Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-06-06
COUNTING THE PEOPLE,
Some of the Inquiries to be Made by the
Census Enumerators in June.

Some of the Inquiries to be Made by the
Census Enumerators in June.
The eleventh census of the United States
will be taken during the month of June.
The census enumerators will begin their
work on Monday, June 2, and will visit
every house and ask questions concerning
every person and every family in the
United States. The questions that will be
asked call for the name of every person in
the United States on the first day of June,
with their sex and age, and whether white,
black, mulatto, quadroon, octoroon. or Chi
nese, Japanese, or Indian. Inquiry will be
made also of every person as to whether
they are single, married, widowed, or d.
vorced, 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 mother of each person, will
also be called for, as we'll as
a statement as to the profession,
trade, or occupation followed and the
number of months unemployed during the
census year. For all persons ten years Of
age or over a return must be made by the
enumerator as to the number able to read
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speak English. For those who cannot
speak English the particular language or
dialect spoken by them will be ascertained.
For children of school age, also, the num-
Der Of months they attended school will
be recorded by the census enumerators. In
the case OF mothers an inquiry Will be
made as to the number OF children they
have had, 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 all who are wild
ows or have been divorced. Foreign,bo born
or over, will be asked as to the number OF
years they have been in tine United States,
and whether they are naturalized or have
taken out naturalization papers. Of the
head of each family visited the question
will be asked as to the number of persons
: owned or hired; also, if owned, whether the
home is free from mortgage incumbrance.
If the head of the family is a farmer, SINH
lar inquiries will be made concerning the
ownership OF the farm. In addition to these
inquiries, all of which are made on the
the census is taken makes provisions
for special inquiries concerning such
of the population as may be men-
tally or physically defective in any
respect, that is, insane, feeble-minded, deaf,
blind, or crippled, or who may be temper
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dent at the time of the enumerator's visit.
Certain special inquiries will also be made
concerning inmates of prisons aud reform
atories and of charitable and benevolent
institutions. Besides this, a statement will
be called for concerning all persons who
have died during the census year: giving
their name, age, sex, occupation n the
. cause of death.
This official count of the people comes
but once in ten years, and every family
and every person should consider it to be
their dnty to answer the questions of the
cencus enumerators willingly and prompt
ly, so that definite and accurate informa-
ton may be gained concerning the $1,000,
900 people living within the bounds of this
great country.