Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-04-09
LAWS OF Tr!E STATrs
PASSED All THE FIRST SESSION or gnu,
TwENTY-FIRsT CONGRESS.
PUBLIc No. 10

raoSIp Az TIE FIRST SESSION OF THE
TwENTY-E CONGRESS.
PrELIc No. I0.]
AN ACT, 10 provide for taking the r(,h C.ps,s
or cnu'mer,tion OF thu lnhaOitau,s Of IN, i.ri.
ted States.
lie 1t enacted by the Ssna;e owd yIovs,
u iitprcScntGttooS ~ tie limited States of
America az Congress USSem6icti. Thai th,.
Marshai's OF the several districts of In, limited
States, and OF uJe district OF Columbin am, a,
Inc territories OF Nh chigun, Arkansas and nj
Florida, respectively, shall be, and are h,,r,bv
required, unuer uic direction of the Secretary oi'
Tie Department: Of State, aud accoilinr Il, sucI,
INSTRUCTIONS Us Inc shall give, pursuant To- this nci
IL cause the naihbcr OF the inhabitants within
Their respective Districts and Territories (o,u,l-
uns III such cnu'ncratiou, Indians not taxed. y
To bc taken, according To the directions I'll ti,.s
act 4 lac said enuIDvraliou shall Distinguish tb,
sexes vi ali Tree white mules ieu,aies icsuec-
lively, under live years OF age those OF live and
under ten years vi age (; those of ten years and
unuei iiieon those VI iiitccn aud under twenty;
those oi twenty and under thirty; those OF thir-
" lnu under furly; those Ut forty ANA under III
y those oi Atty and under sixty those OF sixty
ANA under seventy: those OF seventy aud under
eighty those oil eighty and under ninety those
oi nis'oty and under one hundred li,osc al one
hundred and upwards and shal! Iurt.Icr ulsiili-
guiSh the n"!nper OF those Tree White persons IN
c.udcu IN SUCH enumeration, who aie deal AND
dumb, under the age OF fourteen years ana those
OF the age at fourteen years and under twenty
five, anu vi the age vi Nv enty hive years, and up
wards ana small iuI tner us IN FISH tile nunibu r
OF those Tree white persons Iiciuded lii such emu
mcration, VINO are bnnd Inc sand enumeration
small distinguish the sexes oil all Tree coiured per
sons, and oI all other coiuIed persons bound TO
service tor iiV, or tor term Oh years and the
ages vi such Tree and other coloreI persons res
pccuvely, vi each sex, under ten years OF age :
ihose I" ton aud under twenty Jour those ui
twenty four and under tmrty-slx; those ut thir-
ty'six and under fity five those vi ktly-tve and
under one hundred; and those OF ole hundred
and upwards aud shall iurtner distinguish the
number o. those Tree culored and other colored
PERSONS, including III the foregoing, Sho are deaf
ana DUMP, without regard 10 age, and those who
arc bind. For cliect.n9 when, the Marsha IS
aior, said snail have power, ana hereby re-.
quiEed, 10 appoint one or more assistants IN each
eiIy aud county In sheir respective district. and
territories, residents Oh such city or county tor
which they small be appointed, and shall assun
'o each OF the SAID assistants u certain division
oi territory, Which division shall not Consist IN
any case, vi more than one cuunty, but may IN.
clude one or more towns, townships, wards, nun
dreds, precincts, or parishes and snail he paiu-
~ and distinctly bounded the sad enumeration
snail he made ~ All actual inquiry by such Mar
shalls or assistants, ~ every dwelling house, or
by personal inquiry vi the mead OF every family
Inc MriSEsis ana their Assistants shall, rcsuec-
lively, before catering on tnc performance OF
Their duty under t.i.s act, take and subscribe an
oath or aiilrinIlio, before some Judge Justice
ut the Peace, Resident Glthu tiisIf Iesuecliye
DISTRICT" Or torr'torias, tor the faithful pcriur-
Nance oil their duties. The oath ur uiiir naton
o! the Marshal snaii be as tolluws-. |, A. Is =,
Marshal ot lie district Cor Territory OF
do soY'nnly swear, Cor aIiIrln) that
Will truly and ialtEully cause 10 be made, a full
aid perfect enumeration and description of ali
pcIscIiS resident within nIy District, or Terrific
~ and return the same TO the Secretary of
State, agrecaO!y Ia The directions OF an act of
Congress, entitled An act 10 proyiGe to1 takinu
the NTH Census or ne.ucratiun vi the inhubil.
ants oil the United Statos, according TO tic best
oil my ability. The oath affirmation of an
assistant shall lac as follows" 1, a. B, appoint
ed an assistant 10 the Marshal Of the District
Cor Territory OF do soemnly swear
Cor aiirm) that vii! make just, faithful, and
perfect cnumeraiiOn and description OF all per-
sons, resident within The division assigned To ne
Tor that purpose, by the Marshal OF tue District
Cor Territory Of and make due return
thereof 10 the said Marshal, agreeabiy to the di-
rccll"ns OF an act oil Congress, entitled An act
TO provide Tor taking The fifth Census or emu
ncratIon Of the inhabitants 9th United States;
according 10 the best at my ability, and that
VIII lake The said enumeration and descriptions
by actual inquiry ut every dwelling house with
IN sad DIVISION, CT personal inquiry OF The head
OF every family, and not otherwise The emu.
mera,ioD shall commence on the first day in June
In the year one thousand eight hundred and thr-
~, and shall be completed and closed in six cal
ender months thereafter the several assistants
shall, within the said six months, and or be-
fore the first day of December, one Thousand
elght hundred and thirty, deliver To the MaTshals
by whom they shall be appointed, respectively,
two copies OF The accurate returns of all persons
except Indians not taxed, to be enumerated as
aforesaid, within their respective divisions
which returns shall he made in a schedule the
form OF which Is annexed to this act, and which
snail distinguish, III each county, city, town.
township, ward, precinct, hundred district or
PARISH according to the civil divisions OF the
States or Territories, respectively, the several
families, by the name OF their u,aster, mistress
stewaid, overseer, or other principal persons
therein.
SEC 2 find be HJurthcr enacted, That eve.
ry assistant falling or neglcctiDg TO make pro-
per return, or making false return, of ilie emu
meratloD, TO the MARSHAL within The time limit
cd by this act shall forfeit the sun of two hun.
dred dollars recoverable in the manner pointed
out In the next section of this act.
SEC. 3. 4nd Lc it further enactcd. That the
harshals shall file copy OF each of the sever
al returns oioresaId, and, aiso an at'cstod copy
OF the aggregate amount hereafter directed TO |
he transmitted by them respectively, To the Sec.
rotary OF State, with the clerks of their rcspgc-
WV L'''iN' w superior CouIts, as the case may
be, who are hereby directed to receive, and care
trlIy to preserve, the same and the Marsbas,
respectively, shall, before the first d,v of |
February, In the year one thousand eirht hun. |
dred and tbrty-one, transmit to the Secretary or
State, one copy Of the several returns receI, cd
from each assistant, and, also, the aggregate
amount OF each description of persons within
their respective districts or territories and eve.
ry Marshal failing TO file tho returns of his ossis
tants, or The returns ofany ofthorn with tho lcrk
of the respective Courts, aforesaid or falling h
return one copy Of the several returns rece;yod
from each asslstant,& also,the aggregate amnnn, |
of each description Of persons in Their resnoc,;m
Districts or Territories, as required by The nct
and as the same shall appear from said returns