The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-03
sCNOOL CENSUS.


Take ".
Austin, Texas, April Tho depart
'nent Of education has completed tho send
Ing out Of 100000 blanks to census trus-
tees and ass,ssorSup6n which 10 make re-
turns OF the scholastic census FOR the on
suing year Endorsed upon these blanks is
the following:
To Census Trustees and Assessors
Your attention is Invited to tho follow
ing extract from the school laws:
! secGan 80. The couuiy supcrintcndtn ut
OF public instruction shall. Oh tho HIST
day Of January Of each year. or as 80 u
as practical thereafter, appoint one OF the
trustees OF each school district. or some
other qualified person, to take said cen
] sus, who shalt be known as the census
trustee OF the district, II shall be the duty
" the census trustee to take, between tho
ist day OF May and the LIST day OF June at
ter his appointment, census Of all the
| children that will he over s and under IL
4 wears Of age on the first day OF the fol-
lowing September, and who are RI sidtn
OF the school district on said list day OF
| May. and TO make report under oath to tho
county superintendent on or before the lit
day OF June next thereafter, In taking the
said census he shall visit tach home, RIA
tence. habltatlon and placc OF abode, and
shall by actual observation aud intcrroga-
| tton. cnumernto tho children thereof In
the following manner. He shall use for
each parent, guardian or person having
control of any such children prescribed
form showing the name. color and ma
tionality OF the person rendering such chill
dren, the name and number Of tho snho,l
district in which the children reside, and
the name, sex. and date OF birth Of each
child Of which he is the parent or guar
diap. or OF which he has control and which
child Will be over s and under II years
OF age on the lst day OF September next
following. The census trustee shall require
such form to be subscribed and sworn to
by the person rendering the rhildron. and
he Ii hereby authorized TO administcr
oaths for this purpose.
When the census trustee or assessor vts-
Its any home or house or place OF abode
of a family aud Fails to Ind either the
parent or any person having legal control.
1t shall be tho duty OF the census trustee
to leave the prescribed census blanks for
the use OF parents at such home or place
of abode. with note To the parent Of
guardian having legal control OF child Or |
children, requiring that tho form BIZ filled |
out, sworn and subscribed 10 before the !
census trustee. or an officer authorized TO |
administer oaths, and that the bank, /
when so filled out. shall be delivered BY tho |
narent or person having legal control OF
any child which Will be over 8 and upder |
n years OF age on the lst day OF Septcni- !,
Der next thereafter, and who, being re- (
duested hy tho census trustee to prepare |
said form giving the information required, |
or to give the information necessary to |
enable the trustee to prepare tho same,
shall refuse to do So or shall refuse to l
make oath to said form when 1lled accord
ing TO his statement of facts In regard 10
said children, or shalt fail to return the
form left at his home In his absence. 40
above required. shall be guilty OF a mis-
dcmeanor and upon conviction shall be |.
ilned not less than SIS nor more than $40.
And II shall be the duty OF the ccnnus trus-
tee at once to file With aome justice of the
peace OF competent jurisdiction complaint
same family shall be listed ON one form,
md tsAone person has under his control
children OF different family name, no
ihould use a separate form for each family
ianle.
The census trustee shall arrange tho
orIrs for white and colored children sep
IratelY in alphabetical order. according 10
he family name OF the children reported
hercon
While collecting the census census trhs-
res ard nssessors shall thke the name and
ddrossc Of all children who are blind or
eaf and dumb and report the anne to tho
ounty superintendent.
Collecting the scholastic census IN IN
Important duty and I urge diligence and
are In securing complete list OF the
chool children OF the state Most respect
ully. J. NJ. Carlisle.
tate Superintendent OF Public Instruction.
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