Washington telegraph., 1850-06-26
VOL. 10.


l, an assistant to the marshal Of the
district of do sClemnly swear Tor afirm)
that will make true ana exact enumeration OF
all the inhabitants within the district assigned to
me, and will also faithfully collect the other sta i.
tistics therein, in the manner provided for in the
act for taking the seventh census, and in confor :
nifty with all lawful instructions which | may re-
ceive, and will make due and correct returns
thereof as required in SAID act.
(sSgned)
Which said oath, or affirmation, may be admin
ustered by any Judge OF Of -.o~rd, any
Justice of the peace empowered to administer
oaths and a copy thereof duly authenticated shall
be forwarded to the marshal by such assistant, be-
fore he proceeds to the business of the appoint
ment.
SEC. 10 And be it further enacted That each
assistant when qualified in manner aforesaid,
shall perform the service required of him by per-
sonaI visit to each dwelling house, and to each
family, in the subdivision assigned to him, and
shall ascertain, by inquiries made of some member
of each family, if any can be found capable OF
giving the in Information, but if not, then of the a
gent Of such family, the name Of each member
thereof the age and place of birth of each, and
all the other particulars specified in this act, the
tables thereto subioned, and the instructions Of
the Secretary of the Interior; and shall also visit
personally the farms, mills, shops, mines, and
other places respecting which information is re-
ouired as above specified, in his district, and shall
obtain all such inform alton from the best and most
reliable sources; and when in either case the in
formation is obtained and entered on the tables
as obtained, till the same IS complete, then such
memoranda shall be Immediately read to the per-
son or persons furnishing the facts to correct er-
rors and supply omissions, if any shall exist.
SEC H. And belt further enacted, That each
assistan, shall within month after the time
specified for the completion of the enumeration.
furnish the original census returns to the clerk OF
the county court of their respective counties, and
the two copies, duly compared and corrected, to
the marshal of the district. He shall affix his
sinature to each page of the schedules before he
returns them to the marshal, and on the last
page thereof shall state the whole number of
pages in each return, and certify that they were
well and truly made according to the tenor OF his
oath of office.
SEC. l2 And be it further enacted, That each
assist ant shall be allowed compensation for his
services after the rate of two cents for each per-
son enumerated, and ten cents mile for necesa-
ry travel to be ascertained by multiplying the
square root of the lumber of dwelling houses IN
the division b. the square root of the number Of
square miles in each division, and the product shall
be taken as the number of miles travelled, for all
purposes, in taking the census.
SEC I3 And be it further enacted, That in
addition to the compensation allowed for the emu
.neration Of the nh thitants, there shall he paid
for each farm fully returned ten cents; for each es-
tablishment of productive industry, fully taken
aud returned fifteen cents or the social statistics,
two per cent. upon the amount allowed for the
enume ration of population, and for each name OF
a deceased person returned, two cents: FrOuided,
bopeper, Thet in making returns, of farms and
es tab!ishments of productive industry, the nst-uc-
tions given by the Secretary OF the Interior
must be strictly Observed and no allowance shall
he made for any return not authorized by such
instruc tions, for any returns not limited to the
year next proceeding the first of June next
SEC a. And be it further enacted, That any
assistant who having accepted the appointment,
shall without iuStifiable cause neglect or refuse
70 perform the duties enjoned on him by this
act, shall be guilty of misdemeannr, and upon
conviction be liable to forfeiture OF tive hum
dred dollars: or if he shall wilfuIiy make false
oath, it shall be deemed perjury; or II he shall
wiifulIy make false certificate, 1t shall be deem
ed a mi sdemeanor, and if convicted or found gull
ty of either Of The last named Offences ne sha'i
forfeit and paw not exceeding five thousan nd
dollars and be imprisoned not less than two years
nd each marshal shall De alike punishable for
the two last named offences when committed by
HIM.
SEQ Is And be it further enacted, That each
and every free person more than twenty years oil
age, belonging to any family residing in any sub
division, and in case of the absence of the heads
and other members OF any such family shall be,
and each of them hereby is required, IT thereto
request ed By the marshal or his assistant, TO 1en-
der a true account to the best of his or her knowl-
edge, of every person belonging to such family,
in the various particulars required in and by this
act and the tables thereto subjoined, on parL oi
forfeting thirty dollars to be sued for and recov-
cred in an action of debt by the assistant, to the
use of the United States
SEC. l6. And be it further enacted, That all
fines and penalties herein provided for may be
enforced in the courts Of the United SIates with
m the states or Territories where such offence
shall have been committed, or forfeiture incurred
SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the
r,arshals and their assistants are hereby author
lied to transmit through the postofce amy papers
or documents relating 10 the census, by writing
the reon ''Official business census, and subscri-
b;ng he same with the addition to his name o.
marshal. or assistant, as the case may be: but
this privilege shall extend to nothing but docu-
ments and papers relating to the census. winch
shall pass free; and the sum OF twelve thousand
dollars is hereby appropriated out oil any money
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for
the nurpose of covering the expense of transmit
ting the blanks and other matter through the
mail. TO be paid to the Post-office Department.
SEC. IS And be it further enacted, That If IN
any of the Territories or places where the Popl-
lation is sparse, the officers of the army or any
persons thereto belonging, can b. nseinily EN-
pIoved in taking the census. the Secretary o' a'
is hereby directed to afford such aid. 1t can Dc
given without prejudice to the public service.
SEC l9. And be it further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Interior is hereby required to
carry into effect the pro, sions of this act ana to
proyide blanks and distribute the same among the
marshals, so that the enumeration may commence
Oh the first day of June next, and be taken WIN
reference to that day in each and every ostnc'
and sub division of DISTRICTS to draw up and disrI'
bute At the same tire printed Instructions detin-
inq and explaining the duties of such as collect the
statistics, and the limits by WHICH such dplies are
circumscribed, in clear aud Inlellghle manner;
to see also that all due diligence is employed oy
the marshas and assistants to make return o.
their respective doings, completed at the tunes
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