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departments respectively, and then by selection 

 from the line officers on the active list of the 

 Marine Corps not below the grade of captain, and 

 who shall have seen not less than ten years serv- 

 ice in the Marine Corps. That the vacancies 

 created by this act in the quartermaster's depart- 

 ment of said corps shall be filled, first, by pro- 

 motion according to seniority of the officers m 

 this department, and then by selection from the 

 line officers on the active list of said corps not 

 below the grade of first lieutenant: Provided, 

 That all vacancies hereafter occurring in the staff 

 of the Marine Corps shall be filled first by promo- 

 tion according to seniority of the officers in their 

 respective departments, and then by selection 

 from officers of the line on the active list, as here- 

 inbefore provided for. 



" SEC. 23. That the enlisted force of the Marine 

 Corps shall consist of 5 sergeant majors, 1 drum 

 major, 20 quartermaster sergeants, 72 gunnery 

 sergeants, with the rank and allowance of the 

 first sergeant, and whose pay shall be $35 per 

 month: 00 first sergeants, 240 sergeants, 480 cor- 

 porals, 80 drummers, 80 trumpeters, and 4,962 

 privates. 



" SEC. 24. That the band of the United States 

 Marine Corps shall consist of 1 leader, with the 

 pay and allowances of a first lieutenant; 1 sec- 

 ond leader, whose pay shall be $75 per month, 

 and who shall have the allowances of a sergeant 

 major; 30 first-class musicians, whose pay shall 

 be $60 per month ; and 30 second-class musicians, 

 whose pay shall be $50 per month and the allow- 

 ances of a sergeant; such musicians of the band 

 to have no increased pay for length of service. 



" SEC. 25. That the oath of allegiance now pro- 

 vided for the officers and men of the army and 

 Marine Corps shall be administered hereafter to 

 the officers and men of the navy. 



" SEC. 26. That all acts and parts of acts, so 

 far as they conflict with the provisions of this 

 act, are hereby repealed." 



The Census. An act to provide for taking 

 the twelfth and subsequent censuses was passed 

 by the Congress, and approved by the President, 

 March 3, 1899. There was little difference in the 

 bills prepared and passed by each house, except 

 in matters of detail, and a conference report re- 

 sulted in a compromise. The House of Repre- 

 sentatives provided for an independent census 

 bureau ; the act makes it a bureau in the Interior 

 Department. The House bill provided for the 

 direct appointment of 300 enumerators; the act 

 required the advice and consent of the Senate. 

 The text of the measure is as follows: 



" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 

 Representatives of the United States of America 

 in Congress assembled, That a census of the popu- 

 lation, of deaths, and of the manufacturing, me- 

 chanical, and agricultural products of the United 

 States shall be taken in the year 1900, and once 

 every ten years thereafter. 



" SEC. 2. That there shall be established in the 

 Department of the 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 con- 

 sent of the Senate, and shall receive an annual 

 salary of $6,000; and there shall also be an assist- 

 ant director of the census, to be appointed in like 

 manner, who shall be an experienced practical 



statistician, and shall receive an annual salary of 

 $4,000: Prodded, That nothing herein contained 

 shall be construed to establish a census bureau 

 permanent beyond the twelfth census. 



" SEC. 3. That during the absence of the di- 

 rector of the census, or when the office of director 

 shall become vacant, the assistant director shall 

 perform the duties of the director. 



" SEC. 4. That there shall also be in the Census 

 Office, to be appointed by the director thereof in 

 the manner hereinafter specified, 5 chief statis- 

 ticians, who shall be persons of known and tried 

 experience in statistical work, at an annual salary 

 of $3,000 each; a chief clerk, 1 disbursing clerk, 

 and 1 geographer, at an annual salary of $2,500 

 each; 5 expert chiefs of division and 2 stenogra- 

 phers, at an annual salary of $2,000 each; 10 clerks 

 of class four, 15 clerks of class three, 20 clerks of 

 class two, and such number of clerks of class one, 

 and of clerks, copyists, computers, and skilled 

 laborers, with salaries at the rate of not less than 

 $600 nor more than $1,000 per annum, to be ap- 

 pointed from time to time, as may be found neces- 

 sary for the proper and prompt performance of 

 the duties herein required to be undertaken. The 

 disbursing clerk herein provided for shall, before 

 entering upon his duties, give bond to the Secre- 

 tary of the Treasury in the sum of $50,000, which 

 bond shall be conditioned that the said officer 

 shall render a true and faithful account to the 

 proper accounting officers of the Treasury, quar- 

 ter-yearly, of all moneys and properties which 

 shall be received by him by virtue of his office, 

 with sureties to be approved by the solicitor of 

 the Treasury. Such bond shall be filed in the 

 office of the Secretary of the Treasury, to be by 

 him put in suit upon any breach of the conditions 

 thereof. 



" The director of the census may also appoint 

 1 captain of the watch, at a salary of $840 

 per annum; 2 messengers, and such number of 

 watchmen, assistant messengers, and laborers, at 

 salaries of $600 each per annum; messenger 

 boys, at salaries of $400 each per annum; and 

 charwomen, at salaries of $240 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 4 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, sub- 

 ject 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 $600 per annum: And provided fur- 

 ther, That employees in existing branches of the 

 departmental service, whose services may be spe- 

 cially desired by the director of the census, not 

 exceeding 6 in all, may be transferred without 

 examination, and at the end of such service the 

 employees so transferred shall be eligible to ap- 

 pointment in any department without additional 

 examination, when vacancies exist. 



" SEC. 6. That the collection of the information 

 required by this act shall be made, under the 

 direction of the director of the census, by super- 

 visors, enumerators, and special agents, as here- 

 inafter provided. 



" SEC. 7. That the twelfth census shall be re- 

 stricted to inquiries relating to the population, to 

 mortality, to the products of agriculture and of 

 manufacturing and mechanical establishments. 

 The schedules relating to the population shall 

 comprehend for each inhabitant the name, age, 

 color, sex, conjugal condition, place of birth, and 



