For purchase of manuscripts, traveling expenses, electrotypes, illustrations, and other expenses not otherwise provided for, three thousand dollars:

In all, for general expenses, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Total for Division of Publications, two hundred and nineteen thousand seven hundred dollars.

Act August 10, 1912, c. 284, 37 Stat. 294.

These are provisions of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1913, cited above.

BUREAU OF STATISTICS.

ACT MARCH 3, 1903, c. 1008. (32 Stat. 1147.)

Chief of bureau; assistant chief of bureau.

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One statistician, who shall be chief of bureau,

one assistant statistician, who shall be assistant chief of bureau,

Act March 3, 1903, c. 1008, 32 Stat. 1162.

These are provisions of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1904, cited above. Provisions in the same words are contained in the similar acts for subsequent fiscal years. The provisions in the act for the fiscal year 1913 are set forth on p. 235, post. Provisions for "One statistician, who shall be chief of division," are contained in the agricultural appropriation acts for the fiscal years 1896 to 1903, inclusive, and provisions for one assistant statistician, who shall be assistant chief of division," are contained in the acts for the fiscal years 1900 to 1903, inclusive.

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ACT MARCH 4, 1909, c. 301. (35 Stat. 1039.)

Monthly crop reports; condition reports of the cotton crop.

That hereafter the monthly crop reports, which shall be gathered as far as practicable from practical farmers, and which shall be issued on or before the tenth of each month, shall embrace statements of the conditions of crops by States, in the United States, with such explanations, comparisons, and information as may be useful for illustrating the above matter, and that it shall be submitted to and officially approved by the Secretary of Agriculture before being issued or published: Provided further, That hereafter the condition reports of the cotton crop shall be issued on the same day in October each year as the first ginner's report of actual cotton ginned, *

Act of March 4, 1909, c. 301, 35 Stat. 1053.

These provisos annexed to the appropriations for "General expenses, Bureau of Statistics," in the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1910, cited above. Provisos relating to the monthly crop reports in nearly the same language, without the word "hereafter," were contained in the agricultural appropriation acts for the fiscal years 1893 and thereafter. Provisos relating to the condition reports of the cotton crop, in substantially the same language, also without the word "hereafter," were contained in the agricultural appropriation acts for the fiscal years 1907 and thereafter.

A proviso, set forth on p. 24, ante, annexed to act January 12, 1895, c. 23, s. 89, authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to print such number of copies of the monthly crop report as he shall deem requisite.

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

Reports from branches of department and recommendations to Congress relative to marketing, etc., of farm products.

And that the Secretary of Agriculture be and he is hereby directed to secure from the various branches of the department having au

thority to investigate such matters, reports relative to systems of marketing farm products, cooperative or otherwise, in practice in various sections of the United States and of the demand for such products in various trade centers, and shall make such recommendations to Congress relative to further investigations of these questions and the dissemination of such information, as he shall deem necessary.

Act August 10, 1912, c. 284, 37 Stat. 295.

This is a paragraph of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1913, cited above.

ACT MAY 27, 1912, c. 135. An act authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to issue certain reports relating to cotton. (37 Stat. 118.)

Annual report of number of acres of cotton in cultivation.

That the Secretary of Agriculture be directed to cause the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Agriculture to issue a report, on or about the first Monday in July of each year, showing by States and in total the number of acres of cotton then in cultivation in the United States.

Act May 27, 1912, c. 135, s. 1, 37 Stat. 118. Annual estimate of total cotton production.

SEC. 2. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall cause the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Agriculture to issue each year, immediately following the publication of the ginning report of the Census Bureau of December first, an estimate of the total production of cotton in the United States for the current crop year.

Repeal.

Act May 27, 1912, c. 135, s. 2, 37 Stat. 118.

SEC. 3. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the foregoing provisions be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

Act May 27, 1912, c. 135, s. 3, 37 Stat. 118.

ACT JULY 22, 1912, c. 249. An act authorizing the Director of the Census to collect and publish statistics of cotton. (37 Stat. 198.)

Collection and publication of cotton statistics by Director of Census.

That the Director of the Census be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to collect and publish statistics concerning the amount of cotton ginned; the quantity of raw cotton consumed in manufacturing establishments of every character; the quantity of baled cotton on hand; the number of active consuming cotton spindles; and the quantity of cotton imported and exported, with the country of origin and destination.

Act July 22, 1912, c. 249, s. 1, 37 Stat. 198.

Statistics of cotton ginned, consumed in manufacture, baled cotton on hand, number of spindles, and cotton imported and exported; statistics to be furnished Bureau of Statistics, Department of Agriculture.

SEC. 2. That the statistics of the quantity of cotton ginned shall show the quantity ginned from each crop prior to September first, September twenty-fifth, October eighteenth, November first, November fourteenth, December first, December thirteenth, January first, January sixteenth, and March first, and shall be published as soon as possible after these respective dates. The quantity of cotton

consumed in manufacturing establishments, the quantity of baled cotton on hand, the number of active consuming cotton spindles, and the statistics of cotton imported and exported shall relate to each calendar month, and shall be published as soon as possible after the close of the month. Each report published by the Bureau of the Census of the quantity of cotton ginned shall carry with it the latest available statistics concerning the quantity of cotton consumed, stocks of baled cotton on hand, the number of cotton-consuming spindles, and the quantity of cotton imported and exported. All of these publications containing statistics of cotton shall be mailed by the Director of the Census to all cotton ginners, cotton manufacturers, and cotton warehousemen, and to all daily newspapers throughout the United States. The Director of the Census shall furnish to the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Agriculture, immediately prior to the publication of each report of that bureau regarding the cotton crop, the latest available statistics hereinbefore mentioned, and the said Bureau of Statistics shall publish the same in connection with each of its reports concerning cotton.

Act July 22, 1912, c. 249, s. 2, 37 Stat. 198.

Information furnished confidential; publishing or communicating without authority; punishment.

SEC. 3. That the information furnished by any individual establishment under the provisions of this Act shall be considered as strictly confidential and shall be used only for the statistical purpose for which it is supplied. Any employee of the Bureau of the Census who, without the written authority of the Director of the Census, shall publish or communicate any information given into his possession by reason of his employment under the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than three hundred dollars nor 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. 3, 37 Stat. 198.

Owners, etc., of ginneries, factories, warehouses, etc., required to furnish information concerning cotton.

SEC. 4. That it shall be the duty of every owner, president, treasurer, secretary, director, or other officer or agent of any cotton ginbery, manufacturing establishment, warehouse, or other place where cotton is ginned, manufactured, or stored, whether conducted as a corporation, firm, limited partnership, or by individuals, when requested by the Director of the Census or by any special agent or other employee of the Bureau of the Census acting under the instructions of said director, to furnish completely and correctly, to the best of his knowledge, all of the information concerning the quantity of cotton ginned, consumed, or on hand, and the number of cottonconsuming spindles. The request of the Director of the Census for information concerning the quantity of cotton ginned or consumed, stocks of cotton on hand, and number of spindles may be made in writing or by a visiting representative, and if made in writing shall be forwarded by registered mail, and the registry receipt of the Post Office Department shall be accepted as evidence of such demand. Any owner, president, treasurer, secretary, director, or other officer

or agent of any cotton ginnery, manufacturing establishment, warehouse, or other place where cotton is ginned or stored, who, under the conditions hereinbefore stated, shall refuse or willfully neglect to furnish any of the information herein provided for or shall willfully 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. 198.

Information concerning production, consumption, and stocks of cotton and number of spindles in foreign countries, to be furnished Department of Agriculture.

SEC. 5. 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 publication 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 hundred 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 compilations, 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:

Salaries and traveling and other necessary expenses of special field agents, sixty-eight thousand nine hundred dollars;

Salaries and traveling and other necessary expenses of State statistical agents, thirty-two thousand two hundred dollars;

Traveling and other necessary expenses of official and special investigators, two thousand five hundred dollars;

In all, for general expenses, one hundred and twenty-eight thousand three hundred dollars.

A paragraph, here omitted, relating to reports from branches of the department and recommendations to Congress relative to marketing, etc., of farm products, is set forth above.

Total for Bureau of Statistics, two hundred and forty thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.

Act August 10, 1912, c. 284, 37 Stat. 295.

These are provisions of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1913, cited above.

REY. ST. SEC. 525.

LIBRARY.

Library of department in charge of Secretary.

This section, set forth on p. 13, ante, provides that the Commissioner of Agriculture shall have charge of the Library of the department.

ACT MARCH 4, 1909, c. 301. (35 Stat. 1039.)

Advances for subscriptions for publications for department.

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That hereafter section thirty-six hundred and forty-eight of the Revised Statutes shall not apply to the subscriptions for publications for the Department of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to pay in advance for any publications for the use of this department.

Act March 4, 1909, c. 301, 35 Stat. 1054.

This is a proviso annexed to the appropriation for "General expenses, Library" in the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1910, cited above. Provisos in similar language, without the word "hereafter," were contained in the similar acts for the fiscal year 1904 and intervening fiscal years.

Rev. St. sec. 3648, mentioned in this provision, is set forth on p. 345, post, under the heading "Public Moneys and Accounting."

ACT MAY 23, 1908, c. 192. (35 Stat. 251.)

Sale of copies of card index of publications of department.

And hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture may furnish to such institutions or individuals as may care to buy them, copies of the card index of the publications of the Department and of other agricultural literature prepared by the library, and charge for the same a price covering the additional expense involved in the preparation of these copies.

Act May 23, 1908, c. 192, 35 Stat. 264.

This is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1909, cited above. Provisions in substantially the same language, but without the word "hereafter." accompanied appropriations for the Library in the similar appropriation acts for 1904 and subsequent fiscal years.