Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-12-25

teritorie<, he shpul direct the printers Congress
10 PRINT lot the use OF t'c Congress- fifteen hundred
copies thereof"
BY the third section az the same act the Alarsl,as
respectively, were required under IA certain penalty,
Q" or before the first day OF April of the present year,
to transmit TO the Secretary of State the aggregate
amount oi each description oi persons within their
respective Districts or Territories.
By an act passed on the third OF March last, the
time prescribed for the Ma, slas and their assistants
To perform the various duties assigned them by the
act al ltth March, 1920, enlarged To the LIST DAY
Of September Of the present year.
The eighth section Of the urpical act for taking the
Census authorized and required the Secretary OF
Stale to ransm TO the several Nlaisals of the
raj Districts aud Territories regulations and iustruc-
lions pun suant TO the act for carrying the into
elect, and also, OF the forms contained therein of the
schedule to he returned, and such other forms, us
might he necessary, in carrying the into exccu.
ton, and proper intcrrogaories To be administered by
nieraiion.
And IN the tcnth section Of the act il was made
the duty Of the several Marsal and ,icr assistants
at the time Tor taking the Census, take, under the
direction oi the Secretary of State, and, according
to such instructions as lie should give and such forms
ms he should prescribe, account OF the several
manufacturing establishments, and their manuf,c-
lures, within their several Districts Territories and
Divisions the assistants were u,ed to make re-
turn oil the same TO their respective Marslals, and
tue Marsh's to transmit the returns and abstracts
thereof to the Secretary of State Al the same time
with the returns Of the enumeration
| ] have the honor of communicating, herewith
printed copies Of the instructions, regulations, forms
ami 'n'eriogatories, transmitted the Narshals in
execution OF the eight, and tenth sections o the act
lie returns oi the enumeration have not, even to
tins day, been completely male the Office Of this
Department. Several of those which have been
made, have been received since the first Of Septenl
ner, the day last limited 10y law for their reception
The District Of kcrshaw, in South Carolina is the
only one from, which any further return is to lie ex-
peced, and, by tue letter Of the Marshal of that Dis
ric, II is hoped that il will be received lv the COM
| Ha.tr
fh,ecn hundred copies of all the returns received,
including those which have come in since the irs1 OF
Sep'embcr, have i,een printed by the printers of
Congress, coniormably To the intentions of the act,
| aud are now their disposal:
=. NO provision is made, in the act for taking the
census, with regard TO the of the mnufac-
are AT the Office Of the Department. subject to such
| Ing them.
| The returns which have been received since ,h,
hrsto September have been from the Marsals of the
| eastern district of Virginia, of Georgia of Alabama
nnd OF Mississippi. The last returns from Ala.
i mama was received since the meeting of Com
gtess, not directly from the Marshal, hut from the
| Executive Department of the State. a COPY of the
letter received with it, and also of that received from,
the Marshall with the general return, is herewith,
uansm',.e As here is, by the original Census act
penalty annexed 10 the failure y the Marshas oi
transmitting the returns within the time prescribed il
proper I" be remarked that this failure does not in
any instance appear To have resulted from rcmssncss
duty lhe reasons assigned by them all for the de.
lay Attending these returns have been the same
l h'me'y, that The compensation allowed hy the law
was esteemed inadequate for the services
that II has been found impossible to Obtain copne,en
assistants TO undertake. them. With rcgar, TO I'll,
eastern district of Virginia. and the district of Ala,
"ia, u Is iuf'he' to he observed, that ncidcn
liai obstacles and delays 10 the completion OF th,
returns resulted from the decese Of their respect,,
Harsials, aud the lapse Of lime before the possb,
aprohn"e'" OF heir SUCCESSORS, while the taking O
I'M
oinners, who have all manifested due earnestncs
'nthe eAertion OF all their abilities To complete lhe
reiuins IN season, WILL il is hoped, justify the s,sges
ton OF provision by Congress TO shield Them from
the nussible effect Of penally for deficiencies wb;cI
appear to have arisen FROM beyond their con
troll
have the honor to he, with great rcsuect sir
your very humble and ol'eGcnt servani,
| ,,..,.. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
par. VH,dmS, OF Tennessee presented a me.
mortal of the Legislature of Tennessee, pray
ing that compensation may he made to those
who lost horses, &c. in the campaign agains,
the Seminole Indians which was read anG
referred.
Mr.. Holmes, of Maine, submitted the fallow
ing resolution for consideration
lesorea, That the Seer etary of the Treasury he d
rcctcd TO communicate To the SENATE the names AN.
compensation of the Deputies and Clerks who are o,
have been employed by any officer Of the Custom.
since the year 1916.
| Mr.. Noble laid on the table the fo,low;no
resolution:
hesofted, That the committee on the Public Lands
ne instructed 10 enquire into the expedency of amend
Ing the ACT, entitled An Act for the relief of the
purchasers OF Public Lands prior to the LIST day OF
july, 1920, so TO enable such of the purchaser.
who have not taken the benefit of said act 10 avail
themselves OF the provisions of the said ct until The
tllruetli day OF September, 1922
MIR. Thomas communicated to the Senate
sundry resolutions adopted by the Legislature
of the State OF Illinois, in regard to the amend
ments proposed by the State of PENNSYLVANIA
TO the Constitution of the United Suites
which resolutions declare the concurrence of
1 limos IN that amendment which PROPOSES
That Congress shall make no law to authorize
any bank, or other moneyed institution, except
| III the District of Columbia, and that every
bank so authorized, and its branches. shall he
confined to the District Of Columbia also.
the concurrence of the State in the amend
ment which proposes to establish an uniform
mode of elcctiDg Electors of the President and
Vice President of the United States and Re-
representatives. in Congress also, the disagree
nent OF Illinois to that amendment which pro-
poses that 40 law varying the compensation of
The Members of Congress shall take effect du-
ring the time for which the Congress that shalt
pass such a law shall have been elected.
Mr.. King, of New York, laid on the table n
motion proposing the following amendment of
the Rules of the Senate:
Ordered, That, until otherwise ordered, all
committees be hereafter appointed by the Pre-
sident of the Scnatc.n
The Senate took UP the resolution offered
on Tuesday by Mr. Williams, of Tennessee,
calling on the Secretary of War for certain in
formation relative to the subsistence of the
army.
On motion, the following clause was added
to the resolution:
" stating the rank Of the officers, their number.
ana me number oi soldiers, in actual service for each
gear, together with The amount of their nav and col