August 19, 1940
An act to create a Bureau of the Census and Statistics to consolidate statistical activities of the government therein.
Sec. 1. A Bureau of the Census and Statistic is created.
Sec. 2. The powers, functions, and duties of the Bureau of the Census and Statistics shall be as follows:
(a) To collect by enumeration, sampling or other methods, statistics and other information concerning population, agricultural conditions, the area and production of crops, the number of livestock, the production of livestock products, exports, imports, commerce, industrial and commercial enterprises, prices, employment wages, stocks of commodities, agricultural and other properties, social and economic institutions, and such other statistics as the President of the Philippines by executive order may direct;