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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... practically indispensable to the bureau . If the bureau were to lose his services it would have an exceedingly hard time to find a man to take his place . Disbursing clerk : The Census Bureau's draft of the bill provided a salary of ...
... practically indispensable to the bureau . If the bureau were to lose his services it would have an exceedingly hard time to find a man to take his place . Disbursing clerk : The Census Bureau's draft of the bill provided a salary of ...
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... practically 25 per cent of my force , and then I did stop it . And now I am retaining a great many men , you might say , against their will , because the Census Bureau , as a matter of fact , is on a lower salary scale than any other ...
... practically 25 per cent of my force , and then I did stop it . And now I am retaining a great many men , you might say , against their will , because the Census Bureau , as a matter of fact , is on a lower salary scale than any other ...
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... practically the same as those contained in the present proposed census . There are certain unfortunate clauses which will undoubt- edly lead this bill to disastrous results . The fact is that there will be employed , under this census ...
... practically the same as those contained in the present proposed census . There are certain unfortunate clauses which will undoubt- edly lead this bill to disastrous results . The fact is that there will be employed , under this census ...
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... practically will eliminate this from the spoils politics system , and will eliminate from that system this great mass of 85,000 enumerators . We have seen how unsatisfactory was the system of appointing supervisors by the President ...
... practically will eliminate this from the spoils politics system , and will eliminate from that system this great mass of 85,000 enumerators . We have seen how unsatisfactory was the system of appointing supervisors by the President ...
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... practically continuous session until the war is over . The number of these supervisors , all places of political patronage , are increased from 330 to 400 , increased twice as much as in the period from 1900 to 1910. Was it not natural ...
... practically continuous session until the war is over . The number of these supervisors , all places of political patronage , are increased from 330 to 400 , increased twice as much as in the period from 1900 to 1910. Was it not natural ...
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acts amendatory thereof actually domiciled Agriculture amendment annum appointed or employed authority BRARY Census Bureau Census Committee certification CHAIRMAN Civil Service Commission Civil Service Reform civil-service law classified service CONGRESS THE LIBRARY decennial census period Director disbursing clerk District of Columbia draft duties eligible registers employees examinations of applicants existing law experience farm FOULKE Government service industries inquiries January law of apportionment legal residence LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS manufactures Marys County McILHENNY ment meration months Morris Sheppard National Civil Service necessary order of rating passed patronage persons political population present production Provided further recommended reference Republican Requesting residence or domicile ROGERS salary schedules selected Senator ASHURST Senator KING Senator SUTHERLAND Senator TOWNSEND Service Reform League special agents spoils system statement statistics subdivision supervisors take the census taken Territory Thirteenth Census act tion United
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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...