Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-10-04
AN ACT to provide for taking the Census.

AN ACT to provide for taking the Census
Sec. 1. Be IL enacted by the Senat,
and House Of Representatives. Of the Stat
of Michigan, That the collectors chosen il
the several townships, at the next township
meeting. shall be required to 60 TO eact
house in their townships and take an emu
.meration of all the inhabitants, excepting
Indians not taxed, residing therein, on the
second Monday of October, one thousand
eight hundred and thirty seven. The sale
enumeration sail be taken between the sec
ond Monday of October and the first Mon
day of November next.
Sec. 2. The names of all males over
the age Of twenty -one years shall be enter
ed on the list the list shall also distinguish
the number of males and females, the num-
Der of deaf and dumb persons, those under
= ten years of age, those OF ten and under
twenty-one those of twenty.on and under
forty five; and the number Of colored per-
sons also Of all grist and saw mills, all car
ding, machines and cloth dressing shops,
glass manufactures, paper mills, distilleres
and merchants.
Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty ofthe town.
ship collector in each township, on or be-
fore the fifteenth day of November next, to
embody said lists so as TO show the aggre-
gate number ofeach class, and to forward
the same 70 the clerks Office Of the county,
md also township clerks in such counties
us arc attached lorjudical purposes to other
counties, shall be conveyed by the time a
, fore said to the clerks office in the county
TO which they are SO attached.
Sec. A. 1t shall be the duty Of the coun.
ty clerks, on the first Monday of Decem-
Der next, to consolidate the returns from
the several townships, and make duplicate
copies of them, one of which they shall
seal and send by mail to the secretary Of
state and the other he shall file in his OF.
flee.
Sec. 5. The Secretary of State shall
be required to procure and send forthwith
of the several County Clerks. such number
of blank lists as IN his opinion will be equal
to four times the number of townships in
each county, for the use of the collectors.
Sec. 6. ANY collector or county clerk
failing to perform the duties prescribed by
this act shall forfeit the sum OF fifty dollars,
to be recovered by action of debt in the
name ofthe people of the State of Michigan,
for the use of the county where such failure
shall occur.
Sec. z. 1t shall be the duty of the pros.
cutting attorney in each county to prosecute
for all liabilities under this act.
Sec. 8. The township collector shall be
allowed ten cents per mile for transmitting
the lists to the county clcrks's office. which
shall be audited and paid by the board Of
supervisors, from the county treasury, and
shall receive at the rate OF one dollar for
every one hundred persons returned. and
such further sums as they may deem just {:
Provided, it shall not exceed one dollar for
every one hundred names when the list
shallcontain two thousand names taken from
one place or city.
Sec. 8. Before any collector shall be
entitled to receive any compensation for
his services, he shall take the following
oath, to wit do solemnly swear or affirm
that the number of persons set forth in the
returns made by me have been ascertained
by actual inquiry at the dwelling house or
personal inquiry of the head OF every fam-
ly, and that the return is correct and true
according to the best of my knowledge and
belief"
Approved March 81, 1887.
A true copy KNITTING PnITcuETTE.
Secretary Of State.