Evening star., 1897-05-11
TO TAKE THE CENSUS
Provisions Of the Bill Reported to the
Senate.
Committee Favored Exempting Em-
tfons-A Permanent Bureau.

Senator Chandler, from the Senate COM
mittee on the census. has reported a bill to
establish at the national capital census
office for the taking Of the twelfth and
subsequent cersuses. The bill as reported
contains a modification Of its provisions as
introduced, which Is explained by the re-
port as follows:
"A majority of the committee are Of
opinion that the employees in the census
Office should be appointed according to the
direction of the director of the census and
not in the method provided by the civil
service law and the existing rules made in
pursuance thereof"
The bill originally provided that the ap-
pointments of employees should be under
the restrictions of the civil service law.
The bill provides as follows:
There shall be at the seat of government
a census office. the duties of which shall be
the taking of the twelfth and succeeding
censuses and the collection of other in
formation, as hereinafter provided The
census Office shall be under the charge of a
director Of the census, who shall be ap-
pointed, as soon practicable after the
passage of this act, by the President. by
Senate. and who shall receive a salary of
5000 per annum; and there shall be also
an assistant director of the census, to be
appointed in like manner, who shall be an
an annual salary of $1,000: and there shall
also be in the census Office to be appointed
by the director thereof, a chief clerk at an
annual salary Of $3.50. five chief statis-
ucians at an annual salary of 5000 EACH
one stenographer at an annual salary of
SI,UU, and as temporary Office force until
the force of the census office shall be classi-
fled and provided for through regular ap-
propriations, such number of employees, not
to exceed thirty-two in ALL as the director
Of the census may find necessary for the
purpose OF carrying out the provisions of
this act. such employees to consist of clerks
OF classes four, three. two and one, and at
Sl.OOo per annum. watc chmen, assistant
watchmen, messengers, assistant messen-
gers. laborers. skilled laborers and char
women.
The chief statisticians herein provided
for shall be persons of known and tried ex-
perience in statistical work One of the
clerks of class four shall be designated as
disburS1ng clerk and shall give bond .
The chief clerk disbursing clerk and the
chlef statisticians provided for in the pre-
ceding ton, and all other employees au-
thorized by this act below the assistant di-
rector OF the census. shall be appointed ac-
cording to the discretion of the director of
the census, and not otherwise.
1T shall be the duty of the director of
the census to submit to the Secretary of
the Treasury, on or before October l. 1897,
estimates for such classified force as he
may deem necessary to carry out the pro-
sary absence of the director of the census
or when the office of the director shall be-
come vacant. the assistant director shall
perform the duties Of the director
The scope of the next census is outlined
as follows:
That the twelfth census shall be re-
strfcted to such specific topics and fea-
lures as may be authorized by Congress-
and to this end the director of the census
shall proceed at once to make all necessary
preparations for the next decennial enum-
Grafton and shall submit to the Congress
In december. 1897, report, with recon-
mendations, relating to such topics of fea-
lures as he may deem adequate for the
purpose intended by this act: and in his
report he shall make such further sugges-
tions and recommendations relating to the
details necessary for taking the twelfth
and subsequent censuses and for the con-
tinuous work of a permanent census office
as he may deem proper
Other sections of the bill provide for
printing, binding, travelling expenses, rent,
etc, and $I5.OOO is appropriated to carry
out the provisions of the bill.