FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 419. 1899. 1015 women, at salaries of two hundred and forty dollars 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 E¤¤mi¤¤¤i<>¤¤- IH section four 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, subject to such examination as said Director may prescribe: Provided, That no examination shall he required P¤·viv•»—·-, in the case of enumerators or special agents, nor of employees below §.'$,`§§.,{.‘,,‘§}{,°T,l{j_° °° the grade of skilled laborers at six hundred dollars per annum. ’ And provided jvrther, That employees in existing branches of the Mbvm. i¤¤¤- departmental service, whose services may be specially de ired by the it, fm"` md ""` Director of the Census, not exceeding six in all, may be transferred without examination, and at the end of such service the employees so transferred shall be eligible to appointment in any department without additional examination, when vacancies exist. Sm:. 6. That the collection of the information required by this Act uf? ]',h°gdi¤f°*¤*¤· shall be made, under the direction of the Director of the Census, by uw °° ' supervisors, enumerators, and special agents, as hereinafter provided. Scope of mists. Sec. 7. That the Twelfth Census shall be restricted to inquiries relat- _§§"‘§’,'*‘$‘jf,,0u ing to the population, to mortality, to the products of agriculture and P P ` 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 place of birth of parents, whether alien or naturalized, number of years in the United States, occupation, months unemployed, literacy, school attendance, and ownership of farms and homes; and the Director of the Census may use his discretion as to the construction and form and number of inquiries necessary to secure information under the topics aforesaid. The mortality schedules shall comprehend for each deco- —°f·¤<¤¤¤iW· dent 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 necessary to secure the information required shall be in the discretion of the Director. The schedules relating to agriculture shall comprehend the following —¤r¤gnoi1¤um. 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 December thirty-first next preceding the enumeration. The specific form and division of inquiries necessary to secure information under the foregoing topics shall be in the discrctionot'the Directorof the Census. The schedules of inquiries relating to the products of inanufnctnring gg’;‘{;§Qg°°;’,{ f:,:';; and mechanical establishments shall embrace the name and location of xasumend. ' each establishment; character- of organization, whether individual, cooperative, or other form; date of commencement of operations; character of business or kind of goods manufactured; amount of capital invested; number of proprietors, firm members, copartners, or officers, and the amount of their salaries; number of employees, 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 employed. The form and subdivision of inquiries necessary to secure theinformation 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 cor- w{1>:;:_·_;fi¤f¤m¤¤¤ porations or establishments having its termination nearest to and pre- ' ceding the first of June, nineteen hundred. WVl1enever he shall deem uongziuiurliqfcgxngit expedient, the Director of the Census may withhold the schedules °“ Y“*’°°* ‘ ‘ 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
