Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-12-30

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which has generally hsd asosnnisl snn-
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have BEN returned hovotol0ss.
The bill provides that N oasns shall
b. estsblishsd in tho Interior department.
10 b. dsnomiastsd the Census olIlos, With
general superintendent. 70 supsrintsnd
ths taking Of tho ninth, census Of tho
United States. This ofiiasr IL " b. sp-
pointed BY ths President within tsn days
after tbs passage II the bill. who shsll
hold tho ONCE for three years and no
longer. and whose annual salary shah bs
Ave thousand dollars. The officers Of tho
department. arr " consist III chief clerk
md such number " ol.rks ma the duties Of
this office shall from time 10 time require,
To bn paid tho same rates ~ arc now al
lowed for similar services Ia the Depart
nent Of tho Interior.
Within thirty day. aflef tho appoint
m.nt 81 tbs general superintendent, .
district superintendent for each con-
grss.ienal district shall b. appointed, who
shall be resident Of tho district. whose
duty II shall be- to cause all tho inbabit-
ants 10 be- enumerated, and obtain the sta
tistieal information required in his dis
trict. For services tho district superin-
teadsnt Is to receive reasonable compen-
sation not to exceed four dollars per day,
aud i. 10 hs furni-bcd with clerks whom
yver in the Judgment Of the Secretary Of
the Interior the necessities of the service
shall require it. Tn, district superintena-
ent is To divide his district into as many
subdivisions, to he known as enumeration
districts. Ms may b. necessary to carry
out the requirements of the law. The
enumeration in each district is to be COM
pleted within one month after the date
fixed for taking the census. One emu
merator is to be employed for each sub
district. These districts are in no case to
include parts Of two counties, wards or
towns. No person is to be employed as
an snumerator who holds any Office under
the government of the United States, nor
during actual employment as such, shall
engage in any business as travelling agent,
nor shall he collect any other statistics
than those required by law.
During the twenty days preceding the
day fixed for taking the census, the
enumerator shall deliver to the head of
saoh family in his, sub-division family
or household schedule, to each occupier of
farm, to each owner, proprietor or man
ager Of a manufacturing, mechanical or
mining establishment, each store or trad
ing establishment, schedule for their
several occupations that they may COR
rectly fill the blanks before the expiration
of the twenty days. Within the follow
ing month the snumsrator Il to collect
these schedules and verify them from ac-
tive inquiry and examination, and If the
schedule is lost or mislaid, he is to gain
such information by inquiries required by
law. The enumerator is forbiaden to dis
close any information which he may
obtain to any person except his superior
officer. No information so received shall
be used AS evidence in any court for
or against any person furnishing the same
to any enumerator. except in certain speci-
fed cases.
A disclose of any information without
the authority Of the superintendent is
made misdemeanor which shall be pun
i.hable by fine not exceeding five hum
dred dollars. Ifany district superintend-
emit shaii receive fee for the appoint
msnt of subordinates he shall be punished
by fine not less than five hundred dol
lars nor more than three thousand dollars.
Any person more than twenty years OF
age, who vii fully failsor refuses to render
. true account to the best Of his or her
belief of every person belonging to such
family in the various particulars required
by the schedule, shall pay a fine not ex-
eesling one hundred dollars; any person
oc member Of n firm who shall fail or re-
fuse to complete true answer to be fined
Que hundred dollars; every president, Sec
rotary, treasurer, general agent or manag-
ing director Of uny corporation who shall
refuse or neglect to give true and CON-
plste answers to any inquiries authorized
by law, shall forfeit or pay sum not less
than five hundred nor more than ten
thousand dollars.
The district superintendent and emu.
nsrAtors ars to have the franking priv.
isge to send documents relating to ofhcial
business The district superintendent il
to receive eight dollars per day for sixty
d.ys, snd Zach enumerator four dollars
per day for the time employed, and in nc
oa~e hey ond sixty days. The census Is to
be taken us Of the first day Of June, 1870
aud completed ON or before the first dsy
Of July.
The general superintendent shall sub
malt 10 Congress mt the December session
1870, . preliminary report embracing The
statistics Of the population Of the United
States by States or Territories and coun.
ties sufficiently foil for the equalization
OF representation Of the several States In
Congrers. Within three years from the
date VI his appointment hs Is to prepare
= carefully digestsd report embracing full