The Saint Paul globe., 1899-12-12

In about two weeks Mr.. Edward Yam
ish, supervisor Of the census for the
Fourth Minnesota district, will issue a
report, authorized by the census bureau,
conveying full and complete information
upon the subject. 1T Is estimated at
present by Mr.: Vanish that the work for
the Fourth district will require the as
sistance of from 15G to 16O enumeraters.
Already numerous applications have been
filed with Mr.. Vanish for positions in
spite Of the fact that the taking of the
twelfth census of the United States will
not begin until June 1 next. Many peo-
pie have labored under the impression
that it would begin on Jan. 1, 1900. In
cities of 5000 inhabitants and over the
work must be completed within two
weeks. In smaller towns in the country
districts a month will be allowed In which
to complete the work. The two-week
limit will include st. Paul, Minneapolis
and Saltwater The exact fee for re-
muneration has not yet been determined.
The law. however, fixes a minimum rate
of cents a name in cities and Is
cents in the country.
While enumerators are appointed by
district supervisors they must be ap-
proved by Director Merriam, at Wash
| ington. On this account it will be neces-
sary to select them some time previous
| to commencement of the work, probably
| on or before May 1, 1900. Commissions
will be issued to them about May 20.
| Each enumerator must he a resident of
| his own enumeration district provided
| there are those in the district capable of
doing the work properly The twelfth CEN
| sus will not go so deep into unimportant
| details as did the eleventh. 1t will, I'M
| der Director Merriam, be greatly simpH-.
! fled. While the supervisor has full power
! to appoint enumerators no one will be
| approved at Washington who is not fully
| qualified.
| The government will provide blanks for
| each enumerator, the schedules of which
must be filled in, and no one will be ap-
| pointed not capable of writing a neat
and legible hand and able to spell
| correctly. As these schedMrs form the
| records for compilation at Washington
| unless they can be read easily they are
| worthless. In addition to the minimum
| and maximum rates provided by law for
| enumeration of each person, two cents
! will be allowed for each death, Is cents
| for each farm, and 20 cents for each es-
| tablishment Of productive industry.
! Where the ,sparseness of settlement
|
| do the work at these figures, or other
! considera tons pertinent thereto, the COM
| pensatiCn allowed enumerators will not
be less than So nor more than $6 a day
Of ten hours for actual work. No Grains
| for mileage will be allowed enumerators
except in extreme cases, and then only
| on authority OF the director Of the CEN
! sus.
Application blanks for appointment as
| census enumerator can now be procured
! Of Supervisor Vanish Each applicant
seeking such position must give his Chris
/ tian name 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 expert
| ence, including a statement Of all ma
| tional, state, county, or municipal offices
| held at any time, nature Of present oc-
! cupation, If any; previous experience in
| census work, physical condition, and
knowledge of English and other Ian
| guages. This application must be made
in the handwriting of the applicant
! throughout and must pe certified to as
SUCH
Under the provisions of section 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-
| ana .IueCudIllCdl
! and, by the same section, the schedules of
! mortality and of manufacturing and me-
chanlcal establishments may be withheld
from the enumerators, 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 re-
! spect the work of the enumerators at
! the twelfth census will be much more
| SinDle than that required of enIIn era
! tors at preceding censuses.
Any enumeratOr who, without justifia-
BILE cause, neglects or refuses to perform
the duties of his position, after accept
| ing an appointment and qualifying for
work, or who communicates to any per-
son not authorized to receive the same
any information gained by him in the
performance of his duties will be subject
to a fine of $500, as provided in section q
of the census act.