The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-03-05
CHAPTER 357l-[No. l6.
provide taking of the Census the Stat of Fod
in he

AN provide taking Census of the State of Florida
in the year 1885
The People of the State of Florida, represented Senate
and Assebly do fOOUs SECTION That the Tax
the several counties of this State hereby
qured respectively make enumeration of all the inhab
thereof the provided for in this act and
specified the instructions which shall be given by the Secre
tary State and make return thereof to the said Secretary
of State on or before day of December gheenhun
dred eghtyve and the said Assessors further requ
duplicate lists of the of all the male
inhabitants the years in their respective
which shall be transmitted to the Secre
tary and the other filed in the office of the Clerk of
the circuit court before the first days OF December
eighteen hundred and eighty-fve.
SEC Each every such Tax Assessors SHALL before
entering upon his duties heren take and subscribe the follow
oath affirmation before any officer authorized to admin
lister oaths in this State, to-wit: 81, ----- lax
Assessor of the county Of -- do solemnly swear or
affirm that will to the best of my ability enumerae or cause
to be enumerated all the inhabitants of said county and Will
faithfully perform all the duties enjoned by the act pro
vng for the taking of the Of the
and eighty And when the is duly authenticated
by said whom the oath taken and subscribed
he the Secretary of State copy thereof and
no Tax Assessor shall discharge any of duties herein
qued taken and subscribed said oah and forwar
ded copy aforesaid He shall make two sets OF returns
he shall deposit with the Clerk of the Circuit Court and
the other he shall forward to the Secretary of State
Any Tax Assessor may for purpose not ncon-
with this appoint deputy deputies to act in
his behalf who shall take and subscribe oath to faithfully
perform all the duties required of the Assessor but for all o
ca of such deputy deputies he shall be responsible
Sec The Tax Assessors of the respective counties snail
their respective services the OF three cents
per capita for such enumeration.
Sec 1t shall be the duty OF the County
county meet at the county site the second Monday
in December and the list OF male over
the age Of twenne returned by the under
the provisions Of this with the list of registered voters in
the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court and the names OF
all upon said list of registered voters not embraced
the list Of said Assessor shall be stricken from said list OF
registered voters; Provided however, That nothing herein
shall be construed TO prevent qualined
of the county whose have been omitted IN
tered And shall be the duty the Clerk Of the Circuit
forward to the Secretary Of State certified copy OF
the Of registered voters Of the county, after the County
Commissioners have compared and corrected the list - aor
The Clerk Tor the said certified copy shall be allowed
per TO be paid by Comptror warrant Tor the
same Should the County Commissioners l TO meet on the
day specified in this section for the purposes aforesaid shall
Be lawful tor them 70 met ct the earliest praeabe there
siter, and discharge the duties herein pfsscSihsd