,'l.!l~ n9t e~ceed ~ eU,x months!" duratlOn frbm the aforesaId hst of ehglbles those 0, by r~SQ.Jl.' of resid.ence or o$er cpnditipJ,ls, are immediately, av- 'lable; ~d,m~y also appoint for ~ot ex,ceeqing ~ix-inonths!,;duratio.D: eriilO~ ~v)l~g.ha,d preVlOUIil e),penen. ce III operatlllg mechamcaI aPrha cas Uil. ce~us wprk whose efficiency recorc.fiJ ip1 Qperating such ,~RP iAn es a,re siJ.~f~Atory t~ hi~, and may Il.<?cept ~lUC;b. records in lie~ 9 ; tp civil,­'¥~lce exnm\natlOn.: Ana provided further, That .emplQilW~ i ,pther ~raJlP.hes Q~ the depa.t;tmental classifi.~.d service ~ho hay~~.a4 p .. ipus e;xpeflenC6.ln census wprk may: be transferre9. wlthou~ e~a.m1Oa ~on.;~P the OeJ;l.8US Office ,to!'!erve durmg the whole .. 0J;' ~ part of tl;Le,de enuw censUI!! .periQd, &nd at the ,ew;l, pf such service the emplQ:yees so trans­ferred shall be eligible to appointment to. _positio.ns ill anr.,depa tment ~el!i by: them at date of transfer to the Censu~ Office w~thQut J!I~mi­nati9n, but po, ,emplo~. e so transferred shall wit hip. one yea after ~lic~ ,tJ:8,.ns{er r~eive , '. her sfl,!ary th~ he isreceivlllg at t~e 'me pf ~~.,tr~usf~f.; And pro ed. J.ur.ther, Tha.,t during the decemllal ensu~ P~(t ,\Lnp ,nQ Ipp.ger the DiU'ectof oft~ Census .m,q.y, £ill va /tndes JJl ~~~ p,er~&f\ent force of tb,e q~I\su~Office by the promotion or tra.n~ ~t o.t clel}k~t,Qf other. emp,lpYl[lesemployed on the. tj,mporar forcl'! ~ut~4 .by,~~tipp ~i~ ot :this, Act l An~ provid~q .Wthtf, '~"~ the expiration pf the decenmaI census penod the l~el'Jp.. qf Sel" J~, Qf ~ ~Ippl~.ef$, sq.'4:AA""t.l'~Gl a.nd Qf .a~ )pther ~~:qlp0r.~y ,p,$ce . ;.,..nd ~~f~'~l?R)A~*,q :~nder .tb,e; prOV!$\pns 0.( .t~¥L4.c.t abltll ter" ll~~t. ~, ~","~),rpA$r~~~~ p,Pl;ployees:spaJln,ot, ~(l"ru~'h.l~,fC! JWPp~. ~:m~t ot transfer Into. the claSSIfied serVICe pf the GOv'ernmentby VI tue pf

th~rftX8riiinB~on' ()l!"g~bi~tpumt ,.d.~'~hUi Act: ,..t'1td ",~l~ ,1vBr, Thllit,ln the eeleetlon ., 4ibfl)additl0n&1 ebwks _j1l_oy~ provided ,for, ,by seot~~n' six the 'Diheetol'l <1' the Ce~5tl8 is !&U~Fi~ flO -use, 8O i f'a.4t 'a9 'pra.ctl6A'ble,' the 'ree~~8nt leglllten ~1111" by l\l:!te!.1utlive order of NI0VM1bel'tw6Bty:.utn6h, nin8ie~.m',iwl1d1'fkt e;rtd e~~) 80 far as the S&~6; applies to ~ntmCs I1PfJbint~ .. by 'competition. ' " .. - ,- ': i, ,;,:: , , ."

,~ SEC.'~" That the F?urtemtJ4 :Cens~s sb;a.U be -restricted _t?t\i~4'uih-' ~eB,relatIDg to popuJation,'to tJ,gtlcul1Jure, tomanufactures,:tp 'ldU9t~ ana forest products, 'and to milies and "<tbameS. "The'; eohed'Ul-e$ )'ela'ti~~ to ,population sh,aJI,'irlchlde for ea;eh inh~bitant tM<flam~; Place hf'l~.bode, reia..tionshlpto' llel1.d of family, color, sex, age, coil,u-gil-I condition, place of birtn, place or birtli of p~t.rents, natibnafity' Ot :iri~ther tongue'of all persons'bom in fo;reign countri~, nationality~ 'mo.ther tongue of parents .,f for.' b~rth, number of yearS in "'~ tT:D.ftetl State" citizensHip,' ~cmiPlt,t\on, 'whether or hot em.plQYer'0t-"1 ~hi~I,oyee, Whether or ,not 'engaged in ~rie~ture, Bchopl 8.tteDdlt;h.~l l1t~r.acY:l tenure of ho~e at\d the encumbrance theron, and the ~ and·.Il.4dreS~ of each bJind or'deaf and dum.b person.. ,t '; .-

,', The: '~~e!dules relating to agriculture shl111 incltide name, COlbl', .se;r, ~ and cotffltry, of birth of o~eupant of eaclffal;'m, tenu!'eac 'M tarm, lt3reage' of woodlil.nd;:~.~lue of 'farm and,improvemcl:tts1 thij ~~umbmtlC,'e ~~ereon, va:lu~' bffa:r~ bnpl~Mlt!J;number 'Of bYe ~ .on f~s, rlip'p, 8Jlt1 elsewhere, and' the~creage of crops ~I).d'thi que.ntitll'is-of;crops and othet farm produet",dl>'I"the year ending' De .. ,ctn;nber thirt.Y-fuSt next preceding the enumeration. Tiiquiries"ehall be made' a$ 'to the quan~ity of land reclaimed by ir.rigation and .drldti':'" i.gt) alul'the' Crops produced; a.t$} as to the loca.tion and charac. ofi~tibn ;ft<nd drainage Eqlterprises, &ltd t~e c~pit8.1investe4, in etidi ,enterprISes.',' . ..' " :', " , :, } Th~ ,sc~~ules 01 lDqUlI?-es relatIng to ~&n~fl\.c.t..,res{ to fOrE!stl"1'.nd

furest ~rodu.ets,. and to mmes and qU'arnes slialllDclutte the name, atit! location' Qf each establishment; ena.'l'aeter of organizf.l.tion, wbethet indivial\81~" dorporate, 01' otb,el' ful'tnj ~apacter of'~8siness or kind ~f goods'manufactured; amount 'of capital aetut,illy lDvested; nu~'bi,;t of pr~'prietoJ:s, finn members, e'O'partn!~lL.nd offiee:rs:, and th~ amt7Uilt of thell' salaries; numbel' o~ employees aitd the &mount of th.ell' W'ages; q,uantity and tost of mate~als used in. 'm,b;ntifaetures;',prine!pa.l rlii,,~ 'celhmoous ''e:J:penses; q118.niltY' 'and vaiu/! 'Of product'S;' time In opert). tion tluring the yea.r; chalil.eter and q'lf8.ntity of power usedi and dlaratter and number of 1il:9.ehines empl'oyed. " , " The e~ti$us of manufactures,' of forestry'and fo;reat prod\le~,,'and of illines and, quarries shaJI rel~te. to t~e yell' ending ,I?ecember _ thirty­first next, rn-eeeding th~ ,ennmera;tlOn, of po~ti~, ~lI:d ShaH, p. eO~~'ned tQ;l,Danl!factunng est.bl~hm'ents and m:rnes"aud ,f,J,-bam,.'. whICh were¥:! A'ttive operatio,. dunn/t an or 8. pbt,tion 'bf,th1it~. The census of ~ufaetU'reS shall 'furih~nnore be oott.fh:te4' to' J:iUl;t.tu· factu$g 'e"tab' menta oonduc~Mun:derwhat 1s kno\tll 8,8}·ttte factory systen,i1 ~clusive Of the So-<l1Llled neighborhoOd, ~~u.l~, , and ha.nd indUstries. " 'c ,,,,11,,1

Whene-rer he \3li.u d~eDdt expi!dietl't, ~~~f~ of :t . may cha~ 'the collebti01'l of the8(!' stfitistlM ' 'ti:~!r II . I'~po~d~ta~~si:~~p~byeee. to be'employtf~~thy~fj~f;)::,. t~",;

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"'~~'llumMrFfol'.tl\'lj:JllJld' aubeliv..isiou of iflqubliea providt)d for in ae4tlon,eighfl,sballbe:tlflteI'nlined ,by.)th~ :Qilneot,oJ;" 01 the Cen . -' ,~. 9. Thttt ,th6, Oirecfif)l' of ~he,CeIlilU8 shall, at least six Jilooths priOl1 to the, date ,iixed f.of commenciQg the anulperation st th~ foul1r· ~h 6Ild ~ch Buedtleding d~eDnial ,cenSU$. des:ijJnate the Ill' mba!'): w.h~ther. oM or m()r6; of 8upervitliof!~ of, (\"mau~;, for each Sta Q, the District of Columbia, ,Alaska, Ha.wa.ii, and Porto Rioo, an shall 4t6n~ the diau'iot$ within w.llioh, th&y are to act; except tha.t the Directot w;the C&ru)us, in his discretion, need not designa.te :Buper­VisOEf$,wr .tUo.aka.,'Hawaii, and Porto Rico, but in lieu thereqf may employ, apeoial ageDts ;as hereinafter provided. l'he 8uperviso~ shall be appointed by the Secretary of Coromafce upon the recom,,: mendation of the Dill0Cwr of the Census i Prooided, That thel whole I\umber' of $upe:rvisors shall not exceed four hundred: PtmaeiJ jurtlw, Tha.~~a(),tillX a.s pr6ctMabie and desirable the bounda ies of thesup~rviS0.rs~, dill'ftts shell conform to the boundaries . f the oongressiQIlal dietrictsl"And prooided further, That if in any!super­Vi(lQf~S district the. supervisor has not been a.ppointed and qualified lImety dillS pr~eeding ,the date fixed for the commencemeDt~: f the tUlU~r.'tlOn, Of if . .&by vacancy sha.U occur theree.fter, either t rongA N,tb j :r.emO;vtUj or l'~nation of a suparvis@r, or from I:\.D other ~"s.e;, the DirootQr of. the. Censua may appoint a temporary supe,r· vieor,j)l' detflil a.n employee of ;the Census Office to act as supervisor fpl' .th~t. ,district., ' i

&10. l(), That eMh! supervisor of census Bhflll be. ch.arg.e~ with t4ls~perform8Jl4e within -his own,distriot of the.followi~ dut' s: To coniult with the DiU-ecto:r of the Cellsus in regard to the drviaio of his district into subdivisioDs most .convenient for the purpose f the tmumeratiWl) whioh subdirnions or enumeration dist~te shal be de­fined a.nd the boundaries thereof fixed by the Director of the ensue; to deaignf\.te tp tl\f3 director suitable per-sons and with his con ent to employ such 'pEll'SQDS 8.S enumer,ab)l'j;, one or more for eac sub­division j to c~mullica.te to enumerators the necessary instr ction$ and dir.eotiQns. relating to theiJ: .duties: to examine and scr tinize the returllS of the eDumeratolJ'l, and in the event of discrepa ias or deficiencies appearing in any of the said returns, to use all . ence m causing th~. iAme W be corrected or supplied: to f the completed returns of tbe enumerators to the director at sue time and in sueh mt\nnef &8 shall be preS<lribed, and to make and forw:~d to the director the accounts of each enumerator in is dis .. trict for se:rvwe rendered, whieh accounts shall be duly carti ad to by the. enumerator, and the sa.me shall be certified ,as true a.d cor~ r~t if so found by the supervisor, and said accounts so ccktified IIhall be s~ed and paid, by the director. The duties i¢posed upon tpe supervisor by this Act shall be performed in anYJ. nd all pa.JJtlculars in aocordan.ce with the orders and ins:tructions f the Director of the Census. ,

SEC. 11. That each supervisor of tb.e OOllSUS shall, upon th com .. pJ.etioD of lus duties i;Q tna satiMaetion of the Director of the fIDSUS, ~;Celv:e the ~um pi ~1,5001 and in'llod.dition ,there~,$l for eac thQP­~ulnd or n:IA]or fractton 0 a thousand: of po))ultttJoD enUll1er tQd m his lciist~ct, 3uch flJUQl$ :to be in fuH eolflpe~ion 'for all Ii . vi(le$ ~Mf and eltpenses ineurll'~d.by h.U.n: P.rQ~,.Th8,t.of t.he bov~ JlAmflfi ~oBljlena&tiOA ,*' E\l,ilD npt t.o e,xooed MOO, in 4.he diapr iOI/.,ot

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SEC. 12. That each enumerator shaH be chBrged with tho coDootii.on in ~is subdivis~fl of the facts and statistics required\lby.t~e ·pop~ 1at1On and agTlooltu:ral schedules and' sooh other sehedules 4S t'h$ Di ... rector of the Census 'may detennine shaJ!l be usedi by, him in (lon1'i~ .. tion with the census) 68 provided in section eight 0' tbil!l'Act. Jt·sh&l:l be the duty of each enumerator to visit perso~lly ad dwell ' . in his subdivision, a:m.d: each family therein, attd'eaeh'individn out of a fRinity in any place of abode. and"by illquily,made'of,· the head of eaoh family; OJ' of the member thereof deemtid most competent and trustworthy, orofsuch individualliving·(\ut of a fismily, ,to oM&ib ea~h and every item of information and a:lll,;p.rutit~lars re,qutred{ ,by t~lS Actl, as of dat~ Jan~ary first of the year In Whl~ the erluItiera.:. tlOn sh811 be made; and 11'1 case no ~n sIan ~'found at the usu"l place of abode of such family, or lndivlduaJr'UV'fng out of ldamily:; ooI!lpetent 'to Ul~wer the inquires made in oo~celwith t.~e're .. qmrements of thIS Act, then it shaH be lawful fGt:iheennmers.tor to obtain the reqllired information as nearly 8,S mliY be'.pralbtieabJ..& fl'M'll the family or famities or person or persomdiving Jllelire~ to streb: . of abode who may be competent to answer su:eb*~Uire8 .. ' lti II be the duty also of each enumera.tol'to forward tl:Ut''Ongina.isohedut8, properly filled 'out and 'duly oeftified,to ·the su~'of his dietrie:~ as bis returns under the provisions ~f,t1:th~' Act;·: 'and in the' &Yentof discrepancies or deficieuc16s being ditlt!'Ov~red:ill"these'8Chedules'fte shall use all diligence in com-ootimg101' Sl1pply1.ng.thIH&me. :'In tf8s~ an enumeration district embraoo!! aill:oi'any Pftrt of All\'f incnrporated borough, ,town, or city, and Nab othe;'lterriMryinot included within the ts of such incorporated borough" vtll~,town, 01" eity:, it shall he the duty of the enumer.tor to clearly"~ 'Plainly distill ... gIDsh and separate, upon the p'Opulition s0ftedules, the inh'abitAn'W of sucb boro'ufh, village I town, or :city from the ,inhabitants of; t~ territory u'()t mcluded therein.. N 0 enum~rat()11 shan.: be deemed qualified. to enter upon his duti~e until h~ has :me~drom ·tn6 supervisor' of the 'district to which"~ belongs it commiseicm~eiRb.'d by the supervisor, authorizing· him' to perforJn,the dltti~s oteuu~ ator, and setting forth the boundaries of the subdivision within ~Il such duties a.re to be perfonned. ':-',' ,,' , "" ':.: " ,

SEC. 13. Thst ,the territo'l'y"&;SeigRM·'t() Moli -supeI'viB&l' shidll'" divided . into as many enumer~tionl'diltl!icts&.8 1nt&y;b&-tlf~~Mr;r.'M ca.rry out.lihe ~ 'of this Aot, and. in"the',disoretion'ofl)4Iha Driector of the CeDllti$, twt)' 'Orl'mo:te 811ullleratloo. districts :.m&y'" ~ve~ to Ol~e 'eo,uriierMol',' .and '~e bo~~a~lI!! ?f:'dU' the: ~nuJ:l1.@MtIIml 4i istrtfttS" sl\\\il' ' be I i:lle~ desctibed bt: Clni-: tR'flJI9i0U, 'l'l1V8l'S, I roiltl.~,

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public'lIUrYe'ys,,16r other-oBily 'disflinguishaWetlines;, Pr*i(, That enumerators' may, be .usigaed. fM! ~he _ special, 6Jillineration (If, stitu .. iiqns" when desirable; without- refer~neeLto· ilie il..umber of in ties. '

,.sElc. 14., ThlLt any supervisor of censUs -may J with the app val.of tb6 Direetot of ·the Chlnsusl' , rema-va: way eaumarator in hie isiEietl and;ill the va.ea-ncy biillS cAiusad or otherwise,oooullring. W en&~ it shall appear that any portion of the-,census provided fQIl uhthia A('J), has been negligently Of improper.ly titken, and is by lJ'eW)n theroof incomplete Of' eIToneou8, the DiJl~flJr':Qf the CenslJs ~ <lABile suoh incomplete and unsatisfactory enumeration andceneQ to he amend~d or made anew. ' i-

SEC. 15. That the Director of the Consus:rnay a'Uthome an diNet Bupervisors of census to employ interprflters to assist the et) (itf their respective distrietis in the enumeration o£, pe,fSOilS no _ k­ing'the English langua;ge, but no authorizations shall be gi en fOf such employment in Any district llutildue and pJ1'Qper ,eff rt has be.en made to employ 8Ill enumerator Whoccall speak thelan age OJ:)

languages for which the services of an interpreter would 0 erwise be required: It shall be the duty of such interpreters to !¥Ceo pany tlw enumerators and fai:thfully translate ,the, la.tter's inquiti Ii! ami the replies there-to, but in no case shall any such intl;l:cpretk nonn the. duties, of the enumerator unless commissioned as $uch _ -y the Director of the Census. The (lomJJen&atioll of suoh interpreters shall- be :fixed by the Director of the Census in advanee, and sqall not &tceed $6 per day f{)f each day actually and necessarily empI~-d •

. Si:.c. 16. Thatt. the compeus~tion €If enumeratorsshaU b~ ~~ter .. milled by ,the i Dlrect,or of the Census, as follows: In subdl • &lOllS. where he shall deem such remuuerlJtion aufficent; an allowano of ~t let!8 than 2 nor more than 4 centsfor eiWlr inhabitant; not 1 thm 20 nor more than 30 cents for oach establishment of }»'od ,0 in.< dlistry l'epol'wd.; not lilSS than 20 hor more -than 30 cents f, r;aaeb farm reported,;' not less tha.n 20 nor more than 50 cents for ea h irl'i .. , ga;tion or drainage enterprise r~por4ied;- and 10 cents for sac bam and inclosure containing live stock not on farms. In other :;bdiVi­srons the Director of the Census may fix 'A' mixed rate of nt, ,I. than $1 nol." more thWl $2 per day and, in addition, an allow ca'of not l~se than I nor more than 3 cents f(#'C· Moh inhabitant eJ).umel~

. abed, .. nd not less than 15 nor mote .than 20 cents. for each faJim and each esta'blishment of productive industry reported. In oth~r suI) .. df.\!ieions per diem rates shaJI 1;,e fixed by thedireotor accor¥ng to the diffioolty of enumeration, having speei&l reference to the ~egio&8 to·be ean'll'assetiand. the. sparsity of set.twblent or 'other con~idera,.. ti6ns periinentth8reoo~ The compensation allowed to an enurqerator in .any su;:b distm.et shall not be less than $3 nor more tha pel Gay: oi eight hours' a.ctual field work, tmd ,no plt~nnent sh~U 'made for t.ime in excess of eight hours for any one day. The imbdi, isio.Ils or emumel'ation districts to ,which the several rates .of compo slI-ticm shall apply sMll be designated by the Direotor of the Census t'leftist tw(t' weeks in adv:anee,iQ£ the entunera.tion. No cla.im . .for mil age of tr8~elin~ expenses shall be allowed-llilly>enum0ratOldD,either tis. of subdiviSIons, except in extreme cases and then 0tly when a.u o,city, };tas blWl;previg'Usly gI'a.D:tect,by th&,Dir~ator of, .. , he Censusl' d:the deei&ioile£ the dKector.,-&s to tp.e-.a..ollnl;oduean,eDumerafio ,shAH befu1l1.~:) RratJid;eil~ q'helt. withiDi flM,Ii~its 61 QontinencM Unittcl ~tell

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e.cb. sUp~sot t,o-.!>ti ,,~d' or-aialooted;j)ndell ~ Aot 'Idlaltsbe an ,&ctvmharident of·41he di.Ccri¢t, and:Mch'fln'\}merator't~ beappointedi or selected und~l" t;his' :4t1ti ,8h1l,. Sf) farag' :practicable, be . aih a.otuai tesident <d thesubdivision'within whichhlsdUiies .re to. be ~erfortned; b.ut.an 'e~m~ator may be !,~0i~t~4;if h~ be,1.'n actual resJ~t. f)l"~ O!tY.' 1!o~shq,r or otl\eJl- .om}· dlVISIO~ .~ which the I!Ivbdrva8Etm m wlbch, hts ,dhtles are to' b~jperiormed' 'H.a part. '.

SlJ(J. 17. That .in the. e'tctu1r ,of the des:th'.of any supervisor, or enWl18N.1iOr 'after his appoiilltment .ndentrance on, his dutie~z·the. Di~otior of the Ceusl,ls' IS "a:tlthorizoo: 00 pay to the widow or legal representative of such, supervisor or enumerator such sum as h~ may deem just IIn.d fair for t;Q::BerVioes rendered by such supevvisor or eAumet.t,<)r.· " '".' j' " \ >

S:ue. 18 . .'I'h"t. sp~ial ag~t.s 'm,ar be appO;1nted by the DireetOl'. 0.1 the, ae~uS'·to 'carry out t~ ~rovlslOns of thts Act and. of ~e A~~.W provide ,for''& permanent Census OfficeJ approved March slxth, mn.&.­teen hUIld~d and two, .and ,A,ots amendatory thereof or ~up,lenl6ntal tilereto:; and such speClol'IIgElnts shall,peri()rm such dutIes In (lonnee. tion with the enforcement i*h,aid Aots as, may be -required 01, them by the :Direetor of ·the Oenws.- The special agentst,hus a.ppointed shill!: r~w compensation' a.t rates to be fixed by the Director of the Censu$, tluch' eompen8at.~' however not to exceed $6 per diem except: as hereinafter pl'o"riaed'!' PrQ~d, That during the dec~iu riensuB>period ;the Directbr of the Census may.fix the compensatlonoof not to exceed twenty..five >special agents, who, shall be personi'- of know1l and' ·tried experience In 'statiiltieal,woM, at an amount n~~' tQ exceed t1O· pe.r diem ~ ProtMtJd ju;rth.'I', That the Director. of <!th& Cen.9Us may, in ,hie discretion, tis: the oompensation of special agen.ts on"&: piece-PI'ice b88~S without limitation 81 to; the amount e~ed

. ,per d1em! And pr&m.kd j~ That the speCIal a.gents appomteld under, this section shall be-,<enutled to 'necessary traveling expenSe8 and an allowance in lieu of'''Bubsistence not to e:xceed $4 per diem during necessary absence frllJmltb:eir usual ylaoes,of residence; but no payor allowance in lieu of subsistence ',shal be' allQwed speoial a.gents . Vlben $mployed in thIS OeBaUS Office on o.ther than the speoial work eommitted'to. them, and no- appo.i~tments -of special ~ent~ shall be made for cleneal w()rk: A~ p1'omileil jurtMr, . That the Duector of the Census shall nan powel'\, and·is hereby authorized" to appoint. I!Ipecialagents to aiWst thl\";wpervlSOl'S whenever he may deem it proper, in connection with tile lw-ork'of preparation for, or during the prog:ress of, the enumeration-or in e&nneetion with the-reenumeration of an~ distriot or a part theleof; or· he m.ay, in his discretion, employ for thIS purpose any of the pElrmanent or tempe.t'8tly etnplo!ees of tbjt Census Office; and the special agents and employee. of the Oenllu~ qffice ~o appointed' or emp1n.¥e4 shall perloom. such ~uties in cimnedo tlon WIth the 'enforcement "f;.thlS Act 'ft:S1may be reqUIred of them .by the Director of the Camus or by the ,supervisors o~ the district.s ~Q which they are a.S8~ned, au:d1when engaged in the wbrk of enum_,. tion or' reenumeratlOn.'shaU ,have like authierity with and perfWm the same duties ae tho enumuatol'$' in respect to lhe subjects c'Bm ... mitted to them uflder this A.M. . " " -" ; '. ,'Slilc. 19. 'That every supet'lriiOf; :Sup611VillOr!s clerR,'I8nU'fllUU'6too;

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. tldus~4i~91'etion shall defer the enumeration in gjlid.district bYi'teaSO,rl af climatic or other conditions which w(')uld material1y mterfe wit,h the proper conduct of the work: but'in 8.ny event it shall be the

of each enumerator to prepare the returns hereinbefore r ~uired ~o' made and to forward the same to th~ supervisor of his lstrict within thirt;y days $?m the commencement o( the ~urnar&tio~ of hi~ district: P1'iitJii/;ea, '.mat in any city having, two' thousand fi~ hun':' dt16d . inlbthi1lants ormo:M under the precedbig census the e l,lmer­a.tjou.wtthepopu:lation'Shlt,11 be 'Completed within two weeke ft In th~ eomniencement thereof: ~ , , 8:610.21. That if anY'person shall reeeiv,e or secilre to himS(llf any fee, reward, or compensation .as a con'sideration for tne ap . rnent or employment of any person as supervisor, enumel'atbr, or k, or othl;)r,employee, or sh,:Il in a!ly way receive ~r secure to h' If 'ally part bf tne compensatIOn paId to any superVisor, enumera.tor clerk~ or other employee, he "shall be deemed guilty of It felony, an u!?on eonvietion thereof shall be fined not more than 83,000 and be IM-~risb1?-ed n,ot inore tlian five' years. " .. ,

SEc, -22~ That any 8upervisdr, supervisor's clerk, enu ratot, irite:rpreter, special a~nt, or other etttployee who, having til nand subscribed the oath of office required by this Act, shan; 'thout justifi~b!e cause. nel'dect or refuse to perform the duties enjoi ad on him by 'ihis Act shall be deemed guUty of A misdemeanor and ll.Don conviction thereof shall ,be fined not e~ceeding $500; or i . $haU, without the authority of the Direct'Qr of the Census, or oominUl1icl!.te any infurmation coming into his possesaion by reason of his employment under the provisions of thie Act, Of the ct to provide, for a pel"manelit C(lJ18US Office or tots am_endatoryhel'OOf or supp!emental tber~td) .he shall be guilty of a felony and. s~ ~ upon OO:(l'1t:M;f,lon thereof be fined not to exceed, SJ ,000 or be Imp Boned aUt to ~ceed two yetlll'8, or both so fined and impri6lOned in e dis .. cretiion of the court'; or if he shall willfully and knowingly s eRr &1 affi:l'm falsely as to tht) truth of !tny stateme:llt requirecl' to' b mad, or 'Sub~cribe'd, by him under oath by or under authority of t . S Act or of the Act to provide fot a permanent Census Office 0 Ae'ts aXrumhtoty' thereof or supplemental ,th'ereto, he shall be awed gUilty of perjury,APti upon conviction lthereo{' shall be fin d not ex!oeetiing '$2 Dod.or imprisoned not exceetli'rlg five years, or b th; or if he shall '\tiilfully and knowingly make 8, false eertifi.cfLte or a ficti­tious return he sh:atJ: be 'guilty of a feionYl and upOn' eonVi

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IS eOBlp8.n,.~, :busiDe8s, 'instituflioB, 'e~b1i~nt, r bs, y{ or ot1rer, orgu.nizati.oft; 'or-tomoords' ~r! gt~tif"J8JiD : , . 1 i $tOlIYI e&ntaaeil 0n: "'ny reen.tIs 8t!hedule ',prepare." by the Direo . M Iflt'ie Oe~' u.del' the authority of·,t;his iAC?,tt 0'" of. ~the , A~t ,to pt' tie; tdr Illpetma.nentCeDSllllS Of6.oe, lIIPPw>;v~d Maroh fJlxth;nmeteen h n~ and two, or' of,!Acts 1tme~ry thereof or supplemental'i ambO' .Qld ' '!IDY: 'person' vi~lM4ng thf!r :pro visions of this sec~itfll by or';Willflllly neglectmg.to answer any of ,said questl0nst or· fully, giving s,nsWBnl'tihat ar~d81'Se, shaJ.l be guilty' of a mlsde pi'; IlJ'.ld upon coIiVliction: taoNlOf shall be fin~d not exceeding $10, 00; or. impcis0nedfor fl peno,li 'nDt ~eeeding' one year, or both sO' fi d and imprisoned. " ' ' . ' • r.

SEC. 25. That the information furnisheR under the provisions.oof the next, pre~ed~ns: secti0D:' shall' be used,ont;r for 'the statisti~: 1 pnr~ poses for which. 11') IS "supphed. No publlCf1tiGn "Shall be made by the Census Office whereby- the data furnished' by any particular as .ablish .. mentca.n be identified, nor shan the Director of the cenSUSi"~ Tmtt anyone o.ther than the 91V'orn employees of tli.ie Census Office t eX&I(l-, ine the individuall'eporfls. :

SEC. 26. That all fintlS and penalties imposed by this Act ay be enforead by i:ndicf,ment or infol'Ill.aticm in any court of· co pMrit jurisdiction. ' i

SEC. 27. That·the Director of tM Census: may authorize he e~';' penditure 6f necessary sums for the actual and necessary tr. veling (lxpenses of the officers- and employees of the Census Office, nclild­iug an allowa.nee hi lieu of subsistence not exceeding $4 per d y dur~ ing'their necessary' a:tisence ,from th~ Census Office, or, ins ead of such an: a'.llowance, their actual subsigtence expenses, not to ex~eed 16 per day; alld he may authorize the '~ncidental, miscella:n ' s, and eontingentexpen$es necessary :for the carryhig out 01 this' ct.; ft.~ herein provided, and not otbeitWise, including advertising' new's­papers, the Imrchase of n;umuscripts, b<?oks of reter~nce" and erio~" leals, the l'entaJ, 'of suffiCIent QU8.Tters in the Dl~trIct of C umbla and elsewhere aad·the flllrrIieh~ thenloi, and expenditures ne essi'o" for '~mpU" printing, publiShing, and d~stributing there ults bf thaoenaus,; 'pUre~8.8e of necessary paper and o~er suppl es, ,t~~ pu.' roh$!lE!, rentalr.;: exchange, ''ConstructIon, and ,reparr of me~8mMI a;pplian0e81 the!'oom~n'Sation.'of' such permanent and te p~ri1ry cl.6Jlks >IS may be employed under the provisions,of this Act nd th~ Act ~tfl.bli~hing: ,the pemna.nent. ,C&nsus Offiee and Ac~s amerhlatorr therem OflBlItpplero.rentahheret(,), and all other eqJMlses mcurreiunder authoritytonv in this'Act.,; , 'r;

SEC::. 28. '1'h the Directbr of the Census is 'hereby autho zedriiO make requisition upon the Public ,Printer for sueh printing S IDay be Jlecessary;toeaITY"Enit th~ provision'S of this A£t, to wit: lanlts; scitedules, circulars,' po.mphJets 'W'ork' sheets, an' oth~ i~msofmisceIl8neou.i p~ting; ~h~ he further a,uth()ri~ad ~o hl(ve ptmted by thePtlbllC~.J ~ter, 1n'sueh edi~n$ 8 ~ii'ee't]I" l'llil.~ d:eem:;,neeeSSI8r.Yl' eb.mmar,'l 'and other .twmsus" a d ft ruports of; the results of. the '$4)veral,illlvestiga1liona &uthorized 'Y' tif AoG!Or hy· the Act,to 'eaW.blish'u;. 'p~rmal'!~nll, (]ensy" 'Office 8. a Aetl$ atbef.ldAtei,ly tben!of!()lI' ~plemenml 'ther.eklJ·and to publisli aIlid df~" tribute .sru.d bnlleti!fls· sni 'reVMIi/.' " I ,. )' .,. .' ." "

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::",S,m(h, 29. ,';l'h&',al1 xuil _tfiClJ.\of wh"t.W"llclQM:m~",ig.M,~, WI to,;~~,~ a,ndlackR.ued, bp the:·Geno ,!OtieS, ,011 allyr.a. §$.llb.~f;, .. d ijtd&JI$~.'fPffi6i8.1, ~.a" 009UIt. ,~, 'ae tr~~it&ed fr~ f)f p~, $nd ,}JJ"Jlelistf'lMdJU\ail 'If neo"i:yt~.Dtt ~ p)l~rked ~ hoMad('ThatdJ any :~n,ish.i'ill ,lD!lIke, 'WIe, of Sltoa ,q.':1 d~~~ent \Il' avoid tne ,pa}1~Qt ~:p~ 'o,.r ~.tty'. fee on hiii:>Ol\

ate l~tter) p~kage, :M'other~ BlAtter. In'liae m.all, the <pelteD ,sq' . g shall ,b~ gtJil~y:~f a miso.~nor and ~b~ec~ t~ '''.me Of t3QO" to be proseeute4 ~ ~ coutl~of cmopetent, Ju.nsdrotll~ot:!,.;

SEC.' 30. That the Secret~y of C(}mJl1ere4hlwhen6vet! he may'dEtlm it ad vis~le. I)n z:tquest. of tbft, Direetor,,9f the Qeuus~ is hereby ,.u~ orized to call upon any othel' department or office of the GO'l'emtnfll!t for information pertineJlt~;.:work hereinfprovided for. . , "

Sec. 31. ';I.'hat, th~r~ &bll: ,be' in tht\ yeM! illia~een hundred ~d:d twenty"~v~} and. o~ ~y:fll'yk%\l' :retite th&reafteJ!, a census of agpicul .. ture ~d lIve iltock, whieh: Shall sho"" the aCJe~ of, ,farm l.nd;:ike acreage of the principal crop., !.tnd the. number and 'value at d~ a,Wmals on the farms and ,4ngea of. th~ .QoUnRy. The echl!Jdule ~ .. played in this census shall be prepared by: the' Di:mctor of the, eM."; BUS. Sp:oh census sha.ll b4 ~ .. ket\,&a,I,;d the.fil'it d'yof Jall_a.ry,and .. hall relate ,to the precediQg ~nQa1! yetJr. The. Direotor of tbe Gen .. SUB may appoint enumerators or special agents for the pUflJose ,0{ .this c.ensus in accordance- wi1rh the prl>viaroIUJ of tbepermanent census .Act. . ,,~ ;',

SEC. 32. ',That. t.he' Director of t~t>, C~ni\U.s be~, and he is heretq; authorized and directed to col~t e¥ . publish, fQr,\he years nine: teen hundred, and twenty..one1,nmeteen hundred and twenty·th~j nineteen hundred and twenty-tiV:E!, and nillet.n bUll died and twali*Y,w ~vJ~ni aad for every teQt;h:·"eaJ'. after ~aeh 01 laid y:ea.rs, s~at~idJ o~ ~be,prodllots (If manufactunQ{,f mdustnes; Mld.the-direeto:r 18 ~ bY,fl,ut4prized. to p.repare such' BJ:'lheftt:Ue8 as in,bill judgment may'b8

~:jf:i. ·Th..,t the Dire~tor' of th~ Census' btl';:~~~! he is h~~~t .ythl)ri~ed, a~, his dis~retion, UllOD, th~wri6~ reqaattt ~f· !'he"g'Ovemor Qf any St8.~iOr Temto~y or. ,of a:ooun~hecord, w.fumtsh 8Ueh,go~ ,,~f!lo:r (.lJ' ~'!1rt 9h:ell9rd with eertified,oopiea of so much)(lt the popufa..; ~~ or agfloul~m-&l ,eturn. t.$ m.y,be il'6quesbed, upon the paymeai of t¥ !\ctuaJ, cost of m~ such copies and ,t ad~nal for e~ fle&~; ud.that the Direetpr of the·Cens14(t'i& furih~ autllo~, in his, die\eretion, to tllrn.i.sb to indi vida.Is suoh, data f~m lihd papul&­~~p ~ehedulea as may be desirild for· g~nellogioal fir '~'aer propM purposes, upon payment of the actual ¢ott of seareh~ the'reooMs ¥ld $.1 for supplying a. certificate i' and that the' Directet: al' the Qms\lS ill ,~uthorized to furnish tl'a.nsecipts of tables and oth~ reoOlds and tQ' p'J1&'p&l'e epeciat SiatdBtie .. l oompila.tierut f()r·"$ta:te ar,'lo~al officials, :pnvate COJlCel".Il$, qr ,iGtlividtU upon the PlLyment :dJ,the actual oqst 'of IUch work: p~, '/Iq/D8'WfI' TbM, in no aRIIID'shall infonn~ furnished. u:ader. the authori$)',Of this ,A:ot be uMdto, Ilhtt ~m&nt Qf. $h,e,p~l'8On 01' peniOus to wbom~ With, mformatiOD :tellitiel11 4n mo~ys ~Ilfter p~T.iKi,b;Y' ~be·Bu~.rl oftb.e-.~uUa iii l~"" ment f()W,laboJ: .and mA~ used .nt ,furnIshing trantenpts ¢ ~ recor4-e or ~~ial ste.tistica1'('..ontpilatioPB'ti»m IUch ,1lfIIIiJrds.~Ii:&Ji:JM deposited to the credit of the appropria.tion for ~ing I:1tamstiesj· I.J

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SEC. 34. That the Act establishing the pennanent Census Office, approved March sixth, nineteen hundred and two, and Acts a enda-tory thereof and 81 ntal thereto, except as are herein ended, shall remain in full . That the Act entitled it An Act to rovide for the thirteenth and subsequent decennial censuses," ap roved July second. nineteen hundred and nine, and Acts arne story thereof, and all other laws and parts of laws incom~jstent w th the provisions of this L<10t, are hereby repealed.

Approvpd) March 3, 1019.

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