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13 U.S.C. § 101 — Defective, dependent, and delinquent classes; crime

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This section lets the Census Bureau's Secretary collect certain statistics every ten years. It covers "defective, dependent, and delinquent" classes and crime, including court statistics. It also allows the Secretary to publish crime and related statistics every year.

This section lets the Secretary collect and publish certain statistics. (a) Every ten years, the Secretary may collect statistics on what the law calls the "defective, dependent, and delinquent" classes, and on crime, including related court (judicial) statistics. (b) These statistics must cover: age, sex, color, place of birth (nativity), parentage, literacy broken down by race, color, place of birth, and parentage, and any other related questions the Secretary thinks are appropriate. (c) In addition to the ten-year collections in (a) and (b), the Secretary may also compile and publish statistics on crime and on the defective, dependent, and delinquent classes every year.
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(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.

Source credit: (Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, 68 Stat. 1018.)

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  • 1954Enacted · Act of Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158 · 68 Stat. 1018

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1158 on 1954-08-31.

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