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71 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 85-207-AUG. 28, 1957

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." SEC. 9. Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "§ 141. Population, unemployment, and housing " (a) The Secretary shall, in the year 1960 and every ten years thereafter, take a census of population, unemployment, and housing (including utilities and equipment) as of the first day of April, which shall be known as the census date. "(b) The tabulation of total population by States as required for the apportionment of Representatives shall be completed within eight months of the census date and reported by the Secretary to the President of the United States." SEC. 10. Section 142 of title 13, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "§ 142. Agriculture, irrigation, and drainage " (a) The Secretary shall, beginning in the month of October 1959, and in the same month of every fifth year thereafter, take a census of agriculture, provided that the censuses directed to be taken in October 1959 and each tenth year thereafter, may, when and where deemed advisable by the Secretary, be taken instead in conjunction with the censuses provided in section 141 of this title. "(b) The Secretary shall, in conjunction with the census of agriculture directed to be taken in October 1959 and each tenth year thereafter, take a census of irrigation and drainage." SEC. 11. Sections 143, 144, 145, and 146 of title 13, United States Code are hereby repealed. SEC. 12. The last sentence of section 161 of title 13, United States Code is amended to read as follows: "Each such census shall include, but shall not be limited to, data on taxes and tax valuations, governmental receipts, expenditures, indebtedness, and employees of States, counties, cities, and other governmental units." SEC. 13. Section 162 of title 13, United States Code, is hereby repealed. SEC. 14. Chapter 5 of title 13 of the United States Code is further amended by inserting immediately after section 181 the following new subchapter: "SUBCHAPTER V—GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE, PRELIMINARY AND SUPPLEMENTAL STATISTICS, AND U S E OF SAMPLING

"§ 191. Geographic scope of censuses " (a) Each of the censuses authorized by this chapter (other than censuses of population) shall include each State, the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and as may be determined by the Secretary, such other possessions and areas over which the United States exercises jurisdiction, control, or sovereignty. Censuses of population shall include all geographic areas referred to in the preceding sentence. Inclusion of other areas over which the United States exercises jurisdiction or control shall be subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of State.

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