The Russellville Democrat., 1879-04-17

compensation for all services rem dered and expenses incurred by him, except an allowance for clerk hire may be made, at the discretion of the Superintendent of Census.
 Sec. '. No enumerator shall be deemed qualified to enter upon his duties until he has received from the supervisor of census of the district to which he belongs commission. under his hand, authorizing him to perform the duties of an enumera- tor, and setting forth tue boundaries of the subdivision within which such duties are to be performed by him.
 Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of each enumerator, after being qualifi- ed the manner aforesaid, to visit personally each dwelling-house in his subvision, and each family there in, and each individual living out of . family in any place of abode, and by enquirirymade of thehead of such 1 family, or of the member thereof deemed most credible and worthy of trust, or of such individual living out of family, to obtain each and every item of information and all particulars required by this act, as of date June first, eighteen hundred and eighty. And in case no person shall be found at the usual place of abode of such family or individual liviug out of a family competent to answer the inquiries made in com plianee with the requirments of this act, then it shall be lawful for the enumerator to obtain the required information, as nearly as may be practicable, from the family or famil ies or person or persons living near est to such place of abode: Provid- ed, That Indians not taxed shall be ommtted from the enumeration; but the Superintendent of Census may employ special agents or other means to make an enumeration of all Indians not taxed, within the Jurisdiction of the United States, with such information as to their condition as may be obtainable.
 Sec, 9. And it shall be further the duty of each enumerator to for ward the original schedules, duly cer- tified, to the supervisor of census of his district, as his returns under the provisions of this act.
 Sec. 10. The compensation of en umerators shall be 'ascertained and shall deem such an allowance suffi- cient, an allowance not exceeding two cents for each living inhabitant, two cents for each death reported ten cents for each farm, and fifteen cents for each establishment of pro ductive industry enumerated and re- turned, may be given full compen sation for all services; and no claim for mileage or travelling expenses shall be allowed in such subdivi- sions: Provided, Thatsthe subdivi- sions to which the above rate of com pensation shall apply must be desig- hated by the Superintendent of Cen sus at least one month in advance of the enumeration; and no account of the time occupied in enumeration shall be required for the purpose of accertaining and determining the compensation of enumerators in such subdivisions. For all other subdi- visions, rates of compensation shall be fixed in advance of the enumer ation by the Superintendent of Cen sus, with the approval of the Secre- taiy of the Interior, according to the difficulty of enumeration, having reference to the nature of the region to De canvassed, and the density or sparseness of settlement, or other considerations pertinent thereto; but the compensation allowed to any enumerator in any district east of the one hundredth meridian shall not exceed an average of four dollars per day of ten hours actual field-work each; and the compensation allowed to any enumerator in any district west of the one hundrsdth m msrldian shall not exceed six dollars per work ing day of equal length. And the Superintendent of Census may pres cribe a uniform method and suitable forms for keeping account of time occupied in field-worE, for the pur- pose of ascertalning the amounts due to the eIumerators, severally. under the provisions of this act.
 Sec. II. The subdivision ass igned to any enumerator shall not exceed four thousand inhabitants according to the census of eighteen hundred and seventy: Provided, That in the Territories and in the State admitted into the Union since eighteen hun dred and seventy, the supervisors of census may appoint additional emu merators in cases where, in his judg- ment census cannot be properly ta- 3n in thirty days by reason of the
 of population or the physi-
 ~s of the said district. The
 of all subdivisions shall
 satibed by civil deyi-