Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-06-03
THE CENSUS NAM.
HIS MULrIFARIOUs DUTIRs.

Thomas J. Tenant, Who has recently been
has already began his duties. The enumera-
| ton must begin on the first and close on the
last of June. There are four schedules which
the enumerator will use. No. l is for popu-
lation alone, and the information required to
be written on the blank relates to the names
of streets, number If dwelling houses, num-
Der in order of visitation, name of each per-
son in the house on sJune /. 1880; the color,
white, black, nulatto, Chinaman or Indian !;
age ON last birthday, and if in months, :hs
fractions of the year, if born within the year;
relationship Of each person in the house to the
head of the family; whether wife, son, daugh-
ter, servant or boarder; whether single, mar
ried, widowed or divorced; occupation or trade
Of each person; male or female; number Of
months each person has been employed from
June 1, 1879, to June 1, 1880; if persons are
sick, whether deaf, blind, idiot. insane, mar
ried, crippled or bed ridden; what caused the
sicknsss, and where the illness or disability
WAS contracted; whether the person can read
or write; place If birth, what State or Terri
tory or Foreign country, with place Of birth
Of both father and mother. Schedule No. 2
is marked agriculture, and relates to farm;
tho number of persons who conduct it; the
numberofacres Of land titled, including fallow
grass and rotat,ve crop, pasture or meadow orch.
ards, vineyards, woodland, forests old fields and
4. A. 80 l.,
ing land. fences and buildings. farm nipple
ments and machinery and live stock; cost Of
building and repairing fenses, the cost of fer
tilizsr purchased during 1879; amount paid for
value Of all farm productions sold, consumed
or On hand in 1879; acreage of grass lands,
mswn or not mown, hay clever or grass seed
number of horses of all kinds; mules, asses
and neat cattle, and their products, also sheep,
swine and poultry On hand June I. Schedule
3 is for manufacturer. The enumerator must
ascertain the name Of the corporation, COM
pany or individual doing q business of $500
productions, capital invested in the business;
average number Of hands employed; hours Of
sber; wages paid; average days wages; num-
Der Of months during the year in operation;
value of material and products; what power |
9 used, whether water, horse or steam power;
f water then the name Of the river or stream |
md tho number Of feet fall if steam, the |
aumber of engines and boilers in use. The |
Mortality schedule, which is numbered 4,
must exhibit the names Of the persons whs
vhs died in the census year, personal descrip-
ion; age on last birthday; sex, color-white,
black, mulatto. Chinese or Indian; married,
ingls, widowed or divorced; cause Of death,
lame of physician whs attended deceased,
nd where the disease causing death was con-
racted. This includes bat part of the ques-
ions asked, the answers to which must b..
1ritten on blanks.
An erroneous idea concerning tho number
ad import of the questions to Be asked by
he enumerators has gstten abroad. 1t is cur
emily believed that tho emu nerators will sub
oct each householder to questions numbering
etween twenty five and thirty, concerning all
inds of family affairs The fact is, however,
lat abeut eight questions will be asked, all
which will be asked without hesitation by
'erybody. They are: "What is your name, |
.e, birthplace, birthplace of father, occupa-
on, number in famlyl" and general cues.
On smbodying all questions concerning
ippes, insane, etc. People, therefore, need &
It fear being annoyed bv number of in 8
,isitorial questions concerning private af-
irs. j.