The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-12-05

hereby is required, if thereto requested by rh
marshal orhIs assistant, TO render true accoun
to the best Of bis her knowledge, Of every per
son belonging 10 such family, in the various ptr
ticulars required in and by this net and the IA
bies thereto subloined on pain Of forfcitng thyt,
dollars, to be sued for and recovered in an acton
of debt by the assistant to the use of the Unitet
States.
SEC, l6. 4ad be IL }ufthsr eaactei, That al
fines and penalties herein provided for, may bs
enforced IN the courts Of the United States within
the States or Territories where such offence slHl!
have been committed. or forfeiture incurred. ]
SEC. II. .dad be IL further enocted, That eht
marshals and their assistants aie hereby author
ized TO transmit through the post office, any pa
pers or documents relating to the census, by writ
ing thereon ''Ofiicial business, census" aud Sob
scribins the same with the addition 10 his Of
marshal, or assistant the may be but this
privilege shall extend to nothing but documents
and papers relating TO the census. which, shall
pass free; and the sum Of twelve thoaaamt dol
lars Is hereby appropriated out Of any Mooney. in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
purpose of covering the expense Of transmitting
the blanks and other matter through the mail TO
be paid 10 the Post Office Department.
| SEC. Is. lind be 1t further enacted That if
III any OF the Territories places where the pip
ulation ia sparse the officers Of the army OF any
ed III taking the census, the Secretary of War is
hereby directed 10 afford snch aid if il be CIV
en- without prejudice to the public service.
Sec. 10. .1ad be ii further enacted, That the
Secretary Of the Interior is hereby required 10
carry into effect the provisions Of this act and 10
provide blanks and distribute the same among the
marshals, 50 that the enumeration may commence
on the first day of June next, and be taken with
reference TO that day in each and every district
and subdivision Of districts; 10 draw up and dis
tribute at the same time printed Instructions, de-
hning and explaining the duties of such as colec,
the statistics, and The limits by which such duties
are circumscribed, in clear and integble M. n
ner; to see also that all due diligence is employed
by the marshals and assistants TO make return Of
their respective dongs completed, at the times
herein prescrbed and further, as the returns tire
so made, to cause the 10 be classified and
arranged in the best and most convenient manner
for use, and lay the same before Congress at ne
next session thereof. And to enable him the bet
ter 10 discharge these duties he is hereby author
ized and required 10 appoint suitable and com
Petent person as experimenting clerk, who shall,
under his direction have the general mana cement
al matters appertanng thereto, with the privilege
of tranking and receiving free of charge all otii-
ca' documents and letters connected therewish:
and the said Secretary shall also appoint such
clerks and other officers may be necessary from
time to time for the efficient management Of said
service And the compensation to be allowed
and paid to the officers connected with the Census
office, shall be as follows: For the superlntend-
ing clerk, two thousand FIVE hundred dollars per
annum IN full for his services and for other as
slstants and clerks the compensation usually ps I'd
for similar services, to be fixed and allowed ,y Che
Secretary of the Interior. Prorided, That mo
salary to subordinate clerk under this section.
shall exceed the sum of one thousand dollars per
annnn. The blanks aud prepa tory printing for
taking the census shall be prepared and executed
under the direction Of the Census Board; the
other printing hereafter 10 be executed as Con- !
gress shall direct
SEC. 20. find Be it further enacted, That for
the purpose Of carrying into effect this act, and
detraying the preliminary expenses, there is here
by appropriated out Of any money in the Treas
ury not otherwise appropriated, one hundred and
tifty thousand dollars; out of which the said Sec
retary of the Interior may allow to the person
employed as Secretary of the Census Board,
compensation after the rate of three thousand dol
lars per annam during the period he has beer, in
their employ.
Sec. 2l. lind be IL further enacted Taal
whenever marshal shall certify that an assistant
has completed to his satisfaction and made return
of the subdivision con6ded to him, and shall also
certify the amount of compensation to which, un-
der the provisions of this act such assistant is en-
titled, designating how much for each kind of ser
vice, the Secretary of the Interior shall thereuron
eause one half of the sum SO due to be paid TO
such assistant. and when the returns have been
carefully examined for classification. if fonnd ex-
ecuted IN manner satisfactory, then he shall also
cause the other half to be paid. And he shall
make payments In the manner and upon like CON !
dfions to the several marshas for their services
SEC. %. and be 1t further enacted, That the
tables hereto annexed, and made part of this act,
are numbered from to six, inclusive
SEC. %. ind be Il further enacted, That if
no other law be passed providing for the taking Of
the eighth, or any subsequent of the Ulit-
ed States, before the first day of January Of
any year, when, by the Consultation of the United !
States, any future enumeration of the nhabite ats
thereof ~ required to be taken, such census stall
IN all things, be taken and completed according
10 the provisions Of this act
SEC. "A. And be ii further enacted, That from /
and after the third day Of March, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty y-three, the House of Rep-
resen,atyes shall be composed of two hundred
and thirty three members, to be appor,ioned
among the several States in the manner directed !
in the next section of this act.
SEC. IS. Ind be IL further enacted, Tha, so
soon as the next and each subsequent enunsera-
ton of the inhabitants of the several States d.
rected by The Constitution of the United States 10
be taken, shall be completed and returned to the /
office Of the Department of the Interior, il shall
be the duty OF the Secretary of the Interior to as
certain the aggregate representative population of
the United States, by adding to the whole mum
Der of free persons in all the States, including
those bound 10 service for term Of years and /
excluding Indians not taxed, three-ffihs of all
other persons; which aggregate population, he
shall divide by the number two hundred and ihir- !
ty-three, and the product Of such division, reject
ing any fraction Of an unit, if any such happen to
remain, shall be the ratio or rule of apportion-
ment OF representatives among the several States !
under such enumeration; and the said Secretary
of the Department of the Interior shall then pro-
ceed, IN the same manner to ascertain the repre
sentative population Of each State, and to divide
the whole number Of the representative popula-
ton OF each State, by the ratio already determin.
ed by him, as above directed; aud the product of
this last division shall be Tue number of represen
la'ises apporiioned to such State under the then
last enumeration; Pforiied, That the loss IN the
number OF members caused by the fractions re-
naming IN the several States, on the division Of
The population thereof, shall be compensated for
BY assigning to so many Siatos having the latges,
fractions, one additional member each for is srac-
ion as may be necessary TO make the whole num-
Der OF representatives. two hundred and thirty
hree, Ind Drorided n!so That if .ftsy Tho a.