The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-06-03
Counting The PeOp,e.

The eleventh census of the United
Sta'eS Will be taken In the month OF
June. The census epumeratOrs will
begin their work on Monday, June 2,
aud will visit every house, and ask
questions concerning every person
and every family in the United States.
The questions that VIII be asked, call
for the name of every person res,d-
ing in the United States on the first
day of June, with their sex and age,
and whether white, back, mulatt :,
quadroOn, octoroon, or Chinese, Japa-
nese, or Indian. Inquiry Will be
made a'so or every person Us TO
whether they are single, married,
widowed, or divorced. and. ifmarfied,
whether married during the census
year. The place of bitrh Of esch per-
>On, aud the place OF birth OF the
father and mother o; each person. VIII
also be called for, as wei as state
ment as 10 the profession, tr :de or
occupation followed snd the number
OF months unemployed during the
census yesr. For ali persons ten
We rs of age or over a return must be
made by the enumerar0r as to the
number able TO read and write, AID
also the number VITO can speak EGG
l;sh. For those WAC can not speak
English the Particular language or
d alect spoken by them will be ascer-
taiped. For children Of school age,
also, the number OF montcs they at
tended school viii be recorded by the
census enumerators. IL the case Of
mothers an inquiry will he made
rs to the number of children they
have had, and the number Of those
children living 4, the present time.
! This inquiry is to be made or al
women who are or have been married,
! including all who are widows or have
been divorced. ForeigG-bOrn males
of sdult age, that is, II years Of age
or over, Will be asked as to the num-
Der of years they. have been in the
! United Sites, and whether they are
naturalized or have taken out natural
iz,,ion papers. Of the head of each
family visited the question will be
asked as to the number of persons IN
the family, and whether his home is
owned or hi. ed ; also. il owned,
whether the home is free from mort
gage incumbrance. Ii the head OF
the family is a farmer, similar inquir
les will be made concerning the
ownership OF the farm. In add ion t.
these inquiries, all of which are made
of the population schedule, the Law
under which the CENSUS is taken make:
provision fer special inquiries con
corning such Of the population as may
be mentally or physically defective IL
any respect, that is, insane, feeble
minded, deaf, blind, or crippled. OF
who may be temporarily disabled by
sickness, disease, or accident at th'
time of the enumerator's visit. Ger
tain special inquiries will as be made
concerning inmates of prisons and re,
formatcries and of charitable and be
nevolent institutions. Besides this, ;
} statement vii! be called for concern
ing all persons who have died durin:
the cenuss year. giving their name
age, sex, occupation and cause O.
death.
This official count of the peopl
comes but once In ten years, ant
every family and every person SHOULD
: consider it TO be their duty to answe
the questions of the census enumera
tors wi lingly and promptly, so tina
t defnate and accurate information
. may be gained concerning the 90,
100000 people living within tn
bonds of this great country.