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

SEC. l. Be ii enacted By the Senate and
House Of Representatives. Of tie United STATES
Of .7merica an Congress assembled, That the
mlrshals Of the several districts of the United
States, including the District of Columbia and the
Territories, are hereby required respectively to
cause all the inhabitants 50 enumerated, and TO
collect all the other statistical information within
their respective districts in the manner provided
for in this act, and specified in the instructions
which shall be given by the Secretary of the In
terror, and in the tables annexed, and to return
the same 10 the said Secretary, on or before the
first day OF November next ensuing, omtting from
the enumeration of the inhabitants Indians not
taxed; also, at the discretion Of said Secretary,
any part or all the statistics Of the Territories
cePt those Of population: Prorided hoverer, And
u The time assigned for making the returns shall
prove inadequate for the Territories the said Sec
reiary may extend the same: Proridci further.
II there be amy district or Territory of ,ho United
States III which there is no marshal of the United
States. the President shall appoint some suitable
person TO discharge the duties assigned BY this act
to marshals.
SEC. 2. .aad be it further enacted, That each
of said marshaIs shall, before entering upon his
duties take and subscribe the following oath or af-
hrmaiIon, before any circuit or district Judge of
the tniied States or before any judge of any State
court, TO wit;
Il, marshal of the district of
do solemnly swear (or aifrm) that
viii to the best Of my ability, enutBorate, or cause
to be enumerated, all the inhabitants Of said dis
,rict, and will collect, or cause to be collected, the
other statistical information within the same and
will faithfully perform all the duties enjoined on
me by the act providing for the ia ing of the sew
enih census. And when duly authenticated bv
the said Judge, he shall deposite copy thereof.
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Interior, and no marshal shall discharge any Of sAe
scribed this oath, and forwarded copy as afore-
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SEC. 3. -fi,d be ii further enacted, That each
marshal shall separate his district into subdivis-
visions containing not exceeding twenty thousand
persons IN each, unless the limitation to that mum
ber causes inconvenient boundaries, in which case
the number may be larger and shall also estimate
from the best sources of iniormatinn which he ia
able to obtain. the number of square miles in
each subdivision und transmit the same TO the
Department of the Interior. Proriaed. ho,cerer.
That in bounding such subdivision the limits
thereof shall be known civil divisions, such as
county, hundred, parish. township, town, city.
ward or district lines highways OF natural boun-
daries, snch as rivers, lakes, sc.
SEC. 4. lind be 1t further enacted, That each
marshal shall appoint assistant for each subdi-
sion. WHO is resident therein, 10 whom he shall
give commission under his hand authorizing him
TO perform the duties herein assigned TO assistants,
which commission shall set forth the boundaries
OF the Subdivision, OF which appointment so made
and the boundaries so specified, the marshal shall
kssp true and faithful record.
SEC. 5. Ind be IL further enacted, That each
n'asshai shall scasonabi, supply each assistant,