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 · FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 319. 1889. 765 Sec. 15. That each and every person more than twenty years of P'mlShm"'?° *‘?' ’°‘ age, belonging to any family residing in any enumeration district or iiiliilduio gm mma subdivision, and in case of the absence of the heads and other members of any such family, then any representative of such family shall be, and each of them hereby is, required, if thereto requested by the Superintendent, supervisor, or enumerator to render a true account to the best of his or her knowledge, of every person belonging to such family, in the various particulars required by law, and whoever shall willfully fail or refuse shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars. I And every president, treasurer, secretary, agent, director, or other omcm of corpora- _ officer of everv corporation from which-answers to any of the schedules "°“S· i provided for by this act are herein required, who shall, if thereto requested by the Superintendent, supervisor, or enumerator, willfully neglect or refuse to give true and complete answers to any inquiries authorized by this act, or shall willfullly give false information, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be hned not exceeding ten thousand dollars, to which may be added imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year. Sec. 16. That all fines and penalties imposed by this act may be ,__,{‘j;*,§°'°°¤¤°¤'*°fP<>¤· enforp_ed_ by indictment or information in any court of competent ` gums 1C 1OH. Sec. 17. That the schedules of inquiries at the Eleventh Census Sclwdulcs. _ shall be the same as those contained in section number twenty-two R’S"S°°‘22°°’°‘d85‘ hundred and six of the Revised Statutes of the United States, of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, as amended by section seventeen of the act entitled "An act to provide for taking the Tenth and V0!-¤>,1>-47% subsequent censuses", approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, with such c anges of the subject-matter, emendations, ‘ and modifications as may be approved by the Secretary of the In- To be in discretion terior; it being the intent of this section to give to said Secretary ‘ff,,§f,‘f,'f°°"’ °* ""’ full discretion over the form of the schedules of such in uiries: Pro- pmzm. {vided, however, That said Superintendent shall, under tlie authority Special inquiries. of the Secretary of the Interior, cause to be taken on a special schedule ' of inquiry, according to such form as he may prescribe, the names, organizations, and length of service of those who had served in the Arm, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States in the war of the rebellion, and who are survivors at the time of said inquiry, and the siivvxvorsostnett-nr. widows of soldiers, sailors or marines: And provided, That the popu- "°‘ lation schedule shall include an inquiry as to the number of negroes, Nezmcs, em. mulattoes, quadroons, and octoroons. The report which the Superintendent of Census (if directed by said Secretary) is require to obtain from rai.road corporations, incorporated eigpress companies. Report from empotelegraph companies, and insurance companies. an from all corpo- '°"°“*‘- rations or establishments reporting products other than agricultural products, shall be of and for the iiscal year of such corporations or establishments havin its termination nearest to the first of June, eighteen hundred and ninety; the Superintendent of Census shall _ ccdlect and publish the statistics of the population, industries, and resources of the district of Alaska, with such fullness as he may Alaska resources, deem expedient, and as he shall find practicable under the aptpropri- °°°· ations made, or to be made, for the expenses of the Eleventh ensus. He shall also, at the time of the general enumeration herein provided for, or prior thereto, as the Secretary of the Interior may determine. collect the statistics of and relating to the recorded indebtedness of xurrileuteaness of irivate corporations and individuals, and make report thereon to "’°° ‘ ijlongress; and he shall collect. from official sources, information relating to animals not on farms. The only volumes that shall be  to be pubpreparéd and published in connection with said censusshall relate to population and social statistics relating thereto, the products of manufactories, mining and agriculture, mortality and vita statistics,