Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-05-08

AN ACT
To Provide Taking the Census Of the Population
Of the Territory.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Ass.nby of the Territory

Of the Territory.
Be enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory
l. That the shers counties this
Territory hereby authorized and required to the
their respective counties and the cou
taken, emitting Indans not citizens and
the officers and soldiers of the United States Army
aforesaid shall to
point deputies assistants aid them in taking said
or assistant such division Of his county or the county
thereuno attached for judicial he may deem
township nes public roads, other marks and
bounds which can be well understood
SEC. The shers, their deputies assistants, shall re-
specvey subscribe oath affirmation before some
Countless previous to entering upon the discharge
imposed by this act that they will well and truly cause to be
within the county comprising their dsct within
their dvision the be and true return thereof
make, of the provisions Of this act, according to
the best of their Abilities
district, shall the sheriff by whom the said division
assigned just and perfect enumeration of the inhabitants
vded shall aforesaid
least ten days before the period this act for said shes
the Secretary the Territory.
Sec Every sheriff. deputy or assistant, falling to make
make false return Of the of his county or dis
ict shall forfeit and pay the sum Of two hundred dollars
be the name and for the Of the Territory
court of competent Jurisdiction.
Sec The said shall be made by actual In
family, counties
districts, and shall by the first day of June
days thereafter and only
whose place shall be in said counties districts At
the time Of making said enumeration.
Sec Each assistant shall make out and deliver to the
appointed before fifteenth
1885, and copy, verified by the oath
such assistant, the Of all
DISTRICTS Indians belong
excepted which enumeration shall be set forth
schedule designating boundaries of the district, and shall
several families, by the Of the head thereof
and the number compcg each family and the
each single person not embraced in family.
shers the organized counties Of the
Territory SHALL before the fifteenth day August, 1860,
prepare duplicate copies the Of the
their respective counties, and the counties therenntO at
judicial purposes, taken ded by this
which shall be Immediately forwarded by mail
Secretary tho Territory
Minnesota St. Paul. in said Territory, and the other
shall filed the Office of the Register Of Deeds Of the
county, him recorded his Oce and
file, subject to the inspection Of all persons concerned.
sheri the counties shall receive from
their for the duties herein
qu cents for each and in all
where population exceeds three thousand
with population of two thousand and under three
cents for each enumerated In counties
catae population thousand and under thousand,
four cents enumerated and in all counties with
population not cocdEg tousand five cents each and
every person c,,urnel.',S in such county,
SEC Screta &c the Territory hereby authorized
lned to the Register Deeds
county, day of April 1883, for the
urGalized counties Of this Ter
rtory of blank forms, for the use OF said
sern their IN making the enumeration as mere
provided, which shall be substantially as follows:
Schedule Inhabitants district Of
the county OF comprised within the boundaries
ain Sf Ftl