Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-01-18

SEC, II. The subdivision assigned
to any enumerator shall not exceed
four thousand Inhabitants, according
to the census Of eighteen hundred and
seventy, X Z \ The bOunda-
ries of all sub divisions shall be clearly
described by civil divisions, rivers,
roads, public surveys, or other easily
distinguished lines
Sec II That any supervisor or
enumerstor, who having taken and
subscribed the oath required by this
act, shall, without justifisble cause,
neglect or refuse to perform the duties
emf oined on him by this act, or shall
without the authority of the Super
inten dent, communicate to any person
not authorized TO receive the same,
any statistics of property or business
included in his return, shall be deemed
guilty OF u misdesmor and upon con-
victi0n shall forfeit sum not ex
ceedipg five hundred dollsrs; or, il he
shall willfully and knowingly swear
or affirm falsely, he shall be deemed
guilty of PERJURY, and On conviction
thereof, shall be imprisoned not
exceeding three years or by fine not
exceeding eight hundred dollars; OF +,
IL be shall wilifully and knowingly
maze false certificates or fictitious re.
turns, he shall be deemed guilty OF
misdemesnor, and, upon conviction Of
either of the last nj mt d GtteDses he
shall forfeit and pay a sum not ex-
ceeding five thousand dollars and be
i'm prisoned not exceeding TWO years.
Sec, ID. That if any person shall re-
ceive or secure to himself any fee, re-
ward, or compromise as considera
ton for the employ ment of any per-
son as epumeratOr or clerk, or shall in
any way receive or secure to himself
any part of the DOM pen setion pro y "a cd
in this act for tie services OF any emu
merator or clerk, he shall be deemed
guilty OF a misde meauOr, and, on CON
viction thereof, shall be fiaed not lees
than five hundred dollars nor more
than three thousand dollars, in the
discretion of the court.
Sec Is That the superintendent t,
his chief clerk, supervisors, and
enumerators are hereby authorized to
transmit, through the poetoffice, any
per or document relating to the cen-
sus, by writing thereon "Official bust.
ness-Census,n aud subscribing the
same, with the addition to his name of
his official title. But this privilege
shall extend to nothing but docutu snts
and papers relating 10 the census,
which shall pass free. And any So
perintendent, supervisor, enumerator,
or clerk who shall Use or exercise this
privilege for any purpose other than
the legitimate discharge OF the duties
of his office. shall be deemed guilty OF
q misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall foreit for each offeDse q sum not
exceeding one hundred dollars.
Sec. Is. Each enumeratOr In his
subdivision shall be charged with the
collection of the facts and statistics re.
quired by each and oil the several
schedules, with the following excep-
! tons, to wit: In cities where an
official registration Of deaths is main.
tanned, the Superintepde Of Census
may, in his discretion, withdraw the
mortality schedule from the several
| enumerators within such cities, and
may obtain the statistics r6quiIed by
this act through official records, pay
ing therefor such sum az may be found
necessary, not exceeding the amount
which is by this act authorized to be
paid to eDumeTators for similar ser.
vice, namely, two cents for each death
thus returned. Whenever be shall
deem it expedlent, the Superintendent
of Census may withdraw the SEIZED.
Ules for manufacturing and social sta
tistics from the enumeratOrs of the
several subdivisions, and may charge
the collection OF these statistics upon
experts and special agents, to be en-
ployed without respect 10 locality.