The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-08
TAKING OF THE CENSUS.
EACH SUPERVISOR TO Be PAID
$500 OR MORE,

The Enumerators to Be Paid Accord
ing to the Work They Do-severe
Penalties Prescribed for Refusals to
Answer Questions-Thirty Per Cent.
the Estimated Increase in Popula-
ton for the Decade.
WASHINGTON, July 7--Georgia has been
divided for census purposes, by the superin-
tendent Of the census, into six districts.
Florida has been divided into two dis
tricts, the line running east of Lafayette
and Columbia counties. South Carolina
has been divided into four districts.
A supervisor is TO be appointed for each
district, who is to receive a compensation
based on enumeration, to be not less, however,
than $500. They will not be appointed until
next year. Col. Bucks recommendations
will be taken as to these appointees in Geor-
gla. The supervisors will appoint the
enumerators, who will be paid according to
the amount of work done.
WHEN WORK BEGINS.
The work is to be begun on June 1 next
and to be completed by July l, except the
enumeration in cities having over 5000
inhabitants in 1880, which must to be taken
within two weeks from the first Monday Of
June.
Thirty per cent. is the ratio of increase
for the decade. as estimated at the census
bureau. Georgia's estimated population
may be put at 2,000,0 600, round numbers,
Florida's at $4,000, South Carolina's at
], 100000
Some of the provisions of the census act
for 1890 are interesting. The superintend-
ent of the census is required to have taken
specially "the names, organizations and
length of service of those who had served in
the army, navy or marine corps of the
United States in the late war, and who are
survivors at the time of said inquiry, and
the widows Of soldiers, sailors or marines" "
He is also required to have special in
quiry made as to the number of negroes,
mulattoes, quadroons and octoroons. The
penalties provided by the act are curious,
REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW.
Section ID provides that each and every
person more than 20 years of age belonging
to any family residing in any enumeration
district or subdivision, and in case of the
absence of the heads and other members of
any such family, then any representative of
such family shall be and each of them
hereby is required, if thereto requested by
the superintendent, supervisor, or enumera-
tor, to render true account to the best of
his or her knowledge of every
person belonging to such family
in the various particulars required
by law, and whoever shall willfully fail or
refuse shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined in q
sum not exceeding 500.
And every president treasurer, secretary,
agent, director or other officer of every cor
poration from which answers to any of the
schedules provided for by this act are
herein required, who shall if thereto re-
quested by the superintendent, supervisor
or enumerator willfully neglect or refuse tc
give true and complete answers to any in
quiries authorized by this act, or shall will
fully give false information, shall be guilty
of misdemeanor, and on conviction there
of shall be fined not exceeding $4,000, to
which may be added Imprisonment for q
period not exceeding one year" Be-
sides these penalties heavy pen
alties of fine and Imprisonment
are imposed upon supervisors or enumer-
ators failing in duty, and upon persons get
ting paid for pecuniary appointments under
the act. The penalty for false returns,
knowingly made. is a fine not exceeding
5000, and Imprisonment not exceeding
| two years,