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 SIXTY-FIFTH oorrennss. sm. III. cH. er. 1919. 1301 day; and he may authorize the incidental, miscellaneous, and contingent expenses necessary for the carrying out of this Act, as herein provided, and not otherwise, including advertising in newspapers, the purchase of manuscripts, books of reference, and periodicals, the rental of sumcient qgarters in the District of Columbia and elsewhere and the furnishing thereof, and expenditures necessary for compiling, printing, publishing, and distributing the results of the census, the purchase of necessary paper and other supplies, the purchase, rental, exchange, construction, and repair of mechanical a pliances, the compensation of such permanent and temporary clerlis as may be employed under the provisions of this Act and the Act establishing the permanent Census Omce and Acts amendator thereof or supplemental thereto, and all other expenses incurredliunder authority conveyed in this Act. _ _ Sec. 28. That the Director of the Census is hereby authorized to P"°°mgf°"”S’°t°‘ make requisition upon the Public Printer for such printing as may be necessary to carry out thqllprovisions of this Act, to wit: Blanks, B U _ schedules, circulars, pamp ets, enveloples, work sheets, and other mu °t"”’ "*’°"s* items of miscellaneous printing; that e is further authorized to have printed by the Public Printer, in such editions as the director may eem necessary, preliminary and other census bulletins, and final reports of the results of the several investigations authorized by this Act or by the Act to establish a permanent Census Omce and Acts amendatory thereof or suipplemental thereto, and to publish and distribute said bulletins an reports. mu tt Sec. 29. That all mail matter, of whatever class or weight, relatin rm i°i·:¤s°:1iss1¤¤. to the census and addressed to the Census Omce, or to any omci25 thereof, arédf indogsed "Omcia(l lbusiness, C§nsu.si1gmce," shall bg transmitte ree 0 st e, an registers m ` necessa, an so marked: Prwidleg, ¥hat if an; person shall make use LY such i·’Z$°$1°{'§:¤r¤¤nwxm indorsement to avoid the payment of postage or  fee on his “S°°"‘““*· or her private letter, package, or other matter in the ma', the person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a Ene of $300, to e prosecuted in any court of competent jurisdiction. mmmmon mm Sec. 30. That the Secretary of Commerce, whenever he may ¤tnem¤pa¤me¤ts,e¤e. deem it advisable, on request o the Director of the Census, is hereby authorized to call upon any other department or omce of the Government for information pertinent to the work herein provided for. A mmm, and IM Sec. 31. That there shall be in the ylear nineteen hundred  rtéclrrisnrus. twenty-five, and once eve ten years thereafter, a census of agri- ,,,[§°,*{$,§;‘$§¤“y§§2,§ culture and live stock, whiriili shall show the acreage of farm land, the ¤¤¤*¤¤¥¤·f· acreage of the principal cro s, and the number and value of domestic animals on the farms and) ranges of the country. The schedule employed in this census shall be prepared by the Director of the (`ensus. Such census shall be taken as of the first day of January Omcms mmm, and shall relate to the preceding calendar year. The Director of the ` Census may appoint enumerators or special agents for the purpose of this census in accordance with the provisions of the permanent census Act. . . Sec. 32. That the Director of the Census be, and he is hereby, a1i$iii?f8°tun°g’°` authorized and directed to collect and publish, for the years nineteen ,,§{}§$“0,'°§fo’§E,c2§ hundred and twenty-one, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, °*· . nineteen hundred and twenty-five, and nineteen hundred and twenty- seven, and for every tenth year after each of said years, statistics of the products of manufacturing industries; and the director is hereby authorized to prepare such schedules as in his judgment may be I1€CBSSEr.1'y., Certiied copies of re- Ssc. 33. That the Director of the Census be, and he is hereby, wrnsw S¤=>¤¤¤.¤<>¤¤¤. authorized, at his discretion, upon the written request of the governor °°°' of any State or Territory or of a court of record, to furnish such gov-