The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-04-29

! day OF, March, in the year OF our LORD v
| one3thou sand eight hundred and sixty
| nine.
| CHARLES W. MONTGOMERY
| President of the Senate pro ten.
=: ;FRANKLIN J-MOSES, ,:Jr., Z. J
Speaker of the House Representatives.
Approved lthel 9th day of March 1889.
| ..--ROBERT, K. SCOTT, Governor.
An Act to- Provide for the Enumeration
Of the Inhabitants Of this State.
Whcreas,0ty' the etourth Section of the
second Article of the Constitution Of this
State as ratified on the fourteenth, fif-
teenth and sixteenth dayseofsApril, A.
d. 1868, it is provided that for the pur-
pose of an apportionment of the repre-
sentation of the several Counties OF the
State, an enumeration Of the inhabitants
shall be made in the course of every tenth
year thereafter, in such manner as shall
be by law directed: ),
Section l. Be 1T enacted Jy the Senate
and Hoass of Representatives. fsthe iState
of South Carolina, noa0 met and sitting an
General Assembly, and By the authority of
the same, That the ,Governotsbc, and he
is hereby, authorized and required to ap-
point one person in each County of the
State, who shall be charged with taking
the census, and who shall be authorized
to appoint such assistants as may be ne.
cessary Provided, That the number of
assistants shall not exceed four in each
County. except in the Comfy of Charles
ton, in which County the number o. as
sistants shall not exceed six; fS3
| SEQ. 2. That each and every person so
appointed to take the census shall, before
entering on the, duties of his office, lake
before some Magistrate or Justice of tho
Peace, the following oath, to wit: "], A.
B., do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the
case may be,) that ] will honestly, faith
fully and impartially take q correct CEN
sus of all the Inhabitants residing within
the portion of the County to which have
been appointed as census taker. and will,
in all respects, Truly perform all the du-
ties with which Fam charged. so help
me God" And certificate from the
Magistrate or Justice of the Peace 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. 8. That it shall be the duty of
each and every person appointed to take
the census by virtue of this Act, to call
personally on the head or some member
of each family in the county, or portion
of county, for which he or they shall have
been appointed, and obtain from such
head of a family or member thereof, as
aforesaid, the number of persons, con-
tanned in such family, and such other in
formation as may be required and direc-
ted by the Commissioner Of the Bureau
of A. grtcultural Statistics.
Sec. 4. That each head or member of
family shall, when summoned thereto
by the persons appointed under this Act
to take the census ut his, her or their res
idcnce or place ofbusiness, make, on oath
or affirmation, n correct return OF all per-
sons of whom his or. her family: is COM
posed, and also report such 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 fail
ure of any person to make such returns
or reports when required, he or she shall
be subject to q penalty OF twenty-five
dollars, to be recovered in any Court OF
competent Jurisdiction.
SEC. 5. That upon the completion of
such returns and reports, each census ta-
ker shall deposit the same, in. sealed
nockaoe. with the Auditor of his County,
accompanied byaa certificate, to be en-
dorsed by some Magistrate or Justice of
the Peace, purporting that the following
oath had, been duly taken by such census
taker previous to the delivery Of such
package 10 said Auditor; tdNwit: 81, A.
B.. do solemnly swear Cor affirm, as the
case may, be) that this packet contains a
lust true, correct and impartial return OF
all the inhabitants of the census district
to which I have been appointed, and a
faithful report of such information as was
REQUIRED by the Conn missioner of the Bu
reaat of Agricultural Statistics, so far as
it was practicable to obtain the same. So
help me God.'
SEC. s. That it shall be the duties ot
the census takers, under the direction Of
the Commissioners of the Bureau OF Agri
cultural Statistics, to divide their several
counties into convenient districts for ia
king the census herein provided for; tc
distribute blanks, books and instructions
to the census takers; to receive their re
turns when completed, and forward to tho
same, by the first day of November next
to the Commissioner Of the Bureau O.
Agricultural Statistics; and to render suct
further assistance to said Commissions
in the premises as that office may desire
Sec. T. That it shall be the duty of the
Commissioners of the Bureau Of Agricul
tural Statistics to have prepared on ol