The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-04-13
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Acts Passed by the State Legislature.

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+ Whereas, by the fourth Section Of Il.
second Article of the Constitution of thi
State. as ratified on the fourteenth, fifteent
and sixteenth days Of April, "A. D. 1868,
IS provided that for the purpose of an az
portionment of the representation of til
several Counties of the State, an enumera
tion of the Inhabitants shall be made i
1869, and again in 1876, and shall be mad
in the course of every tenth year thereafter
in such as shall be by law directed:
SEXTON /. BE IL endcted by the Senate an
Horse Of Representatives. Of the State of iSout
Carolina, noW met ana sitting IN GenerC
ASSEMBLY, and by The authority of The same
That the Governor be, and he is hereby, au
thorized and required to appoint one person
in each County of the State, who shall b
charged with taking the census, and VIII
shall be authorized to appoint such assist
ants as may be necessary Prooided, Tha
the number of assistants shall not excee,
tour In each County, except in the Count.
OF Charleston, In which County the numb e
Of assistants shall not exceed six.
SEC. 2. That each aud every person 81
appointed to take the census shall, befor
entering on the duties of his Office, take
before some Magistrate or Justice of th
Peace, the following oath, to wit: II, A. b.
DO solemnly swear for affirm, rs the case ma,
be.) that will honestly, faithfully and i'm
partially take a correct census of all the in
habitants residing within the portion of til,
County to which 1 have been appointed n.
census taker, and will, in all respects, truly
perform all the duties with which 1 an
charged. So help me God" And certifi
cate from the Magistrate or Justice of the
Pence who shall administer the said oath
that the same has been duly taken before
him, shall accompany and be delivered with
each and every return of the census
SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of each
and every person appointed to take the cen.
sus by virtue Of this Act to call personally
on the head or some member of each family
in the County, or portion of County, foI
which he OF they shall have been appointed
and obtain from such head of family O,
member thereof, rs aforesaid, the number
of persons contained i'll such family and
such other information as may be required
and directed by the Commissioner of the
Bureau of Agricultural Statistics.
SEC 4. That each head or member Of Il
family shall, when summoned thereto bv
the persons appointed under this Act to
take the census at his, her or their residence
or place of business, make, on oath or
affirmation, correct return of all persons
of whom his or her family is composed, and
also report such other information to said
census takers as may be required by law
and the persons so appointed to take the
census are hereby authorized to administer
such oaths; and upon the failure of any per-
son to make such returns or reports when
required, he or she shall be subject to O
penalty of twenty-five dollars, to be reco.
vered in any Court Of competent jurisdic.
tion.
SEC. 5. That upon the completion of such
returns and reports, each census tal1er shall
daDOSIt a lad ~,
the Auditor of his County, accompanied by
a certificate, to be endorsed by some Magis
trate or Justice of the Peace, purportine
that the following oath had been duly taken
by such census taker previous to the de-
livery of such package to said Auditor to
wit: 81, A. b., do solemnly swear Tor affirm
as the case may be- that this packet con.
talns Just, true, correct and impartial re-
turn OF all the inhabitants of the census
district to which 1 have been appointed
and faithful report of such information as
was required by the Commissioner Of the
Bureau of Agricultural Statistics. so fur as
it was practicable to obtain the same. Sc
help me God"
SEC &. That it shall be the duties OF the
census takers, under the direction of The
Commissioner of the Bureau of Agricultural
Statistics, to divide their several Counties
into convenient districts for taking the cen.
sus herein provided for; to distribute blanks
books and instructions to the census takers
to receive their returns when completed, and
forward the same, by the first day of No
vember next, to the Commissioner of the
Bureau of Agricultural Statistics; and to
render such further assistance to said Com
missioner in the premises as that officer may
desire.
Sec. I. That it shall bo the duty of the
Commissioner of the Bureau of Agricul
tural Statistics to have prepared. on or be
fore the fifteenth day of April next, suitable
the registration provided for in this Act
and the collection of such statistical infor