Public Law 64–274

That the Director of the Census be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to collect and publish monthly statistics concerning the quantity of cotton seed received at oil mills, the quantity of seed crushed in such mills, the

Subjects specified.

quantity of crude cottonseed products and refined oil produced, the quantities of these products shipped out of the mills and the quantities of these products and of cotton seed on hand, the quantities of crude and refined cottonseed oil held by refiners, by manufacturers of compound lard, butterine, oleomargarine, and soap, and by brokers, exporters, and warehousemen, engaged in handling crude and refined cottonseed oil, and the quantity of cotton seed and cottonseed products imported and exported: Provided, That the cost of

Proviso.

Expenses limited.

the collection and publication of the statistics herein provided for shall not exceed $10,000 per annum.

Sec. 2.

That the information furnished by any individual establishment

Information confidential.

under the provisions of this Act shall be considered as strictly confidential and shall be used only for the statistical purpose for which it is supplied. Any employee of the Bureau of the

Punishment for unauthorized divulging of.

Census who, without the written authority of the Director of the Census, shall publish or communicate any information given into his possession by reason of his employment under the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Sec. 3.

That it shall be the duty of every owner, president, treasurer,

Information required of oil mills, manufactories, etc.

secretary, director, or other officer or agent of any cottonseed-oil mill, manufacturing establishment, refinery, or warehouse, where cottonseed products are produced, manufactured, or stored, when requested by the Director of the Census or by any special agent or other employee of the Bureau of the Census acting under the instructions of said director, to furnish completely and correctly, to the best of his knowledge, all of the information concerning the quantity of cotton seed received, consumed, or on hand, and the quantity of crude and refined oil, cake and meal, hulls and linters produced, and the quantity of these products shipped and on hand. The request of the Director of the Census for information concerning the quantity of cotton seed received, consumed, and on hand, the quantity of crude oil shipped, and the quantity of crude oil consumed and stocks on hand may be made in writing or by a visiting representative, and if made in writing shall be forwarded by registered mail, and the registry receipt of the Post Office Department shall be accepted as prima facie evidence of such demand. Any owner,

Punishment for refusing to furnish, etc.

president, treasurer, secretary, director, or other officer or agent of any cottonseed oil or manufacturing establishment, refinery, or warehouse, where cotton seed and cottonseed products are manufactured or stored, who, under the conditions hereinbefore stated, shall refuse or willfully neglect to furnish any of the information herein provided for or shall willfully give answers that are false shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $1,000.

Sec. 4.

That the Director of the Census be, and he is hereby,

Guncotton, medicated cotton, etc.

Quarterly statistics of cotton used for, to be published.

authorized and directed to collect and publish statistics of raw and prepared cotton and linters, cotton waste, and hull fiber consumed in the manufacture of guncotton and explosives of all kinds, and of absorbent and medicated cotton, during the calendar year nineteen hundred and fifteen, and quarterly thereafter, and the quantity held in such establishments at the end of each quarter. The statistics herein provided for are in addition to those now collected in compliance with the Act of Congress approved July twenty-second,

Vol. 37, p. 198.

nineteen hundred and twelve, the provisions of that Act being made applicable to and governing the collection and publication of the data.