The Monmouth inquirer., 1890-04-10
The census Enumeration.

WHAT ThE INUMhRAAon NAAA Aoh AOCs
For the benefit of those who do not
know the questions to which they will
be expected to give correct answers the
following list is published.
l. Give Christian name in full, and
initial of middle name, surname.
Q. Whether q soldier, sailor or marine
during the civil war Omitted States or
Confederate) or widow OF such person.
3. Relationship to head of family.
d. Whether white or black, mulatto.
uuadroon, octoroon, Chinese. Japanese
or Indian.
5. Sex.
6. Age at nearest birthday. II nnder
year give age in months.
z. Whether single, married. widowed
or divorced.
8. Whether married during the GEN.
sus year, June LIST. 1889. to May 81.
1907
8. Mother OF how many children. and
number OF these children living.
10. Place OF birth.
IL. Place OF birth OF father.
I2. Place of birth OF mother.
13. Number Of years in the United
States.
Is. Whether naturalization papers
have been taken out.
l6. Profession, trade or occupation.
IT.. Months unemployed during The
census year.
1S. Attendance at school lin months)
during the census year.
10. Able to read.
20. Able to write.
81. Able to speak English. II not.
the language or dialect spoken,
20. Whether suffering from acute or
chronic disease. with name of disease
and length o I time afflicted.
%, whether defective in mind. sight,
hearing or speech. or whether crippled,
MANNED or deformed, with name OF de.
feet
"a, Whether q prisoner. convict.
homeless child or pauper.
25 and 26. Is the house you live in
hired. or is it owned by the head or by
q member of the family
81. If owned by head or member OF
family, is the home free from mortgage
incumbrance
28. If the head of the family is O
farmer, is the farm which he cultivates
hired, or is it owned by him or by a
member of the family -?
20. If owned by head or member oi
family, is the farm free from mortgage
incumbrance
80. II the home or farm is owned by
head or member of family, and mort
gagged. give the postofice address oi
owner.
From the general scope of the ques-
tions it will be seen that the bureau is
likely to receive all the information
needed in the treatment OF population
and social statistics. A few of the ques.
tions are inquisitorial and will be often
sive to some people, particularly those
relating to mortgages. The sixth and
seventh questions are the ones under
which ancient maidens and "grass
widows will fall, but then the law does
not compel anyone to tell anything dam.
aging to themselves.
It would be folly for person to at
tempt to evade the enumerator. Each
one is armed with authority to enter
any building and apply to anyone fol
the information he seeks. Anybody
who will resist him or wilfully fail or
refuse to give him the facts he asks fol
will be deemed guilty OF a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction will be sentenced
to pay a fine which will not exceed 800.
The enumerator or Supervisor of the
Census has also the authority to call up.
on the polico department or United
States Marshal for assistance in enforc-
ing the penalty when necessary.
The preliminary work of compiling
the statistics will be completed by June
30th. and Robert P. Porter, Superin.
tendent Of the Census, expects to be
able 10 announce the population OF the
couatry by August 1st The counting
OF the returns made by enumerators will
be done with electrical machines. which
do az much work in five hours as was
formerly done in forty-ive hours. The
various special lines will not be complet-
ed until some time after the population
statistics. Agents are now at work on
these lines. and it will require several
months to complete them. Men are
also at work in every county gathering
statistics OF farm and home property and
mortgage Indebtedness from the books
Of Recorders.