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PUBLIC LAW

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SUBCHAPTER II—POPULATION, HOUSING, AGRICULTURE, IRRIGATION, DRAINAGE, A N D UNEMPLOYMENT 141. Population, agriculture, irrigation, drainage, and unemployment; territory included. 142. Housing; scope of inquiries; territory included; supplementary statistics. 143. Decennial census period; completion of reports upon inquiries. 144. Restriction on inquiries. 145. Commencement of inquiries as to population, agriculture, and housing; time for completion. 146. Mid-decade censuses of agriculture; exclusion of certain areas; preliminary statistics.

SUBCHAPTER III—GOVERNMENTS 161. Quinquennial censuses; inclusion of certain data. 162. Acquisition of reports and material from governmental units, private persons, and agencies. 163. Authority of other agencies.

SUBCHAPTER IV—INTERIM CURRENT DATA 181. Surveys.

SUBCHAPTER I—MANUFACTURES, MINERAL TRIES, AND OTHER B U S I N E S S E S

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§ 131. Collection and publication; five-year periods The Secretary shall take, compile, and publish censuses of manufactures, of mineral industries, and of other businesses, including the distributive trades, service establishments, and transportation (exclusive of means of transportation for which statistics are required by law to be filed with, and are compiled and published by, a designated regulatory body), in the year 1954 and every fifth year thereafter, and each such census shall relate to the year immediately preceding the taking thereof: Provided, That the censuses of manufactures, of mineral industries, and of other businesses, including the distributive trades and service establishments, directed to be taken in the year 1954 relating to the year 1953, shall be taken instead in the year 1955 relating to year 1954. The censuses provided for in this section shall include the United States and its Territories and such possessions as the Secretary may determine. § 132. Controlling law; effect on other agencies To the extent that the provisions of this subchapter or subchapter IV of this chapter conflict with any other provision of this title or other law, pertaining to the Secretary or the Department of Commerce, the provisions of this title shall control; but nothing in this title shall be deemed to revoke or impair the authority of any other Federal agency with respect to the collection or release of information. SUBCHAPTER II—POPULATION, HOUSING, AGRICULTURE, IRRIGATION, DRAINAGE, AND UNEMPLOYMENT § 141. Population, agriculture, irrigation, drainage, and unemployment; territory included The Secretary shall, in the year 1960 and every ten years thereafter, take a census of population, agriculture, irrigation, drainage, and

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