The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-04-20
Laws Of Minnesota for 1855
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
q BILL
TO Provide Cor Taking tho Census of
the Population OI the Territory.

Be At enacted 5rtAe Legislative Assen,btv NJ tie
Territory Z, .,ittn.esoiq
Section I. That the shcrfs Of the several Counties
Of this Territory are hereby authorized and required
10 cause the number 81 the inhabitants OF their rezpcc-
tive count and the county counties thereunto
'ached for judicial purposes TO be taken, emitting in
th-r enumeration Indians, not citizens, and the Off
ccrs and soldiers Of the United States Army.
sec. :. { hat the sherifs aforesaid shall have pow
CT TO appoint many deputies assistants aid
them IN taking said census. they deem neces-
sary assigning TO each deputy assistant such di-
visiol OF his county the county counties there
unto attached tor Judicial purposes he may deem
proper said dstr ct to be accurately Defined either
by congressional township lines, water courses, pub
lie roads. OF other marks and bounds which can be
well understood.
Sec. 3. The sheriits, their deputies or assistants,
shall respectively take and subscribe IN oath or air-
nation before some judge Justice Of the peace
ident WITHIN their respective counties, previous to
termg upon the discharge OF the duties imposed by
this act. that they will well and truly cause to be
made Just and perfect enumeration OF all the persons
resident within the county or counties comprising
their district, or within their DIVISION as the case
may Ire, and true return thereof make in pursuance
OF tie provisions OF ths act according the best OF
their abilities.
Sec. i. Every dcpu:; to whom shall be assigned
any division or district, shall return the sheriff by
whom the said division was ASSIGNED, 4 lust and per-
form shall be prescribed, as hereinafter proyided,
which returns shall De made TO the sheriffs aforesaid,
at least ten days before the period fixed BY this act,
ior said sers to transmit their returns to the Sec
fetaIy Of tic Territory.
Sec. ). Livery sheriff, deputy assistant, failing
TO make returns a2rceably to tho provisions Of this
act who shall make false return of the cn.:era-
ton of his county district, shall forfeit and pay the
sum OF two bundled dollars, to be recovered in the
lame and Tor the of the Territory, before any
court OF competent jurisdiction.
Sec. 8. The said enumeration shall be made by an
actual inquiry of the head Of every family, their
respective counties Or districts. and shall commence
by the first day Of June, 1885, and said enumeration
, shall be completed aud closed within thirty days
thereafter, and said enumeration shall include only
those whose place OF residence shall be in said
ties districts AZ the lime Of making said enumera-
ton.
Sec. Z. Each assistant shall make out and deliver
10 The sheriff by whom he was appointed on or before
the fifteenth day Of August, 1855, true and accurate
copy, verified by the oath affirmation Of such
sstan, of the enumeration Of all persons within their
respective districts, Indians and pers belonging
the army excepted, which enumeration shall be set
forth in schedule, designating boundaries Of the
district and shall embrace the several families, by
the name Of the head thereof and the number of per-
rising each family, and the Of each
single person not embraced in any family.
Sec. s. The sheriff. Of the several organized
ties Of the Territory shall! before the fifteenth
day OF August, 1885, prepare duplicate copies of the
enumeration oil the inhabitants Of their respective
counties, ard the counties thereunto attached for it,
dical purposes, taken provided bv this act one OF
which copies shall be Immediately forwarded by mail
other sale conveyance. directed to the secre-
tary Of the Territory of Minnesota, at St. Paul, in
said Territory, and tho other copy shall be fled in
the office of the Register Of Deeds Of the proper coun-
ty, to be by him recorded in his Office and preserved
file. subject the inspection Of all persons concei-
ned.
Sec. Q. The yherifs of tho several counties shall
receive from their proper county compensation for
the duties herein required. two cents for each and
every person enumerated in all the counties, where
thc population exceeds three thousand In counties
with population OF two thousand and under three
thousand, three cents for each person enumerated
In counties containing population Of one thousand
and under two thousand, four cents for each person
enumerated; and in all counties with population not
exceeding thousand, five cents for each and eve
~ person enumerated in such county.
Sec. 10. The secretary of the Territory is hereby
authorized 20 be prepared and transmitted to
the Register OF Deeds of each county, or before
TIE first day Of April 1885, for the use of the several
shcrs Of tic organized counties of this Territory,
sufficient number Of blank forms, for the use of said
shcrhs and their assistants, in making the en,mera-
ton herein provided which form shall be substa1.
, talh as follows:
SeediG Of The enumeration Of tn inhabitants OF dis
trct of the county Of comprised within
the boundaries herein set forth.