13 U.S.C. § 161 — Quinquennial censuses; inclusion of certain data

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The Secretary must publish a census of governments for 1957 and every fifth year after that. Each census must include data on taxes, receipts, spending, debt, and employees. This covers states, counties, cities, and other government units.

This section requires a regular census of governments. The Secretary must take, compile, and publish a census of governments for the year 1957, and then for every fifth year after that. Each census must include certain kinds of data, though the list is not exhaustive ("shall include, but shall not be limited to"). The required data covers: taxes and tax valuations, governmental receipts, expenditures, indebtedness, and employees. This data must cover States, counties, cities, and other governmental units.

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The Secretary shall take, compile, and publish for the year 1957 and for every fifth year thereafter a census of governments. 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.

Source credit: (Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, 68 Stat. 1021; Pub. L. 85–207, § 12, Aug. 28, 1957, 71 Stat. 483.)

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1954Enacted · Act of Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158 · 68 Stat. 1021
1957Amended · Pub. L. 85-207 · 71 Stat. 483

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