Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-12-25
Congressional Proceedings
From the National Intelligsacsr.
THURSDAY, DEcEMBER 20.
IN THE SENATE.


The President communicated to the
Senate the following letter from the Sec
rotary OF State, accompanied by sundry
papers connected with the subject there
OF, which were read and referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary:
TO The President Of the Senate Of the Z. S.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Warrington, the I8th December, 1921.
SIR: By the 18th section OF the act of
Congress of l4th March, 1890, ito pro-
vide tor taking the fourth Census or emu
meratlon of the inhabitants OF the United
States, and for other purposes" It was
prescribed that, "when the Aforesaid emu
meration should he completed, and re-
turned 10 the office OF the Secretary Of
State, by the Marshsls of the States and
Territories, he should direct the printers
IN Congress to print. for the use OF the
congress, fifteen hundred copies there
OF
By the third section Of the same act,
the Marshals, respectively, were requir.
ed, under certain penalty, on or before
the first day Of April of the present year.
TO transmit 10 the Secretary OF State the
aggregate amount of each description Of
persons within their respective Districts
Or Territories,
BY an act passed on The third of March
last, the time prescribed tor the Marshals
aud their assistants 10 perform the various
duties assigned 10 them BY the act Of 18th
March, 1890, was enlarged to The first
day of September OF the present year.
The eighth section o. the original act
for taking the Census authorized and re-
oured the Secretary of State 10 transmit,
10 the several Marshals of the several
Districts and Territories, regulations and
instructions pursuant to the act FOL carry
iuy the same into effect, aud 'slso, Of The
forms contained therein of the schedule TO
be returned aud such other forms as
might be necessary, IN carrying the act
into execution, and proper interr0gatories
10 be administered by the several persons
20 he employed in taking the enumeration
And 10 the tenth section of the act il
was made the duty OF the several Msrshals
aud their assistants, at the tine for taking
the CeDsus, to take, under the direction
of the Secretary OF State, and, according
toSuch instructions as he should give, AMI
such forms as he should pres ,ribe, an &C
count Of the several manufacturing estab
lisbments, and their manufactures, within
their several Districts, Territories and
Divisions; the assistants were required 10
make return Of the same to their respec-
tive Marshals, and the Marshals 10 trans
init the returns and abstracts thereof to the
Secretary OF State, at the same time with
the returns OF the enumeration.
have the honor Of communicating,
herewith, printed copies of the instruc-
tions, regulations, forms, and interrogaio-
rles, transmitted to the Marshals, IN exc
cution OF the eighth and tenth sections of
the act.
The returns of the enumeration have
not, even TO this day, been completely
made to the office OF this Department
Several of those which have been made,
have been received since the first OF Sep
TENDER, the day last limited ~ law tor
their reception. The District of kershaw,
in south Carolina, is the only ore from
which any further return is to be expect
ed, aud, by the letter of the Marshal of
that District, il is hoped that il will be
received by the commencement of the en-
suing year.
Fifteen hundred copies of all the returns
received. including those which have
come in since the first OF September, have
been printed by the printers Of Congress,
contornably to the intentions OF the act,
and are now at their disposal.
No provision is made, in the act tor
taking the Census, with regard to the re
turns OF the manufacturing establishments,
and their manufactures. They are a the
office of the Department, subject to such
order as Congress may think proper to
tsks concerning then.