Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-02

terday. 1t is proposed to complete the
work in thirty days. Mr.. Ferguson. Of
Churchill, has been designated Census
Marshal for Nevada, with power to appoint
assistants and supervise the entire work.
The plan adopted in Nevada contemplates
the division Of each county into four CEN
sus districts. The whole corps has not
yet been organized in Eureka county. Mr..
Ferguson wrote several gentlemen here
asking them to district the county, and
recommend four active young men to make
the canvass, each to be a resident of the
district in which he is to o~ficiate. It is
found difficult to thus divide Eureka
county. The bulk Of the population re-
sides in the towns, Of Eureka and Ruby
Hill. A district composed OF these places
would be remunerative, while the sparsely
settled portions of the county would not
pay the travelling expenses Of the Enume-
rator, the compensation allowed being
three cents for the name Of each inhabi-
tant. In the meantime Coroner j. w.
Smith has received the appointment direct
from headquarters for the town Of Eureka.
Whether others can be induced to take the
rest Of the county is doubtful.
The matter possess a local importance
which should not be overlooked. Under
the Constitution of Nevada representation
in the Legislature must be based upon the
Federal census. 1t therefore follows that
unless a complete enumeration is made we
may lose strength in the Legislature when
a new apportionment Of members shall be
made. The following explains the COM
pensation and duties of Enumerators
The Enumerators receive for the name
OF each living inhabitant, three cents; for
each farm returned, twenty cents; for each
establishment of productive industry re-
turned on general manufacturing schedule.
fifteen cents; same on special manufacture
ing schedules, twenty-five cents; for each
death reported, five cents; for each person
enumerated on the supplementary sche-
dulles, relating to the dependent, defective
and delinquent classes (deaf and dumb,
blind, insane, idiotic, criminals, paupers
and children in institutions), five cents;
for making lists of names, with age, sex
and color, OF all persons enumerated, for
each 100 names, ten cents; for two days
attendance at the Courthouse tn correct
schedules. per day, $3.50. The compensa-
ton to any Enumeration east of the Tooth
meridian is not to exceed on an average of
81 per day for ten hours, and west of it
not to exceed Sc.
Each Enumeration must visit each dwell
ing in his district personally, and every
family therein, and all persons occupying
lofts in buildings, warehouses. factories,
\ h1aa ntn mr. win IN o.Itfa.y n akSno
huts, tents, sleeping on boats or bargss, or
locked up in prison.
Every person is bound to answer the
questions of the Enumeration to the best Of
his or her knowledge, and if he or she re-
fuses, to the bastile they go, or must pay
500.
The Census Commissioner thinks there
will be little trouble in this respect, now
ever. and says no people in the world are
so favorably disposed towards the work of
the census Marshals as the people of the
United States.
The ladies may as we'll make up their
minds to give mp their claim Of right to
secrecy as regards age, for each Enumera-
tor is instructed to get the ages at all haz-
ards, even to the fractional part of a
month, and they will draw them out of all
family bibles in every district, which will
~ "a aAA4 So viz lkdAbuo pGODlO
in the county have to be inter viewed.
The Enumerator is Instructed that he is
under no obligation to give every mans
occupation Just as he expresses it. II he
cannot express intelligibly what he is,
the Enumeration is to find ont what he
does, and to characterize his pl ofession &C.
cordingly." No man is to be described as
a mechanic, but the branch of labor fol-
lowed must be given.
Hatters. glovers. f~urriers, etc., are not
to be taken to include those who deal in
hats, gloves ard furs, but those only who
make them up; and this applies to all other
vocations.
Every Enumeration has to report to the
Supervision of his district and to the Gen.
sus Superintendent at Washington daily,
by postal card blanks furnished, the num-
Der of persons enumerated by him each
day.
There are five blanks for Enumerators
Schedule Ne. l is for population alone. and
the questions to be asked and answers writ
ten relate to the names Of streets, number
in order Of the dwelling house. number in
order of visitation. name of each person in
the house on June /, 1880; the color, white,
black. mulatto. Chinaman or Indian age
on last birthday, and if in months. the
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, daughter, servant or boarder f;
whether single. married, widowed or di-
vorced occupation or trade Of each per-
son has been employed in from June /.
1879, to June |, 1880; if persons are sick.
whether temporary, blind. deaf, idiot. in
sane. married, crippled or bedridden
what caused the sickness. and where the
illness or disability was contracted; wheth-
er the person can read or write place OF
birth, what State or Territory or foreign
country. with place Of birth Of both father
and mother.
Schedule No. 2 is marked agriculture.
and relates to q farm the number OF per-
sons who conduct it; the number OF acres
OF land titled. including failow. grass and
rotative crops, pasture or meadow, or
chards, vineyards, wood land. forests, old
fields and growing wood the value of the
farm improvements and machinery and
live stock cost Of building and repairing
fences, and cost Of fertilizers purchased
during 1879 amour paid for wages for
labor in 1879. including house work; esti-
mated value of all farm productions sold,
consumed or on hand in 1879; acreage OF
grass lands, mown or not mown, hay.
clover and grass seed number Of horses
Of ell kinds mules, asses and neat cattle.
and tuelr products, also sheep, swine and
poultry on hand Jun LIST.
Schedule No. 8 is for manufactures. The
Enumeration must ascertain the name Of
the corporation, company or individual
doing q business OF $500 per year; name Of
the business. manufacture or productions,
capital invested in the business. average
number OF hands employed. hours Of labor.
wages paid. average days wages. number
Of months during the year in operation.
value of material and products; what is
ussl-wf ether water, st, am or horse pow
er; il water, then the name Of the river or
stream and the number of feet fall; il steam
the number of engines and boilers in use.
The fourth schedule relates wholly to So