Evening star., 1902-03-04
A PERMANENT BUREAU
Provisions IF the Census Act
Recently Passed
IN PRESIDENTS HANDS
OUR ANNUAL COLLECTION OF
STATISTICS.
Gathering Data as to Special Classes
Transfer Of Force to the Civil
Service.

The act creating a permanent census
office, as passed by Congress and now In
the hands Of the President, provides as
follows:
That the census office temporarily estab-
lished in the Department of the Interior
In accordance with act entitled AN act
| to provide for taking the twelfth and SUBJ
sequent censuses,' approved March ), 1899,
is hereby made a permanent office.
Sec. .. That the work pertaining to the
twelfth census shall be carried on by the
census office under the existing organiza-
tion until the 1st day of July, 1902, when
the permanent census Office herein provided
for shall be organized by the director of
the census.
Sec. B. That the permanent census office
shall be in charge Of a director of the
census, appointed by the President, 10y and
with the advice and consent of the Senate.
who shall receive an annual salary OF
$4,000. 1t shall be his duty to Superintend
and direct the taking of the thirteenth and
subsequent censuses of the United States
and to perform such other duties as may
be imposed upon him by law.
The Census Bureau Force.
Sec. 4. That there shall be in the census
office, to be appointed by the director
thereof, with the approval Of the head of
the department to which the said census
office is attached, four chief statisticians.
who shall be persons Of known and tried
experience in statistical work, at an an
nual salary of $1,000 each; a chief clerk.
at annual salary Of s., 800, who, in the
absence of the director, shall serve as act
ing director; a disburSing clerk, who shall
also act as appointment clerk. at an annual
salary of $500; one stenograpnor, at an
annual salary of 81, 800; four expert chiefs
of division. at an annual salary of 800
each; six clerks Of class three: ten clerks
of class two; and such number Of clerks
Of class and Of clerks, copysts COM
puters and skilled laborers, with salaries at
the rate of not less than 5000 nor more
than $1,000 per annum. messengers. assis-
tant messengers, watchmen and char
women as may be necessary for The proper
and prompt performance of the duties re-
quired by law. The disbursing clerk here
in provided for shall, before entering upon
his duties, give bond to the Secretary Of
the Treasury in the sum of $4,000, which
bond shall be conditioned that the said Of
fcer shall render a true and faithful ac-
count to the proper accounting officers Of
the treasury quarter yearly of all moneys
and properties which shall be received by
him by virtue Of his office, with surety.
to be approved by the solicitor Of the treas
ury. Such bond shall be filed in the Office
of the Secretary ofsthe Treasury, to be by
him put in suit upon any breach of the
conditions thereof.
Transfer to Civil Service.
Sec 5. That all employees of the census
office at the date of the passage Of this
act, except skilled laborers, may be ap-
pointed by the director OF the census, with
the approval of the head Of the depart
ment to which the said census office is at
tached, and when SO appointed shall be.
and they are hereby, placed, without fur
ther examination, under the provision of
HnDT0Vpd i t..
1888 and the amendments thereto and the
rules established Hereunder; and persons
who have served as soldiers in any war in
| which the United States may have been
| engaged, who have been honorably dis
| charged from the service of the United
| States and the widows of such soldiers,
shall have preference in the mater Of en-
| ployment, and all new appointments to the
| permanent clerical force in the census Of
| flee hereby created shall be made in
| cordance with the requirements Of the
| civil service act above referred TO.
| Section g. That al the provisions of the
| act of March 3, 1899, relating to the twelfth
census. not inconsistent with the provis-
| ions of this act shall remain in full force
! and effect for the taking of the thirteenth
| and subsequent cenSuSeS
Statistics as to Special Classes.
| Section I. That section eight of the act
| of March 3, 1899, is hereby amended so as
to read as follows: That after the compile
|
the work upon the schedules relating to
the products Of agriculture and to manu-
| featuring and mechanical establishments
provided for in section seven of this act,
| the director Of the census is hereby
| thoriZed decennially to collect statistics
| relating to special classes, including the
| insane, feeble minded deaf, dumb and
| blind; to crime, pauperism and bcnevo-
| lence, including prisoners. paupers, juve-
nile deiinquents and inmates of benevolent
| rafnr tory inct it,,tio
| tistics of cities; to public Indebtedness, val
| uation, taxation and expenditures; to re-
| ligiOuS bodies; to electric light and power,
| telephone and telegraph business: to trans
| pOrtation by water, express business and
| street railways; to mines, mining, quarrieS
! and minerals and the production and value
thereof, including gold in divisions Of
| placer and vein, and silver mines, and the
| number Of men employed, the average
daily wage, average working time. and
| aggregate earnings in the various branches
| and aforesaid divisions of the mining and
| quarrying industries until July L. 1904 And
| the director of the census shall prepare
| schedules containing such interrogatories
as shall in his judgment be best adapted
| to elicit the information required under
| these subjects, with such specifications di-
| visions and particulars under each head
as he shall deem necessary to that end; !;
| and all reports prepared under the pro-
visions Of this section shall be designate ed
| as special reports of the census office"
For the purpose of securing the statistics
required by TINS section the director Of the
| census may appoint special agents when
necessary. and such special agents shall
receive compensation hereinafter pro-
vided: Provided that the statistics of
| special classes, and OF crime, pauperism and
benevolence specified in this section, shall
be restricted to institutions containing such
classes: And the director of the census is
authorized and directed to collect statistics
| relating to all Of the deaf, dumb and blind,
Notwithstanding the restrictions and limi-
tations contained In section 8 of said act
entitled "an act to provide for taking the
ed, That in taking the census of said classes
the inquiries shall be confined to the fol-
lowing four questions namely: Name, age,
sex and post office; address.
An Annual Census.
Sec. g. Thatithers shall be a collection of
the statistics Of the births and deaths in
registration areas for the year 1902, and
annually thereafter. the data for which
| shall he attained ONLY from and restrict ed