Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-04-12
SCHOOL ENUMERATION
Suggestions to Parents and Heads of
Families as to Their AIDING the
Enumerators.

The annual enumeration of children |
entitled to school privileges is now
being taken in this city by the fol- |
lowing persons who were appointed
bv the school board: Messrs. Frank
Davenport, Charles Hoerner, Joseph
T. Cans and DIR. Dempsey. These
are capable men and are making a
careful canvass of the city
This work in the city of Richmond
is of great Importance to our schools
and the citizens in general, as upon
the basis of this list of children the
school fund with which to pay the
entire corps of teachers next year.
Parents and heads of families or
households are earnestly requested to
give promptly and correctly the in
| formation required by these emu
merators. This list should include
every person between the ages of six
and twenty one years residing in the
city of Richmond, and every such
person omitted from this list reduces
the school fund that we should prop
erly draw from the state about So CO.
| The new law concerning the emu
meration is very exacting IN its re
quirements, and those taking this
list will need the prompt and cheer
full assistance of all upon whom they
call. The following quotation from
the law will indicate to all the chief
requirements of this work:
| (a) The enumeratorS shall list
the names of parents, guardians,
heads of families, or persons having
charge of such children male or fe-
male, and shall list the full names
and give the age and sex of each
child so enumerated He shall Sc
cure the signature of either parent,
guardian, head of family or person
having charge of such child or chill
dren, certifying to the correctness of
the same, or if this is impossible
shall secure the signature of some
responsible person who can certify to
the correctness of the list.
(b) He shall include in such list
such unmarried persons between six
and twenty-one years of age as are
dependent upon themselves and not
under the charge of parents, guar
dams, or head of families and shall
so designate such persons in sepa-
rate list, giving the street and mum
Der of their residence.
This last provision includes all per
sons between six and twenty-one
who are working in the city as ser
wants, clerks, bookkeepers, or other
employees, if this be their home The
law further provides ''that in case
any parent, guardian or head oil
family or person having charge OF
any child entitled to school privileges
shall refuse to report to the emu
merator any facts herein required,
necessary to full and accurate emu
meration, he shall be deemed guilty
of misdemeanor, and upon convic-
ton shall be fined not less than one
dollar nor more than ten.
Citizens when reporting the list OF
persons in their home to the emu
merator frequently omit to give the
names of young people who are work
ing, or are away from home at school
or visiting. Every omission of this
kind costs the city money.
All our citizens can readily see the
great Importance of this work beng
accurately and honestly done, and
most respectfully urge upon all that
they cheerfully and promptly give to
the enumerators when called upon all
the information required.
T. a. MORT,
Superintendent of Schools.