The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1890-06-07
COUNTING THE PEOPLE.
some of the Queries TO be MADE w
the Census EnumeratOrs i'm June

The Eleventh Census oil the Ohi'eo
States will be taken during the month
of June. The census enumeratofs
will begin their work on MONDAY,
June I'd. and will visit every house
and ask questions concerning every
person and family in the United
States. The questions that will be
asked call for the name of every per-
son residing in the United States on
the first day of June, with their sex
and age, and whether white, black,
mulatto, quadroon, octoroon or Chin
csc. Japanese, or Indian. Inquiry
will be made also as to whether they
are single. married, widowed or di-
yorced, and, if married, whether
married during the census year. The
place of birth of each person and the
PLACE OF birth of The father and mo-
ther Of each person, will also be call
ed for. as well a. 4 statement as TO
profession, trade Or occupation fol-
lowed and the number Of months I'M
employed during the census year.
For al perscns ten years Of age or
ovsr a rafara must be made by the
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wha Gan .v,si1ls Ii Ezash- For those
Who eE1aaad sg,sIk English The partie-
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them XIII RS rss,sraEsass,3- For chill
drsn Of school Ers- s1sa- he number
of months They Ezlssals'3 school viii
be recorded hF 4hs Dsrszs enumera-
tors. In the eEse Of 1DoihFrs an in
quiry will be made - 10 1he number
OF children they have ha6, and the
number Of these children living at
the present time. This inquiry IS TO
be made OF all women who are or
have been married, including al who
are widows or have been divorced.
Foreign born males of age, that :,
81 year of age or over, Will be asked
as to the mum Der of years they have
been in the United Stated, and wheth-
or they are naturalIzed or have taken
out naturalization papers. OF the
head of each family visited the ques-
ton will be asked as 10 the number
of persons in the family, and whether
his home is owned or hired; also, II
owned, whether the home is free from
mortgage incumbrance. II the head
of family is a farmer, similar in
quiries will be made concerning the
the ownership of the farm. In addi-
ton to these inquiries, all of which
are made on the population schedule,
the law under which the census is
taken makes provision for special
inquiries concerning such OF the pop
ulation may be mentally or physi-
cally defective in any respect, that IS,
insane, feeble-minded, deaf, blind, or
crippled, or who may be temporarily
disabled by sickness, disease or acct
dent at the time of the enumerator's
visit. Certain special inquiries will
also be made concerning inmates of
prisons and reformatories and of
charitable and benevolent institu-
lions. Besides this a statement will
be called for concerning all persons
who have died during the census
year, giving their name, age, sex and
occupation, and cause of death.
This official count of the people
comes but once in ten years, and
every family and every person should
consider 1t to be their duty to answer
the questions of the census enumera-
tors willingly and promptly, so that
definite and accurate information may
be gained concerning the $4,000, 900
people living within the boundaries
of this great country.
Captain d. b. Akey an old Mexican
War veteran, is the enumeration for
this District, and we bespeak for him
kind and courteous treatment in the
performance of his work.
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