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or aaent of aiiv cotton 'rinnorv. maniifac'turinjr establishment, ware- 

 bouse, or otber phice wbere cotton is <i:inned or stored, who, under 

 the conditions hereinbefore stated, shall refuse or willfully neglect 

 to furnish any of the information herein provided for or shall will- 

 fully give answers that are false shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, 

 upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than three hundred 

 dollars or more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for a period 

 of not exceeding one year, or both so fined and imprisoned, at the 

 discretion of the court. 



Act July 22, 1912, c. 249, s. 4, 37 Stat. 19S. 



Information concerning production, consumption, and stocks of cotton and 

 number of spindles in foreign countries, to be furnished Department of 

 Agriculture. 



Skc. ."). That in addition to the information regarding cotton in 

 the United States hereinbefore provided for, the Director of the 

 Census shall compile, by correspondence or the use of published 

 reports and documents, any available information concerning the 

 production, consumption, and stocks of cotton in foreign countries, 

 and the number of cotton-consuming spindles in such countries. 

 Each report published by the Bureau of the Census regarding cotton , 

 shall contain an abstract of the latest available information obtained 

 under the provisions of this section, and the Director of the Census 

 shall furnish the same to the Department of Agriculture for publica- 

 tion in connection with the reports of that department concerning 

 cotton in the same manner as in the case of statistics relating to the 

 United States. 



Act July 22, 1912, c. 249, s. 5, 36 Stat. 199. 

 ACT AUGUST 10, 1912, c. 284. (37 Stat. 269.) 



Salaries, Bureau of Statistics: One statistician, who shall be 

 chief of bureau, four thousand dollars; one assistant statistician, who 

 shall be assistant chief of bureau, two thousand five hundred dollars; 

 one chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; six clerks, class 

 four: nine clerks, class three; twelve clerks, class two; two clerks, at 

 one thousand three hundred dollars each; seventeen clerks, class one; 

 fourteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; twenty-one clerks, at 

 nine hundred dollars each; two messengers, at eight hundred and 

 forty dollars each ; two messengers or laborers, at seven hundred and 

 twenty dollars each ; two messengers or laborers, at six hundred and 

 sixty dollars each ; one messenger or messenger boy, four hundred and 

 eighty dollars; one charwoman, five hundred and forty dollars; two 

 charwomen, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; in all, one hun- 

 dred and twelve thousand three hundred and eighty dollars. 



General expenses, Bureau of Statistics: For all necessary 

 expenses for collecting domestic and foreign agricultural statistics, 

 compiling, writing, and illustrating statistical matter for monthly, 

 annual, and special reports, and for special investigations and compi- 

 lations, as follows: 



Salaries and employment of labor in the city of "Washington and 

 elsewhere, supplies, telegraph and telephone service, freight and 

 express charges, and all other necessary miscellaneous administrative 

 expenses, twenty-four thousand seven hundred dollars; 



