Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-31
TIE CENSUS.
GET READY FOR THE ENUMERATOR.

GET READY FOR THE ENUMERAToR.
Powell, Milior and Snyder /" Bounced"-Re-
placed with Better Men.
Suspervisor of the Census H. G. Snow
den, continued his inquiries on Saturday
afternoon regarding the popular objections
to his especially offensive appointments OF
Samuel Powell, of the Third ward ; Fred
Miller of the Seventh and Adam Snyder
OF the Eighth, as census enumerators in
this CITY. His inquiries satisfied him that
the objections were we'll founded and re-
suited in the official action which is thus
communicated by him to the 1NTELLIGEN-
GER:
Adam Snyder. enumerator Of 1GOth
district. part Of 9Th ward, Lancaster city,
has resigned. and Christopher A. Offender
is appointed in his place. Joseph ".
kreider takes the place of Sam'l A. Powell
in 151st district, part of Sd ward, and
Joseph C!arkson, that of Frederick Miller,
15Sth district, part of 7th ward. These
gentlemen were sworn in before Judge
Livingston on Saturday evening.
1t is generally understood that Sny-
der's resignation was compelled and that
some of the local Republican politicians
vanly made most earnest effort for his
retention even if Miller and Powell had to
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The new appointees are well known as
entirely competent persons kreider and
Offender are Democrats and Clarkson a
conservative Republican. They are all
we'll qualified and Of high personal charac-
ter. Mr.. Snowden's action meets with
universal approval among all the better
class of citizens, and is contrasted with
Judge Patterson to the disadvantage of
that great and good man.
The Republican rioters were discharged
from Jail at an early hour to-day.
Mcssrs. Ciarkson, Offender and Krcidcr.
together with the other city enumeratOrs,
beg in their work tomorrow. Citizens
may expect to be called upon and should
he ready to promptly give the necessary
information. It is suggested that propri
etors of boarding houses and hotels either
fix an hour for all their guests to be Oil
hand to answer the interrogatorics. OF pro-
cure answers to them and furnish the same
to the enumerators. For the information
of the general public we publish the fol-
lowing abstract of the
Enumerators' Rights and Duties.
The instructions especially define it to be
''the duty Of an enumerator. in the exer-
else of his authority to visit houses and
,,,%n "a ,,f e.,
therein as provided by law. TO use great
emptOry or Overbearing demeanOr would
not only be a wrong to the families visited,
but would work an injury to the census, by
rendering the members of those families
less disposed to give information with full
ness and cxactness. 1t is entirely possible
for the enumeratOr to be prompt. rapid and
decisive in announcing his object and his
authority. and in going through the whole
list OF questions to be proposed, and at the
same time not to arouse any antagOnism or
give any Offcnse." The questions must be
answered, whether it is agreeable to do SO
or not, under penalty of $500.
The questions are divided into schedules
and arranged in columns under appropriate
heads Schedule number one is the popu-
lation, or family schedule. The enumer-
atOrs must visit each family in every house
and set down the name Of every man,
woman and child who, on the first day OF
June, 1880. shall have his or her usual
place Of abode therein. No child born
between June l and the day of the
enumcrator S visit is to he recorded, but all
persons who have died between those dates
must be enumerated. The first column
contains the number of the house, the sec
Ond the number of persons in the family,
the third their names, the fourth, fifth and
sixth their ages, sex and color. Column
thirteen relates to occupation, in regard to
which the enumeratOr will need to ask sew
eral questions in order to get his informa-
ton in definite shape. Column twenty
four relates to the birth of each person
named. which must also be given accurate
ly. The relationship of all members of
families must be distinctly stated, their
civil condition, whether married, widowed
or single ; the question as to whether nat
uralized or alien must be answered by all
persons of foreign birth, and the question
will also be asked as to the physical condi-
ton of every inhabitaut of a house, wheth-
er active or disabled. MANNED, crippled,
bedridden. deaf. dumb blind, insane or
idiotic. This embodies about all the ques-
tions which will be asked from house to
house. but schedule number 2, relating to
agriculture, contains a very full list of in
quiries about FARMS stock, implements
and crops. Other schedules relate to bust
ness and industry, others again to railroads
and other corporations, the object be-
ing to get complete returns in regard to
every part of our material resources.