Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-27
TAKING OF CENSUS.
Necessary qualifications of Those to BE
Employed.

Necessary qualifications of Those to BE
Employed.
The census will be for every state AMI
territory, the District of Columbia,
Alaska and the Hawaiian islands and
will be made in June, 1900. According
to the circular it is provided that all
enumerstOrs "shall be residents of the
enumeration districts for which they
may be appointed, and that they shall
be selected solely with reference to fit
ness, and without reference to their po-
lticsl party affiliations. The appoint
ment of enumerators will be made with
reference to physical activity and to
aptness, neatness and accuracy in writ
ing and in the use of figures. The Gen.
sus requires active, energetic persons of
good address with the pen. Only such
can do the work with satisfaction to the
government or profit to themselves.
each person seeking appointment as
census enumerator must make a writ
ten application to the supervisor for the
district of which resident, giving the
Christian name and surname in full;
whether citizen of the United States
or not; present legal residence; sex and
color; age; place of birth; the principal
facts of education and of professional
or business experience, including a
statement of all national, state, county
or municipal offices held at any time;
nature of present occupation, if any;
previous experience in census work;
physical condition, and knowledge of
English and other languages. This ap
plicatlon must be made in the hand
writing of the applicant throughout,
and must be certified to as such. The
enumeration required by the census act
will begin on the first day If June. 1900,
and must be completed within two
weeks in all cities for which 5000 in
1890. and in all other districts on or be-
fore the first day of July next thereaf-
ter. 1t will be necessary for each emu
merator, before entering upon his du-
ties, to receive commission, under the
hand of the supervisor of the district
to which he belongs, and TO take and
subscribe to an oath or affirmation that
he will faithfully discharge all the d.
ties required of him under the law.
Under the provisions of Section Z of
the census act, the enumeration in June,
1900, is restricted to inquiries relating to
the population, to mortality, and TO the
products of agriculture and of manu-
featuring and mechanical establish
ments, and, by the same section, the
schedules of mortality and OF manu-
featuring and mechanical establish
ments may be held from the enumera-
tors, in the discretion of the director of
the census. In no case, therefore, will
the schedules of inquiries to be made by
the census enumeratOrs exceed four in
number, and in this respect the work of
the enumerators at the twelfth census
will be much more simple than that re-
quired of enumerators at preceding
censuseS.
"The compensation to be paid to
enumeTators is fixed by Section Is of
the act of March 3, 1899, and mini
mum rate of cents for each living in
habitant, 2 cents for each death, 10
cents for each farm and 20 cents for
each establishment of productive indus
try is provided for all subdivisions
where such allowance shall be deemed
sufficient. In other subdivisions, where
higher per capita rates are to be paid,
according to the difficulty of enumera-
ton, the maximu m rate will not exceed
3 cents for each living inhabitant, 3
cents for each death, 20 cents for each
farm and 80 cents for each establish
ment of productive industry, while in
where per diem rates are
established, having reference to the
nature of the region to be canvassed
and the density or sparseness of settle
ment, or other considerations pertinent
thereto, the compensation allowed to
will be not less than SO or |
more than Sc per day of ten hours &C.
tusl field work each. Except in ex-
IRENE cases, no claim for mileage or
expenses will be allowed to
any enumeration, ana then only when |
authority has been previously granted
by the director of the census. Any
who, without justifable
cause, neglects or refuses to perform
the duties of his position, after accept !
ing an appointment and qualifying tor
the work, or who communicates to any
person not authorized to receive the |
same any information gained by him
in the performance of his duties, will |
DE subject to fine of $500, as provided |
in Section q of the census act"