The Russellville Democrat., 1879-04-17
THE TENTH CENSUS.

The following are the sections of the new census law relating to the appointment os the superintendent, supervisors and enumerators charg- ed with taking the statistics:
 Be it enacted by the Senate and Housa of Representatives of the Uni ted States of America in Congress assembled, That census of the pop ulatlon, wealth, and industry of the United States shall be taken on or for the date, June lst, Eighteen hun dred and eighty.
 Sec. ,. That there shall be estab- lished in the Department ofthe Inte- rior, an office to be denominated the Census Office, the chiet officer of which shall be called the Superin- tendent of the Census, whose duty it shall be, under the direction of the head of the department, to superin- tend and direct the taking of the Tenth Census of the United States, in accordance with the laws relating thereto, and to perform suth other duties as may be required of him by law.
 Sec. 3. The Superintendent of the Census shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and he shall receive an annual salary of five thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Interior may appoint chief clerk of the Census Offifie, six clerks of class four, ten clerks of class three, fifteen clerks of class two, with number of clerks of class one, and of copyists and computors at salaries at not less than seven hun dred dollars or more than one thous- and dollars, as may be found neces- sary for the proper and prompt com pilation and publication of the re- suits of the enumeration of the cen sus herein provided to be taken. And upon such compilation and publlca- tion of said census, said office of sup erintendant shall cease, and the pe- riod of service of said clerks shall end.
 Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Inte- rior, shall, on or before the first day of March, eighteen hundred and eighty, designate thu number, wheth CT one or more, of supervisors of cen sus, to be appointed within each State or Territory, who shall be res idents of the State or Territory. The supervisors shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent sent of the senate. The total num- Der of such supervisors shall not ex- ceed one hundred and fifty.
 Sec. 5. Each supervisor of census shall be charged with the perform ance, within his own district of the following duties: To propose to the Superintendent cf Census the appor- tionment of his district into subdi- visions most convenient for the pur- pose of enumeration; To designate to the Superintendent of Census suit able persons, and, with the consent of said Superintendent, to employ such persons as enumerators within his district, one for each subdivision, and resident therein, who shall be selected solely with reference to their fitness, and without reference to their political or party affiliations, according to the apportionment ap- proved by the Superintendent of Census; To transmit to enumerators the printed forms and schedules is. sued from the Census Office, in quan. titles suited to the requirements ol each subdivision;
 To communicate to enumerators the necessary instructions and direc- tions relating to their duties, and to the methods of conducting the cen sus, and to advise with and counsel enumerators in person and by letter, as freely and fully as may be requir- ed to secure the purposes of this act; and under the direction of the Super intendent of Census, and to facilitate the taking of the census with as lit tie delay as possible, he may cause to be distributed by the enumerat ors, prior to the taking of the emu meration, schedules to be filled up by householders and others; To provide for the early and safe trans mission to his office of the returns of the enumerators, embracing all the schedules filled by them in the course of enumeration, and for the due receipt and custody of such re turns pending their transmission to the Census Office; To examine and scrutinize the returns of enumera tors, in order to ascertain whether the work has been performed Tn all i~~~.- n~~"o with tho nro.