New Ulm weekly review., 1880-05-19


will commence taking the. census, far
,ners should at once begin to prepare
themselves to give the information re-
quired of them with promptness and
accuracy when the enumerator makes
his call. It is highly important to
our county ard every citizen residing
therein to have everything enunerat.
ed on the schedule, and every one
should understand that the inf0rma-
tion is not given for the purpose of
taxation, but to enable the u. $.
Government and its people to know the
increase Of population, wealth and
improvements made in each section
of the country in the last ten years.
The enumerator will want to know
how much you had ia 1879 of acres
and bushels of wheat. corn. oats, bar
ley, buckwheat and potatoes; how MA
ny bushels merely of peas and
beans, and number of acres and va.
lue III product CT orchards and vine.
yards and small fruits; number of acres
and tons OF hemp and hay; bushels of
clover, flax and grass seed; acres and
pounds of hops and flax; bees-num.
Der OF hives and pounds Of wax and
honey; sugar cane-acres, hogsheads
of sugar and gallons Of mulasses; sorg.
hum-acres, v..nds Of sugar and gal.
Ions vi moi;.sses. vi the crop Of the
calendar year 1880, the officers will
want the number Of heeces and pounds
of wool, pounds of maple sugar and
gallons Of molasses OF the yield .du.
ring the twelve months from June l,
1879, to May 81, 1880, he will want
pounds of butter and cheese, gallons
of milk sold, value of animals slaugh.
tered, value Of products and acres OF
market gardens, value of forest pro-
ducts. and value of home manufactur.
erS.
The penalties for refusing to give
the required information are severe.
The law provides that g All persons
above the age of twenty one years who
refuse to furnish information required
by the supervisors or enumerators,
shall forfeit and pay sum not ex.
ceeding 500, to be recovered in an &C.
ton of debt. Presidents, directors,
or other officials Of private corpora.
tiOns who refuse to furnish lnfOrma.
ti0n pertaining to their business are
liable to fine not to exceed SIC, 0,0OO,
There are several important provisions
in the amended census law which
was approved April 20. 1880.
The enumerator is required before
forwarding the list of inhabitants of
his district to the Supervisor, to file in
the Office of the county court a list of
the names, with age, sex and color Of
all persons enumerated by him, which
he shall certify to be true, and for
which he shall be paid at the rate of
ten cents for each hundred names. He
is to give notice by written advertise.
ment in three places in his district that
he will be at the court house in the
county on the 5th and 9th days after
filing said list, Sundays not included,
for the purpose of making corrections.
The compensation for this duty is to be
fixed by the superintendent of the CEN
sus, but not to exceed $3.50 per day.
In addition to the compensation paid
enumerators for the returns of living
inhabitants, they are to receive in the
per capita districts five cents for each
death reported and for the statistics of
each establishment returned on the
general schedule of manufactures Is
cents, and for each establishment re.
turned on the special schedule of man.
ufacturies 25 cents.