Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-12-09

Government to raise from this establishment anu
.oVehue TO be applied to any other purposes The
OF the Post Master General, that the in
s ahce OF the safe transmission Of moneys by the
aaii might be assumed by the Department. for
nlouerate and competent remuneration will de-
serve II the consideration of Congress.
n ~ q, report from the commissioners of the publck
ui1ulngs IN this city exhibits the expenditures up
bn mem IN the course of the current year. 1t will
e seen that the humane and benevolent intentions
Goo ScoHgress, IN providing by the Act of Doth Nav
ior the erection ola Penitentary in this Dis.
60 nave been accomplished The authority of
u legislation is required for the removal
W ss tenement of the offenders against the laws
tb1 n; to atone by personal confinement for
sIelr crimes, and to provide code for their en-
PiT 1 and government while thus confined.
.ho X. commissioners appointed conformably to
te ACT OF I'd March, 1927 to provide for the adjust
ment OF claims of persons entitled to indemnifca-
on uhoer the first article of the treaty of Client
anu Tor the distribution among such claimants of the
gums PAID by the government of Great Britain un
IIa .ne convention of Nov. 10, 1926, closed their
on the 3Oth of Aug last, by awarding the
oiailiahts the sum of one million one hundred and
nIety-seVen thousand four hundred and TWENTY-FIVE
udrs ana eighteen cents, leaving balance of sew
eh thousand hive hundred and thirty-seven dollars
ana elghty-two cents, which was distributed ratea
ny amongst all the claimants to whom awards had
oe , mace according to the directions of the act
| - nc eXniolts appended to the reports from the
commissioners of the General Land Office, present
me actual condition of that common property of the
Onlon The amount paid into the Treasury from
the proceeds of the lands durinq the wear 1857 and
the hrst half 1923, falls little short Of two
" uoiiars The propriety of further extending the
II e lo[ the extnguishment of the debt due to the
i;: otates by the purchasers ofthe publck lands
nmted oy the Act of 2lst March last to the fourth
Vi July next, will claim the consideration of Com
gress TO whose vigilance and careful attention the
regulation, disposal and preservation of this GREAT
I Ia;oaa inheritance, has, by the People of the
ohiteu states, heen entrusted.
Among the important subjects to which the attep.
tlon OF the present Congress has already been nyt
eo, and which may occupy their farther and delibe
rate discussion, will be the provision to be made
Tor taking the fifth census or enumeration of the In
naDltants of the United States The constitu
ton of the United States REQUIRES that his enu
merauon should be made within every term of
zen years. and the date from which the last enumer-
atoh commenced was the first Monday of August of
tne year 1871. The laws under which the former
ehumeratons were taken, were enacted at the Ses-
sions OF Congress Immediately preceding the ope-
ration. But considerable inconvenience were ex-
perenced from the delay of legislation to so late
PERIOD That law, like those of the preceding emu
merations directed that the census should be taken
by the Marshals of the several Districts and Terri
torres, under instructions from the Secretary of
state The preparation and transmission to the
Hafshais OF those instructions required more time
than was then allowed between the passage of the
la" ana the day when the enumeration was to COM
| '"ShSS' HS IeTIu OI SIX months, limited Tor the
returns of the Marshals was also found even then,
100 short and must be more so now, when an add-
uonal population of at least three millions must be
presented upon the returns. As they are to be
mace at the short session Of Congress, it would as
wen as from other considerations be more conyen-
lent to commence the enumeration from an earlier
penod OF the year than the first of August. The
most favourable season would be the Spring. On
review OF the former enumerations it will be found
tnat the plan tor taking every has contained
nnfc ALoAz
last is still susceptible of much Improvement The
third census was the first at which any was
| taken OF the manufactures of the country. twas
repeated at the last enumeration but the returns in
Doth cases were necessarily very imperfect. They
must always be so, resting of course only on the
communications voluntarily made by individuals
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ments. Yet they contained much valuable infor-
nation, and may, by some supplementary provision
OF the law, be rendered more effective.
The columns of age, commencing from infancy
have hitherto been confined to few periods, all
under the number of 45 years. Important knowl-
edge would be obtained by extending those col
ums IN intervals of ten years, to the utmost bound
aries of human life The labour of taking them
would be tring addition to that already prescrib-
ed, and the result would exhibit comparative tables
Of longevity highly interesting to the country.
deem it my duty further to observe, that much of
the imperfections in the returns of the last and
perhaps of preceding enumerations proceeded from
the undergraduates of the compensation allowed to
the Marshals and their assistants in taking them
In closing this communication, it only remains
for me to assure the Legislature of my continued
I earnest wish for the adoption of measures recon-
mended by me heretofore, and yet to be acted on
| by them: and of the cordial concurrence on my
part in every constitutional provision which may
receive their sanction during the session, tending
to the general welfare.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
Washington Dec. 2, 1928.