March 3, 1849.
Chap. CXV. — An Act to make Arrangements for taking the seventh Census.
"Census Board" constituted: their powers and duties.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State, the Attorney-General, and the Postmaster-General, shall
constitute and be a board, to be styled the Census Board; and it shall be the duty of the said board to prepare and cause
to be printed such forms and schedules as may be necessary for the full enumeration
of the inhabitants of the United States; and also proper forms and schedules for collecting
in statistical tables, under proper heads, such information as to mines, agriculture,
commerce, manufactures, education, and other topics, as will exhibit a full view of
the pursuits, industry, education,
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resources of the country; it being provided that the number of said inquiries, exclusive
of the enumeration, shall not exceed one hundred, and that the expense incurred in
preparing and printing said forms and schedules shall not exceed ten thousand dollars.
Said board to appoint a secretary.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said board shall have power to appoint a secretary, whose remuneration shall
be determined by Congress, upon the completion of the duties assigned to the board.
Approved, March 3, 1849.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Public Acts, 30th Cong., 2nd sess., George Minot, Statutes at Large 9, 402-3