WITH AMENDATORY ACTS, AND LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS OF OTHER BILLS. WASHINGTON, D. C.: 5:3015120 Reclass 11-13-29 TIEN 7-410a. 12 CENSUS ACT OF MARCH 3, 1899, 317.3 158 Q 14 PROVIDING FOR THE TWELFTH AND SUBSEQUENT CENSUSES, WITH AMENDATORY [NOTE. SPECIFIC PORTIONS OF THE ORIGINAL ACT AFFECTED BY AMENDMENTS ARE PRINTED IN BOLD-FACE TYPE.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Census to be taken. 2 United States of America in Congress assembled, That a census of the Census to comprehend what. 4 cultural products of the United States shall be taken in the year nineteen 5 hundred, and once every ten years thereafter. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Director, duties of: How appointed. SEC. 2. That there shall be established in the Department of the Census Office in Interior Department. Interior a Census Office, the chief officer of which shall be denominated the Director of the Census. It shall be his duty to superintend and direct the taking of the Twelfth Census of the United States, in accordance with the laws relating thereto, and to perform such other duties as may be required of him by law. The Director of the Census shall be appointed, as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act, by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and 14 shall receive an annual salary of six thousand dollars; and there shall also be an Assistant Director of the Census, to be appointed in like manner, who shall be an experienced practical statistician, and shall receive an annual salary of four thousand dollars: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to establish a census bureau Limitation of bureau. 19 permanent beyond the Twelfth Census. 13 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 Salary. Assistant Director, how appointed: when. SEC. 3. That during the absence of the Director of the Census, or Assistant Director to act as Director, when the office of Director shall become vacant, the Assistant Director shall perform the duties of the Director. Chief statisticians. Chief Clerk. Disbursing clerk. Geographer. Clerks, copyists, computers, and SEC. 4. That there shall also be in the Census Office, to be ap- Clerical force: 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 The Director of the Census may also appoint one captain of the Watchmen. watch, at a salary of eight hundred and forty dollars per annum; two Messengers. messengers, and such number of watchmen, assistant messengers, and Laborers. laborers, at salaries of six hundred dollars each per annum; messenger Messenger boys. boys, at salaries of four hundred dollars each per annum; and char- Charwomen. 11 women, at salaries of two hundred and forty dollars each per annum, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. SEC. 5 That the chief clerk and the chief statisticians provided for in section four of this Act, and all other employees authorized by this Act below the Assistant Director of the Census, shall be appointed by the Director of the Census, subject to such examination as said Director may prescribe: Provided, That no examination shall be required in the case of enumerators or special agents, nor of employees below the grade of skilled laborers at six hundred dollars per annum. And provided Appointments: How made. Subject to examination. 10 further, That employees in existing branches of the departmental service, Transferred employees, 12 13 15 16 vacancies exist. SEC. 6. That the collection of the information required by this Act Information, how collected. 17 shall be made, under the direction of the Director of the Census, by supervisors, enumerators, and special agents, as hereinafter provided. 18 19 21 23 24 25 26 27 Census proper: Population schedules. Mortality schedules. SEC. 7. That the Twelfth Census shall be restricted to inquiries Inquiries comprehended in (Twelfth) 20 relating to the population, to mortality, to the products of agriculture and of manufacturing and mechanical establishments. The schedules relat22 ing to the population shall comprehend for each inhabitant the name, age, color, sex, conjugal condition, place of birth, and place of birth of parents, whether alien or naturalized, number of years in the United States, occupation, months unemployed, literacy, school attendance, and ownership of farms and homes; and the Director of the Census may use his discretion as to the construction and form and number of 28 inquiries necessary to secure information under the topics aforesaid. 29 The mortality schedules shall comprehend for each decedent the name, sex, color, age, conjugal condition, place of birth, and birthplace of parents, occupation, cause and date of death, and, if born within the census year, the date of birth. The form and arrangement of the schedule and the specific questions necessary to secure the information 34 required shall be in the discretion of the Director. The schedules relat35 ing to agriculture shall comprehend the following topics: Name of occupant of each farm, color of occupant, tenure, acreage, value of farm and improvements, acreage of different products, quantity and value of products, and number and value of live stock. All questions as to quantity and value of crops shall relate to the year ending December thirty-first next preceding the enumeration. The specific form and division of inquiries necessary to secure information under the foregoing 42 topics shall be in the discretion of the Director of the Census. 30 31 32 33 36 37 38 39 40 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 The schedules of inquiries relating to the products of manufacturing and mechanical establishments shall embrace the name and location of each establishment; character of organization, whether individual, cooperative, or other form; date of commencement of operations; character of business or kind of goods manufactured; amount of capital invested; number of proprietors, firm members, copartners, or officers, and the amount of their salaries; number of employees, and the amount of their wages; 50 quantity and cost of materials used in manufactures; amount of mis51 cellaneous expenses; quantity and value of products; time in operation 52 during the census year; character and quantity of power used, and character and number of machines employed. The form and subdivision of 54 inquiries necessary to secure the information under the foregoing topics 55 relating to manufacturing and mechanical industries shall be in the dis56 cretion of the Director of the Census. The information collected shall 53 Agricultural schedules. Manufacturing schedules. |