The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-04-26
y THE NINTH GEMS us.
How II will be Taken, and When
i-rCirCu,ar from the Secretary of
the GateriOr.


How II Will be Taken, and When
-rCircuiar from the Secretary o.
the InteriOr. ,.,
The ninth census Of the United State.
will be taken, under the provisions o
the act Of May 23, 1850, on the first b
June next, At. the last, census, ALL
Assistant Marshafs were employed
Congress having declined to adopt any
of the new plans suggested the census
will bel taken orpthe same basis as fol
the last 90 yeafsll Pic act of 1850 pro
vides that the census Shall be taken b,
the United States AIarshals of the re
spective districts, with the aid of sucl
assistance as shall. he REQUIRED. Th,
census districts Of each State are divi
ded so as to be composed Of not les:
than 20,000Ipersons. The assistants are
to be paid as follows: Two cents fol
every name taken, 10 cents for every
farm, 10 cents for every productive es
tabfishment of industry, 2 cents for ev
cry deceased person, and 2 pei. cent. o.
the gross amount for names enum Grated
for social statistics, and 10 cents pei
mile for travel. The enumeration must
be completed and the returns all sent il
to- the Secretary of the Interior by tht
lst Of November next. The superin
tendent Of the Census is Francis A. Wal
ker, late of the Bureau of Statistics ,ant
Assistant Special Commissioner Of Rev
enue The Department Of the interior
has sent the following circular to tht
several United States Marshals: "a
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, g
WASHINGTON, ID. Co. ieEtffi
isfo4 2a 9 February 26, 1870. Z w
SlK:-The ninth census of the United
States will be taken under the act of May
%, 1850, copies Of which,in form con.
venient for daily use, will be sent you
at an emily datesrcThe Census Office has
been organized in this Department, and
q Superintendent appointed, to- whom
returns viii be rendered in all the mat.
ters provided by law, and all communi.
cations III the ordinary course of busi-
ness relating to the census 1willlhe ad,
dressed .sl,t,..o l., sl,.lts r. nd uoy
/, Herewith you will find blank form
for the, Marshars oath, prescribed in
section 2 of the law. Of 1850. HAVING
qualified as therein required, and havine
forwarded the inclosed form, duly fled
subscribed and certified, to this Depart
ment, you viii proceed to discharge the
duties Of your office in respect to the
ninth census ofathe United States. iism
You wilb fat the earliest date, form
your district into subdivisions for the
purpose of enumeration, according to
the third section of the law of 1850,
which is as follows: Foe
Each Marshal shall separate his dis
trict in subdivisions containing not ex-
ceeding 10000 persons in each, unless
the limitation to that number causes in
convenient boundaries, in which case
the number may be larger; and shall es-
innate, from the best sources of ln.or-
nation which he is able to obtain, the
number of square miles In each sub.dt
vision, and submit the same to the De-
paftmcnt of the Interior: Proctded,
homecer, that in bounding such subdi
yisiops,the limits thereof shall be known
as civil divisions, such as county, par
ish, township, ward, or district lines, OF
highways, or natural boundaries, such
as rivers, lakes, &c, !"
In the census of 1860, the number of
Assistant Marshals. actually employed
was AIS, which, with a population OF
81, 1921, shows the average number
of persons in a subdivision to have been
Ills, little mors than one third of the
maximum number allowed by law. II
is believed that the causes operating to
produce a minuter subdivision than seems
to have been originally contemplated
will be found to have equal force in the
present enumeration. nF
The following suggestions are offered
for the consideration of Marshals in the
discharge of this duty: - -
l. All things equal, there is a plain
advantage in preserving the boundaries
of subdivision taken for the last census,
wherever the proviso attached. to the
third section was then properly respect
ed. In this way it will be easier to make
an approximation to the present number
of persons, farms, shops, DC, in each
subdivision, both with reference to de,
termining the probable compensation oi
assistants and the distributing in adj
vance the blanks; required for ;enumera-
,tion.
2. All other things equal, subdivisions
should be formed with view to equal
ling as much as possible the labors Of
assistants soe4s EEtH SiiIf9llsG-s (
5. Where any section Of country is
distinguished by !, special industry, it is
highly desirably that such section should
form la distinct subdivision or group OF
subdivisions. 1t is plain that such an
arrangement will tend to secure more
fall and exact representationaof that in
austry. Particalaryis this true of the
coast and lake fisheries, which have hitir
erto been most inadequately enumerated
it is therefore recommended that in ma
king appointments and assignments III
sections interested in.lthe fisheries, the
subdivisions be made. as large as is 9th
erwise conyenient,z ,zand that they extend
wellialongithe shore, rather thani reach
far inland az ,9eh s7r3l eat 5lle sd
a. Itis notIdesrable that the arrange.
lmentg of subdivisions should be made
merely or mainly to produce numerical
Tor geographical uniformity. Subdivis-
jon varying considerably in extent OF
surface and in numberof population,but
suited to all the, other conditions of q
thorough, enumeration, and consistent
with a just distribution of the acompen-
sation among the whole body of assist
ants employed, are to be preferred to
subdivisions cut out from district By 9
uniform rule, without regard to pecuii-
aritics of occupation, DC.
1t is desirable to respect the ahity .ol
every city in which more than one As
sistant Malshal may be appointed, il
such d way thatthe returns of two, three
five, ten OF more assistants who may bt
assigned tp the enumeration, shall to
gethef make up tue, proper fctans o
THE city as a wliole55 including nothing
beside. ss''7'lLg ti'iis'iA " 'i'Jai i9ad