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 SIXTY—FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Crrs. 95-97. 1919. I29]. the work between the said dates: Provided farther, That when such ,0%%% ’“*‘°m°¤* amount shall have been ascertained, the Secretary of War shall trans- ` l mit to Congress for consideration a statement or statements of all findings or determinations rendered by authority of this section, the. amounts thereof, the names of contractors, and dates of contracts. Approved, March 2, 1919. CHAP. 96.-An Act To amend an Act to provide for the appointment of a com- iI§2f5igi?j mission to standardize screw threads. Be it enacted the Senate and House o Re esentatives 0 the United States of bd/merica in Congress assemléed, lllhat the Actfpro— tmSi$X¢Y¤l,lT”°“dSS°““d“ vidi for the appointment of a commission to standardize screw ,,dA'”*»P·912»”m*“d· threlilds, approved July eighteenth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, ` be, and the same is hereby, amended so that it will read: Comm,. t d- "That a commission is hereby created, to be known as the Com- c¤mp¤$ri”i1($.°t°° ° mission for the Standardization of Screw Threads, hereinafter referred to as the commission, which shall be composed of nine commissioners, one of whom shall be the Director of the Bureau of Standards, who shall be chairman of the commission; two representatives of the Army, to be appointed by the Secretary of War; two representatives of the Navy, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy· and four to be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, two of whom shall be chosen from nominations made by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and two from nominations made by the Society of Automotive Engineers. Ad U I mn "Sec. 2. That it shall be the dut of said commission to ascertain md. °p °° ° d` and establish standards for screw threads which shall be submitted to the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary U. d , of Commerce or their acceptance and approva. Such standards, Arid; nliriiuieavig when thus accepted and approved, shall be adopted and used in the P’°“*·"» °*°· several manufacturing (plants under the control of the War and Navy Departments, an, so far as practicable, in all specifications for screw threads in proposals for manufactured articles, parts, or materials to be used under the direction of these departments. P |_ _ "Sec. 3. That the Secretary of Commerce shall promulgate such Cray`}? ’°°"°” °m` standards for use by the public and cause the same to be published as a public document. Sam ml t _ "Sec. 4. That the commission shall serve without compensation, °°`° °“ D"' but nothing herein shall be held to affect the pay of the commissioners appointed from the Army and Navy or of the Director of the Bureau of Standards. Pwd "Srcc. 5. That the commission may adopt rules and regulations um in regard to its procedure and the conduct of its business. .,,,,1,,,,],,,, on ep "Sec. 6. That the commission shall cease and terminate at the tended. end of one year and six months from the date of its original appointment." Approved, March 3, 1919. March 3, 1919. CHAP. 97.—An Act To provide for the fourteenth and subsequent decermial lH·R·1198rl 0€I1S\1S€s. [ Public, No. 325.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 Representatives <j the United H my States of America in Congress assembled? That a census of the popu- llgirgcudigirnlsllriitakijfrig. lation, agriculture, manufactures, forestry and forest products, and mines and quarries of the United States shall be taken by the Director of the Census in the year nineteen hundred and twenty and every Tmitmmduded ten years thereafter. The census herein provided for shall include ‘ ‘ each State, the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico.