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place of birth of parents, whether alien or natu- 

 ralized, number of years in the United States, 

 occupation, months unemployed, literacy, school 

 attendance, and ownership of farms and homes; 

 arid the director of the census may use his dis- 

 cretion as to the construction and form and num- 

 ber of inquiries necessary to secure information 

 under the topics aforesaid. The mortality sched- 

 ules shall comprehend for each decedent the name, 

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

 and birthplace of parents, occupation, cause and 

 date of death, and, if born within the census year, 

 the date of birth. The form and arrangement 

 of the schedule and the specific questions neces- 

 sary to secure the information required shall be 

 in the discretion of the director. The schedules 

 relating to agriculture shall comprehend the fol- 

 lowing topics: Name of occupant of each farm, 

 color of occupant, tenure, acreage, value of farm 

 and improvements, acreage of different products, 

 quantity and value of products, and number and 

 value of live stock. All questions as to quantity 

 and value of crops shall relate to the year ending 

 Dec. 31 next preceding the enumeration. The 

 specific form and division of inquiries necessary 

 to secure information under the foregoing topics 

 shall be in the discretion of the director of the 

 census. The schedules of inquiries relating to the 

 products of manufacturing and mechanical estab- 

 lishments shall embrace the name and location 

 of each establishment; character of organization, 

 whether individual, co-operative, or other form; 

 date of commencement of operations; character 

 of business or kind of goods manufactured; 

 amount of capital invested; number of proprie- 

 tors, firm members, copartners, or officers, and 

 the amount of their salaries; number of em- 

 ployees, and the amount of their wages ; quantity 

 and cost of materials used in manufactures; 

 amount of miscellaneous expenses; quantity and 

 value of products; time in operation during the 

 census year; character and quantity of power 

 used, and character and number of machines em- 

 ployed. The form and subdivision of inquiries 

 necessary to secure the information under the 

 foregoing topics relating to manufacturing and 

 mechanical industries shall be in the discretion 

 of the director of the census. The information 

 collected shall be of and for the fiscal year of 

 such corporations or establishments having its 

 termination nearest to and preceding the 1st of 

 June, 1900. Whenever he shall deem it expedi- 

 ent, the director of the census may withhold the 

 schedules for said manufacturing and mechanical 

 statistics from the enumerators of the several 

 subdivisions in any or all cases, and may charge 

 the collection of these statistics upon special 

 agents, to be employed without respect to local- 

 ity. In cities or States where an official registra- 

 tion of deaths is maintained the director of the 

 census may, in his discretion, withhold the mor: 

 tality schedule from the several enumerators with- 

 in such cities or States, and may obtain the in- 

 formation required by this act through official 

 records, paying therefor such sum of money as 

 may be found necessary, not exceeding two cents 

 for each death thus returned. The director of 

 the census is also authorized and directed to make 

 suitable provisions for the enumeration of the 

 population and products of Alaska and the Ha- 

 waiian Islands, for which purpose he may employ 

 supervisors and enumerators or special agents 

 as he may deem necessary. The only volumes 

 that shall be prepared and published in connec- 

 tion with the twelfth census, except the special 

 reports hereinafter provided for, shall relate to 

 population, mortality and vital statistics, the 



products of agriculture, and of manufacturing 

 and mechanical establishments, as above men- 

 tioned, and shall be designated as and constitute 

 the census reports, which said reports shall be 

 published not later than the first day of July, 

 1902. The report upon population shall include 

 a series of separate tables for each State, giving 

 by counties the number of male persons below 

 and above the age of twenty-one years, their 

 color, whether native or foreign born, whether 

 naturalized or not, and their literacy or illiteracy. 

 All terms expressing weight, measure, distance, 

 or value shall be expressed in the terms of the 

 English language as spoken in this country. 



" SEC. 8. That after the completion and return 

 of the enumeration and of the work upon the 

 schedules relating to the products of agriculture 

 and to manufacturing and mechanical establish- 

 ments provided for in section 7 of this act, the 

 director of the census is hereby authorized to col- 

 lect statistics relating to special classes, including 

 the insane, feeble-minded, deaf, dumb, and blind; 

 to crime, pauperism, and benevolence, including 

 prisoners, paupers, juvenile delinquents, and in- 

 mates of benevolent and reformatory institu- 

 tions; to deaths and births in registration areas; 

 to social statistics of cities; to public indebted- 

 ness, valuation, taxation, and expenditures; to 

 religious bodies; to electric light and power, tele- 

 phone and telegraph business; to transportation 

 by water, express business, and street railways; 

 to mines, mining and minerals, and the produc- 

 tion and value thereof, including gold, in divi- 

 sions of placer and vein, and silver mines, and 

 the number of men employed, the average daily 

 wage, average working time, and aggregate earn- 

 ings in the various branches and aforesaid di- 

 visions of the mining industry: Provided, That 

 the reports herein authorized relating to mines, 

 mining, and minerals shall be published on or 

 before July 1, 1903 A. D. 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. For the pur- 

 pose of securing the statistics required by this 

 section, the director of the census may appoint 

 special agents when necessary, and such special 

 agents shall receive compensation as hereinafter 

 provided. The statistics of deaths and births 

 provided for in this section shall be obtained from, 

 and restricted to, the registration records of such 

 States and municipalities as possess records af- 

 fording satisfactory data in necessary detail, in 

 the discretion of the director, the compensation 

 for the transcription of which shall not exceed 

 two cents for each birth or death reported. The 

 statistics of special classes, and of crime, pau- 

 perism, and benevolence specified in this section 

 shall be restricted to institutions containing such 

 classes: Provided, That at the time of the census 

 enumeration the data relating to these classes 

 may, in the discretion of the director of the cen- 

 sus, be collected by the enumerators of such in- 

 stitutions, who shall receive compensation there- 

 for at rates not exceeding, in per capita districts, 

 five cents for each name enumerated and returned. 

 The collection of statistics authorized by this sec- 

 tion shall be made at such time or times and in 

 such manner as will not interfere with nor delay 

 the rapid completion of the census reports pro- 

 vided for in section 7 of this act, and all reports 

 prepared under the provisions of this section shall 

 be designated as ' special reports of the Census 

 Office.' 



