Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-22

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its thereof shall be known civil divisions
| such as county, parish, township, ward, o.
district lines, or highways, or natural boun
| daries. such as rivers. lakes, ETC."
In the census of 1860, the number of As
sistant Marshals actually employed was 4.
Alt, which with population oil 81, 4l3,32l
shows the average number Of persons in q
subdivision to have been 7,ll8. little
more than one-third of the maximum mum.
Der allow by law. 1t is believed that the
causes operating 10 produce a mnu,er sub
division than seems to have been originally
contemplated, will be found to have equal
force in the present enumeration.
The following suggestions are offered for
the consideration of Marshals in the d..
charge of this du'y:
l. All things equal. there is plain ad.
vantage in preserving the boundaries OF sub
divisions taken for the last census, where
ever the proviso attached to the third sec.
ton WAS then properly respected. La this
way it will be easier to make an approx
nation to the present number of persons,
farms, shops, etc, in each subdivision, both
with reference to determining the probable
COMPENSATION VI dSSlSlhuiS anu " uiStI lUu-
ting in advance the blanks required for
enumeration.
2. All ether things equal, subdivisions
should be formed with a view to equaliZng
as much as possible the labors Of assist
ants.
3. When any section Of country is distin.
guishei by special industry, il is highly
desirable that such section should form a
distinct subdivision or group of subdivisions.
1t is plain that such an arrangement will
tend to secure m ore full and exact repre-
sentaton of that industry. Particularly is
this true of the coast and lake fisheries,
which have hitherto been most inadequately
enumerated. 1t is therefore recommended
that, in making appointments and assign
ments in sections int rested in the fisheries,
the subdivisions be made as large as is
otherwise convenient, and that they extend
well along the shore, rather than reach far
inland.
1t is not desirable that the arrange
ment of subdivisions should be made mere
ly or maihy to produce numerical or geo
graphical uniformity. Subdivisions varying
considerable in extent or surface and in
number of population, but suited to all the
other conditions OF a thorough enumeration,
and consistent With just distribution OF
the compensation among the whole body of
assistants employed, are to be preferred to
subdivisions cut out from district by a
uniform rule, without regard to pecullari
ties of occupation, &c.
1t is desirable to respect the unity Of ev.
cry city in which more than one assistant
marshal may be appointed, in such a way
that the returns of the two three, five. ten
or more assist hts who may be assigned tc
the enumeration shall, together, make W
the proper returns of the city as a whole
including nothing beside.
1t may, in some cases, be necessary tt
assign part of one village, town, or ward
and the whole of others, to a single assis,
ant; but the assignment to All a sistnnt o
parts Of two towns, villages, or wards, vii
be unnecessary.
After separating your districts into sub
divisions, according to the terms of law
and as far as may be consistent with tn
spirit of these instructions, You will proceed
to choose assistants, as provided in section
4 of the act of May %, 1850.
1t is earnestly hoped that this duty vii
be performed with care. Temperate, intel
ligent, and active men, generally and favor
ably known in the community, and wei
versed in letters and figures, should be Sc
lected for this work. No other considera
tons can exist which are of sufficient i'm
portance to outweigh the demands of al
accurate and complete enumeration.
The law requires that assistants shall b.
residents of the subdivisions for which the
are appointed.
When foreign language is spoken t.
any great extent, it is essential that assist
ants shond be able to converse in tina
tongue. Where the industry of section i
strongly marked by the predominance of
special manufacture, ii is very desirabl
that the assistants shoul be selected wi,
some reference to their acquaintance wit
such manufacture.
Immediately on completing the diviso
Of your districts, in the manner prescribe
by law, you will forward to this department
report of the same, form for which is in
closed. In filling out these sheets, room
enough will be taken to allow the full gee
graphical description of such subdivision.
In case the designation of Assistant Maj
shals for any or all the subdivisions of you
district is for any reason delayed, you wi
forward the report without waiting for sue
designation; aud the sheets will be file
out afterward at the census office, on you
report OF such appointments being made.
If il is possible to obtain full and reia
bic map of your district, and to mark o.
upon it the precise boundaries of he sui
divisions, numbering them to correspon
with the numbers given in your report, yo
are requested to do so, and to forward tn
same to this department.
In expressing the area of subdivision.
whatever actual surveys have been mad
in whole or in part, the number of squar
miles will be taken from such surveys s
far as they extend. In subdivisions Q
parts of subdivisions not surveyed, the hes
official estimates will be used. In film
up the columns show estimated or deter
mined," in your report of subdivisions, Il
letter IS" will be used for survey; &c. NJ.
for county map; an. E." for marshals cs
innate; IA. e. for assistants estimate
81. O. E." for local officers estimate.
In filling the column "Indus,rial Descrir
tion," it is desirable that the prevailing oc
cupation Of the community should be clear
" indicated. as agriculture, mining, 0
manufactures. IF the subdivision be agri
cultural, but with occasional manufactu