Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-17
The Census.

The EnumeratOrs' Concluding Bonanzas
 What the Law Requires-The Final
 Corrections and RevfsfOn-SOme Fea-
 lures of the Wholesome of the Re- turns.
 The enufnerators' work yet remaining to be done comes under section of the census act. As stated in yesterdays issue, the enu- merators have yet to file with the county records Gin the county in which their district isl list of the names, with age, sex and color, of all persons enumerated by him, which he shall be paid for at the rate of ten cents for each one hundred names. The law, moreover, says as follows: He shall give mo- tice by written advertisement at three or more public places in his district that he will be at the court house of said county On the fifth day after filing said list, not including Sunday from o'clock ante meridian to 6 o'clock past meridian, and the following day, for the purpose of correcting his enumer- ation by striking out or adding the designation of persons improperly enumerated or omitted; and on the days so designated he shall, in accordance with said notice, proceed to correct, on such reliable information as he may obtain, all omissions and mistakes in such enumeration, and to that end he may swear and examine witnesses, who shall testi- l fly subject to the pains and penalties of per 1 jury The result of such inquiry for correc- | ton and the whole number of persons by | him enumerated he shall make known to the | bystanders, if any. And the time given emu I merators by said act to make return to super visors is hereby extended fifteen days. And ! each enumerator shall be paid for his vices in correcting his schedule of inhabi- | tants as required by this act a sum to be fixed by the superintendent of census, in no case to exceed two dollars and fifty cents ] per day And that the oath of office pre- 1 scribed by section seven of said act be so 1 amended as to authorize and require the making and filing the list of inhabitants as required by this act.
 As will be seen by the above section, the 1 enumerators are allowed fifteen days in which to finish up the business and make their off ] cial report, and until that time the exact re- l suit cannot be known. Supervisor Disbrow has ruled that the returns must be filed with | the County Commissioners, as there was no other board which administered the affairs of the county. He has written to General
 Walker for instructions in case he is wrong in this matter, but having as yet received no | answer, is of the opinion that his ruling is l sustained.
 The enumerators will probably begin to think that their lot is not happy one, judg- | ing from the rate of pay for the remaining l work, which is copying the names and giving age, sex and color, for which the sum of ten cents per one hundred names is paid, as
 stated yesterday. These names must be copied alphabetically, necessitating search through each of the many schedules for each of the names with the other matter of record. A Bridgeport man, who is a rapid writer,
 worked two hours as hard as he could as test and earned in that time about ten cents, or five cents an hour. To sum 1t up he found it wearing work and he would sooner forfeit all compensation due him for work already
 done than continue the copying at the same
 poor pay Supervisor Disbrow, it is report
 ed takes the same view in regard to the suffi-
 cient compensation, and plea will probably
 be made for an increased allowance for copy
 ing.
 By having the record thus returned to the
 county the people outside of the cities will
 have 8 county directory, to which they can
 have access, and for a time they will be on
 par with the cities as far as having accu-
 rate directory of the inhabitants is concerned
 Returns in this city have been given as
 follows District No. 2, James Barker emu
 merator, from 1000 to 2,500 inhabitants
 District No. 3, A. G. Scranton enumerator
 2,294. District No. 4, J. K. Bundy enume-
 rator, 2,735. No. 5, J. H. Rembert enume-
 rator, 2,699. No. 6, George R. Bill enume-
 rator, 3,2so. No 8, George H. Stockin emu
 merator, 2,5OO to 5000. No. 9, B. M Pres
 colt enumerator, 1,71s. No. 10, Charles A.
 Frost enumerator, 1,175. No. 12, William
 H. Coolidge enumerator, 2,14O. No: 13,
 Thomas Lane enumerator, 2,357. No. IA,
 Michael Hughson's, 2,s2O. No. 15, J. Waldo
 Jewett's, 2,397. No. IT, John H. Post's
 3,213. No. IS, William O'Keefe's, Fl. No.
 19, James G. Browns, 1874. No. 20, Will liam E. Whittelsey's, 1900 or 1000. No. p,
 Henry s. Cooper's 2,805. No. g, George
 W. Holt's, about 1,GOO. No. 24, Lyman E.
 Bradley''s, 1869. No. 25, William H. Hunt ley's, about 1,2OO. No. 26, Frederick W. 1 Babcock's, 2,6O8. James Bishops G3th
 ward), 1, 493.
 New Havens population will be over CO.,
 900. The Hartford Times of last evening
 says: "Hartfords census will evidently be
 between Al, ,OOO and #, GOO. During the last
 five years several thousands of mechanics
 and working people, suffering from the hard
 times, left this city for homes in the West
 and elsewhere, and though new corners have
 come in, the places of the outgoers have not l been filled :"