Census Bill, 1919: Hearing Before the Committee on the Census, United States Senate, Sixty-fifth Congress, Second Session on H.R. 11984, a Bill to Provide for the Fourteenth and Subsequent Decennial Censuses, September 10 and 11, 1918 |
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... Senate. Committee on the Census. CENSUS BILL , 1919 . TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 10 , 1918 . UNITED STATES SENATE , COMMITTEE ON THE ... Senator Morris Sheppard presiding . Present : Senators Sheppard ( chairman ) , Ashurst , King , McKel- lar ...
... Senate. Committee on the Census. CENSUS BILL , 1919 . TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 10 , 1918 . UNITED STATES SENATE , COMMITTEE ON THE ... Senator Morris Sheppard presiding . Present : Senators Sheppard ( chairman ) , Ashurst , King , McKel- lar ...
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... Senator ASHURST . Is that when you take the enumeration of the population ... KING . Have you given any attention to the amount of duplication that is ... Senator KING . It always seemed to me that in maintaining this Census Bureau all ...
... Senator ASHURST . Is that when you take the enumeration of the population ... KING . Have you given any attention to the amount of duplication that is ... Senator KING . It always seemed to me that in maintaining this Census Bureau all ...
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... Senate. Committee on the Census. that there would be a more general understanding of the value of the statistics . Senator KING . It would seem so to me . Mr. ROGERS . Decidedly so . Senator KING . It looks to me that there has been a ...
... Senate. Committee on the Census. that there would be a more general understanding of the value of the statistics . Senator KING . It would seem so to me . Mr. ROGERS . Decidedly so . Senator KING . It looks to me that there has been a ...
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... Senator SUTHERLAND . Then , as this is in lieu of section 3 of the old bill , this would supersede that , and would ... KING . I am opposed to increasing any salaries of any officials if we can possibly avoid it . I think from the ...
... Senator SUTHERLAND . Then , as this is in lieu of section 3 of the old bill , this would supersede that , and would ... KING . I am opposed to increasing any salaries of any officials if we can possibly avoid it . I think from the ...
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... Senator SUTHERLAND . It is not enough . Mr. ROGERS . In the report accompanying the bill reported to the House by the chairman of the Census Committee a salary of $ 3,500 each was provided . Senator KING . Do you keep a force of men ...
... Senator SUTHERLAND . It is not enough . Mr. ROGERS . In the report accompanying the bill reported to the House by the chairman of the Census Committee a salary of $ 3,500 each was provided . Senator KING . Do you keep a force of men ...
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Page 7 - It shall be the duty of each enumerator to visit personally each dwelling house in his subdivision, and each family therein, and each individual living out of a family in any place of abode, and by inquiry made of the head of...
Page 60 - The special agents thus appointed shall have like authority with the enumerators in respect to the subjects committed to them under this Act, and shall receive compensation at rates to be fixed by the Director of the Census...
Page 10 - And it shall be the duty of every owner, proprietor, manager, superintendent, or agent of a hotel, apartment house, boarding or lodging house, tenement, or other building, when requested by the Director of the Census, or by any supervisor, enumerator, special agent, or other employee of the Census Office, acting under the instructions of the said Director, to furnish...
Page 4 - An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military establishment of the United States", approved May 18, 1917, or any.
Page 6 - The schedules relating to agriculture shall include name, color, flex, and country of birth of occupant of each farm, tenure, acreage of farm, acreage of woodland, value of farm and improvements, and the encumbrance thereon, 'value of farm implements, number of live stock on farms, ranges, and elsewhere, and the acreage of crops and the quantities of crops and other farm products for the year ending December thirty-first next preceding the enumeration. Inquiries...
Page 5 - SEC. 8. That the Thirteenth Census shall be restricted to inquiries relating to population, to agriculture, to manufactures, and to mines and quarries. The schedules relating to population shall include for each inhabitant the name, relationship to head of family, color, sex, age, conjugal condition, place of birth, place of birth of parents, number of years in the United States, citizenship, occupation, whether or not employer or employee...
Page 9 - That any person that shall knowingly make a false affidavit for such purpose shall be deemed guilty of perjury and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by...
Page 10 - Acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, he shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding...
Page 10 - Whoever, being the owner, official, agent, person in charge, or assistant to the person in charge, of any company, business, institution, establishment, religious body, or organization of any nature whatsoever...
Page 10 - That it shall be the duty of all persons over eighteen years of age when requested by the Director of the Census, or by any supervisor, enumerator, or special agent, or other employee of the Census Office, acting under the Instructions of the said director, to answer correctly, to the best of their knowledge, all questions on the census schedules applying to themselves and to the...