Delta chief., 1885-05-13
THE STATE CENSUS.
Duties OF the EnumcrRtor and People
-kome Facts 10 be Gathered.

Duties OF the Emu m rRtor and People
-kome Facts 10 be Gathered.
The census enumerator will start on his
rounds of the county on the first day of next
month, to take the first State census Of Colo
some points, we quote from the act author
iHing the taking of the census:
Section 10 OF the act provides as follows ::
amy enumerator who, having taken and
subscribed the oath required by this net,
shall without justitiable cause, neglect or re-
fuse to perform the duties enjoined on him
by this act, or shall without the authority of
the Commissioner communicate to any person
not authorized TO receive the same, any sta
tistics Of property or business included in
his returns, shall be deemed guilty Of mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall
pay fine Of not less than one hundred dol
lars, nor more than three hundred dollars /;
or II he shall wilfully and knowingly make
false oath or affirmation, in case an oath or
affirmation is required OF him by this act. he
shall be deemed guilty of perjury. and shall
be tried and punished therefor as provided by
law for the punishment Of such oiicnses in
other cases"
1t is not within the choice Of any inhabit-
ant of the State whether he shall or shall not
communicate the information required by
law. BY the 18th section Of the act approx
cd March 5, 1855, it is provided: That
each and every person more than twenty
years of age, OF sound mind, belonging to
any family residing in any enumeration dis
trict, and in case Of the absence OF the heads
and other members OF such family, then any
ngcn, of such family shall be, and each Of
them is hereby required IL thereto requested
by the commissioner, enumeraior or author
ized agent, TO render n true account to the
best Of his or her knowledge of every person
belonging to such family in the various par
ticulars required by law, and whoever shall
wilfully fail or refuse shall be deemed
guilty Of = misdemeanor, and upon convic-
ton thereof pay n fine Of not less than one
hundred dollars nor more :han three hundred
dollars" The same section also imposes a
penalty for neglect or refusal 10 answer in
regard to mines, farms, and other industries
of the State as follows: every president,
secretary. treasurer, manager or other author
ized agent or representative Of every corpo-
ration. or smelter, mine, mill, mAnufactory,
or industry doing business In this State, from
which answers to any OF the schedules pro-
vided for by this act are herein required, who
shall, If thereto requested by the commits
sioncr, enumcrator, or other authorized agent,
wilfully neglect, fail or refuse to give correct
and complete answers to any inquiries au-
thorized by this act, such officer or agent
shall be deemed guilty Of n misdemcanor,
and upon conviction thereof be fined in n
sum not less than two hundred dollars nor
more than Ave thousand dollars, or by i'm
prisonmcnt in the county Jail not to exceed
six months"
Under the divisions Of productions of agri.
culture there are one hundred questions to be
asked, among them the tenure of occupant of
land, aud
Acres of land, improved, titled, including
fallow and grass in rotation; permanent
meadows, permanent pastures, orchards, vine
yards. Unimproved, woodland or forest
other unimproved, including old fields not
growing wood.
Farm values, including land, fences and
buildings; of farming implements and ma.
chincry of live stock; cost OF building and
repairing fences in 1884; cost of fertilizers in
1884.
Labor-amount paid for wages for farm Ia
Dor during 1884, including value of board /;
weeks hired labor in 1884, upon farm (and
dairy,) excluding housework.
Estimated value of all farm productions,
sold, consumed or on hand, for 1884.
Grass lands - acreage 1884, mown; not
mown products harvested in 1884, hay, tons;
clover seed, bushels; grass seed, bushels.
Horses of sll ages on hand June 1, 1885 (;
mules and asses all ages, OH hand June 1,
1885.
Neat cattle and their products, on hand
June 1, 1885, working owen, nitlch COWS, and
others; movement, 1sS4-calves dropped /;
cattle Of all ages purchased, sold living,
slaughtered, died, strayed aud stolen and not