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PUBLIC LAW 740-AUG. 31, 1954

§ 4. Functions of Secretary; delegation The Secretary shall perform the functions and duties imposed upon him by this title or he may delegate any of them to such officers, employees, bureaus or agencies of the Department of Commerce as he designates. § 5. Schedules; number, form, and scope of inquiries The Secretary shall prepare schedules, and shall determine the inquiries, and the number, form, and subdivisions thereof, for the statistics, surveys, and censuses provided for in this title. § 6. Requests to other departments and offices for information The Secretary, whenever he deems it advisable, may call upon any other department or office of the Government for information pertinent to the work provided for in this title. § 7.

Printing; requisitions upon Public Printer; publication of bulletins and reports The Secretary may make requisition upon the Public Printer for miscellaneous printing necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. He may further have printed by the Public Printer, in such editions as he deems necessary, preliminary and other census bulletins, and final reports of the results of the several investigations authorized by this title, and may publish and distribute such bulletins and reports. § 8.

Certified copies of certain returns; other data; restriction on use; disposition of fees received (a) The Secretary may, upon a written request, and in his discretion, furnish to Governors of States and Territories, courts of record, and individuals, data for genealogical and other proper purposes, from the population, agriculture, and housing schedules prepared under the authority of subchapter II of chapter 5, upon the payment of the actual, or estimated cost of searching the records and $1 for supplying a certificate. (b) The Secretary may furnish transcripts or copies of tables and other census records and make special statistical compilations and surveys for State or local officials, private concerns, or individuals upon the payment of the actual, or estimated cost of such work. (c) I n no case shall information furnished under the authority of this section be used to the detriment of the persons to whom such information relates. (d) All moneys received by the Department of Commerce or any bureau or agency thereof in payment for furnishing transcripts of census records or making special statistical compilations and surveys shall be deposited to the credit of an appropriation for collecting statistics. § 9. Information as confidential; exception (a) Neither the Secretary, nor any other officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof, may, except as provided in section 8 of this title— (1) use the information furnished under the provisions of this title for any purpose other than the statistical purposes for which it is supplied; or (2) make any publication whereby the data furnished by any particular establisliment or individual under this title can be identified; or

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