CENSUS SUBCHAPTER V-MISCELLANEOUS

§§ 101–103 · 3 sections

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Defective, dependent, and delinquent classes; crime

§ 101

(a) The Secretary may collect decennially statistics relating— (1) to the defective, dependent, and delinquent classes; and (2) to crime, including judicial statistics pertaining thereto. (b) The statistics authorized by subsection (a) of this section shall include information upon the following questions, namely: age, sex, color, nativity, parentage, literacy by race, color, nativity, and parentage, and such other questions relating to such subjects as the Secretary deems proper. (c) In addition to the decennial collections authorized by subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the Secretary may compile and publish annually statistics relating to crime and to the defective, dependent, and delinquent classes.

Religion

§ 102

The Secretary may collect decennially statistics relating to religious bodies.

Designation of reports

§ 103

All reports covering any of the statistics collected under the provisions of this subchapter shall be designated as "Special Reports" followed by the name of whatever bureau or agency of the Department of Commerce is designated by the Secretary to collect and compile such statistics.

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