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 SIXTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Gus. 249, 250. 1912. 199 as a corporation, firm, limited partnership, or by individuals, when reguested by the Director of the Census or by any special agent or o_ er emplogeepf the Bureau of the Census acting un er the instructions of said d1recto1·, to furnish completely and correctly, to the best of his lrnowledge, all of the information conceminithe uantity of cotton gained consumed, or on hand, and the num er oil cottonconsuming sp1ndles._ The request of the Director of the Census for mformation concerning the quantity of cotton Iginned or consumed, stoclrs of cotton on hand, and number of spin es may be made in writing or gy a visiting re resentative, and if made in writing shall be forward by  mail, and the registry receipt of the Post Omce Department shall be accepted as evidence of such demand. Any owner, president, treasurer, secretary, director or other officer P¤¤¤1¤¤¤¤¢ évr or agent of any cotton Qnnery, manufacturing establishment, ware- '° ' house, or other place w ere cotton is ginned or stored, who, under the conditions hereinbefore stated, shall refuse or willfulli neglect to furnish any of the information herein provided for or s all willfully give answers that are false shall be guilt of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be Ened not lass than three hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars or im risoned for a period of not exceeding one year, or both so fined and "imprisoned, at the disézretion rgfmthe cougtdl th mf r·:o.5. tma 'tionto e` ormationregardmg' cottonin <>¤¤¤i1•¤¤¤¤ii¤· the United States hereinbefore provided for, the Director of the iE¤'P2§L°¤f{Z° mh 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 foreiii countries, and the number o cotton-consuming spindles in suc countries. . Each report published by the Bureau of e Census cotton ,,,,¢,'g,",,*g§‘,,’;‘_,{,’•?,|,}**‘ shall contain an abstract of the latest available information o tained under the revisions of this section, and the Director of the Census shall furni£ the same to the Department of Agriculture for publication in connection with the reports of that department concemmg cotton in the same manner as in the case of statistics relating to the United States. _ _ Sec. 6. That the `oint resolution authorizing the Director of the p;,°°'§§°' ‘“" ’°‘ Census to collect and publish additional statistics, approved February  :·}.'v-&2· ninth, nineteen hundred and five, and the jomt resolution approved vegjajmg, March second, nineteen hundred and nine, and all other laws and parts of laws mconsistent_with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved, July 22, 1912. CHAP} Btigg;-An Act Tp spread an Act entitled "An Actto  apparaxuagd mid.iii1i>.°i2` o wm or communica am on ceruunocean em, a v une — -———· iciisrnth, nineteen hundred and ten. ppm [hum Nm ml Bc it auscted the Senate and House Representatives of the United Slate: of Amcrizilr in Congress aascvnbledif That section one of an Act ¤¢:;u° mmm; entitle "An Act to require apparatus and operators for radio com- ,,m;;,,L°°· " munication on certain ocean steamers/’ zgproved dune twenty- gogrth, nineteenhundredandten, beamend so that it will read as o owe: HSIKYYION 1. That from and after October first, nineteen hundred ,,,f**’;,;',,}",,{°"(‘]",,,§‘{ and twelve it shall be unlawful for any steamer of the United States ma mama. or of any foreign country navigatingghe ocean or the Great Lalres and licensed to carry, or carrying, y or more persons, mcludmg passengers or crew or both, to leave or attem t to leave any port o the United States unless such steamer shallpbe uipped with an eiiicient apparatus for radio communication, in goidid working order. 87618°—v¤r. 37-rr I--15