Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-11-25
CENSUS RULES.
Employment Of Assessors and Deputies
as Bnumerators Prohibited.

Employment Of Assessors and Deputies
as Bnumerators Prohibited.
Hon. Pedro Sanchez, census supervisor
for New Mexico, now has his office In the
federal building. arranged conveniently
for expediting work, says the New Mex
lean. He is receiving many applications
for employment ~ enumerstors. In the
selection Of employees the census bureau
allOwsa wide range. but II prefers men Of
voting age ~ being more responsible than
women or minors, although the employ
ment Of either Of the latter Glasses Ia
not prohibited. As q matter Of fact, no
citizen who Is intelligent and can write
readily Is ineligible TO appointment, ex-
cept persons who are or have recently
been connected with the office OF the
city or county Assessor. 1t might seem
that assessors and their deputies would
be better equipped to lind people and
property than anybody else, but long
experience has demonstrated to the cen.
sus officials that their employment Is not
satisfactory.
Ignorant people always confuse the
census enumerator with the assessor.
When they are asked about their child.
rem men have been known to lie about
the number, supposing that they were
to be taxed for their offspring at so
much per child. The coming Of the CEN
sus taker has often been the signal for
hiding everything in sight and causing
people to plead poverty most srievously.
The very nrst thing the department
wishes people TO understand Is that 1t IL
In no way connected with or interested
In the assessment and collection of
taxes. The next is that people must give
Information. and every family must be
found. II Is desirable that the head Of
the family should give the information,
and the enumerators are instructed 10
lind the head Of the family II necessary.
The work Of census snumerators will
be much more simple this time than
usual. The instructions to enumeration
contain this clause: "Under the proyi.
sions OF section Z OF the census act the
enumeration of June. 1900. Is restricted
to inquiries relating to the population,
TO mortality and to the products of agri-
culture and OF manufacturing and me.
chanical establishments, and, by the
same section. the schedules OF mortality
and Of manufacturing and mechanical
establishments may be withheld from the
enumerators, In the discretion OF the
director Of the census" Part OF these
schedules have been withheld, and spe-
cial men will be sent to the large man.
ufacturing establishments. The small
ones will be visited by the regular emu.
merat0rs.
In giving instructions to the census
supervisors, Director Merriam SAYS
county physicians, school teachers and
postmasters ut small offices will make
good census enumerators, because they
are likely to be fairly we'll posted already,
but he makes short work of the assessors
by saying: "No person who Is directly
Or indirectly concerned either In the as.
sessment Of property for taxation or In
the actual levying OF taxation, should be-
designated for appointment as q census
enumerator. II Is not to be expected
that every person will render q true &C.
count OF his property or its products to a
census enumerator who has official
knowledge. either directly or Indirectly,
OF statements made by such person for
taxation purposes ut d recent date; nor
yet to an enumeration TO whom he may be
called upon In the near future to render
statements for such purpose, or who by
virtue OF some official position. will have
knowledge OF, or access TO such state
ments. No local officer to whom the
foregoing would apply IL, therefore, ell
gible for appointment"
The instructions also contain a state.
ment that nearly 400 women we're EN-.
ten years ago IA enumerators, and
$50 as social enumerators In the
CAPS worth 90, 10 and kIOO. al RI. IN