The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-12-05
H.-OF ASSISTANTS, THEIR DUTIES
LIABILITIES, AND COMPENSATION.

SEC. 9. lind be it furtter enacted, That no
assistant shall be deemed qualified to enter upon
his duties until he has receiyed from the marshal
under his hand, such commission as Is provided
for In this act, and shall take and subscribe the
following oath or affirmation, which shall be there
on endorsed, to wit:
], an assistant to the marshal of
the district OF ,, do solemnly swear
Tor affirm, that will make true and exac, emu
meratcn of all the inhabitants within the district
assigned to me, and will also faithfully collect the
other statistics therein the manner provided for
in the act for taking the seventh census, and in
conformity with all lawful instructions which |
may received, and will ma e due and correct re-
turns thereof as required IN said act.
(Signed.) Which said oath or aIsimaiion, ma y be
administered by any Judge of court of record,
OF any justice of the peace empowered to admin
ister oaths, and copy thereof duly authenticated
shall be forwarded TO the marshal by such assis-
tant before he proceeds to the business of the ap
poiniment.
SEC. 10. .4ai5e ii further enacted, That each
assistant when duly quafad in manner aforesaid.
shall perform the service required of him bv per-
sonal visit TO each dwelling house, and TO each
family, in the subdivision assigned to him, and
shall ascertain, by in9uir es made Of some mem-
Der OF each family, if any one can be found ca
of the agent of suca 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 subjoned, and The instruc-
tohs of the Secretary of the Interior; and shall
also visit personally the farms mills, shops mines
and other places, respecting which information is
required as above specified, in bis district and
shall obtain all such information from the best and
most reliable Sources and when in either case the
information 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. II. find be it further enacted, That each
assistant shall within month after the time spe-
cited for the completion Of the enumeration, fur
nish the original census returns to the clerk Of the
county court Of their respective counties, and two
copies, duly compared and corrected, to the mar
shai Of the district He shall atiix his Signature
to each page of the schedules before he returns
them TO his marshal, and on the last page thereof,
shall state the whole number of pages in each re-
turn, and certify that they were well and truly
made according to the tenor Of his oath of office.
SEC. IL. find be ii further enacted, That ca ach
assistant shall be allowed compensation for his
services after the rate of two cents for each per
sons enumerated, and ten cents a mile for neces-
square root of the nu,uber of dwelling houses in
the division by the square root of ihe number of
square miles III each division. and the product shall
be taken as the number Of miles travelled for all
purposes in taking this census
SEC. l3. .fnd be Il further enacted, That IN
addition to the compensation allowed for the emu
meration Of the inhabitants, there shall be maid
for each farm fully returned, ten cents; for each
establishment of productive industry, fully taken
and returned, fifteen cents; for the social sta,is
tics, two per cent. upon the amount allowed for
the enumeration of population, and for each name
Of u deceased person returned, two cents Pro-
rided, hotrerer, That in making returns Of farms
aud establishments of productive industry, the in
siructions given by the Secretary of the Interior
must be strictly observed, and no allowance shall
be made for any return not authorized by such IN
structoms or for any returns not limited TO the V, ar
next preceding the first of June next
SEC. Ia. .4ad be At further eaccted, That any
assistant who, having accepted the appointment.
shall, without justiiiabe cause, neglect or refuse
to perform the duties enoined OF him by this act.
shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and upon con-.
viction, liable to forfeiture of FIVE hundred dol
lars; or it he shall wilfuiy make false oath. il
shall be deemed perjury; or if he shall wifaIIy
make false certificate, it shall be deemed mis-
demeanor, and il convicted or found guilty of
either of the last named Offences he shall fcrfei,
and pay not exceeding five thousand dollars, and
be imprisoned no. less than two years. And each
marshal shall be alike punishable for the two last
named offences when committed by him.
Sec. Is. .And be Hfurther enacted, That each
md every free person more than twenty year. OF
'se, belonging 10 any family residing in any snb-