The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-09
THE CENSUS OF MARYLAND
Population Over Two Thousand
Less Than the Original Count.
An Official Statement of the Result
of the Investigation OF Alleged
Frauds in st. Mary, Charles and
Anne Arundel Counties Issued.

of the Investigation Of Alleged
Frauds in st. Mary, Charles, and
Anne Arundel Counties Issued.
The Director Of the Census gave out
today the following statement concern
ing the population Of the State of Mary
land, after the changes had been made
incidental to the accommodation in St
Mary, Charles, and Anne Arundel
counties
The discrepancy between the figures
for Charles county and those allowed
by the Census Office are believed to be
due to a certain extent to different
construction as TO what constitutes
residence for the purpose Of enumera-
ton within the meaning of the Census
act The Census law does not clearly
define what is meant by abode OF
.habitants, both Of which occur in the
section relating to the duties Of emu
| merators.
The enumerators in Charles county
| evidently proceeded on the theory that
persons having a constructive resi-
| dence IN the county entitled them to
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| law the Office could not agree TO; neith-
| er could it agree that omceholders, re-
| gardless Of the time they had been ab-
| sent from the county should be emu
/ raerated. In some instances the emu
| merators took the ground that unmar-
| ried persons, in the case of men, either
on the registration lists OF entitled to
be there, and in the case Of women re-
| turning, from time to time, to their
| families and claiming their homes in
the county, should have their names
placed on the schedules The officials
| Of the Census Office took the view that
| they should have been enumerated al
! the place they slept on June I 1860.
! There seems to be some difference of
opinion concerning the meaning of the
Census act. The law will undoubtedly
be amended in the future to cover any
| possible mistakes as to those entitled to
enumeration.
| The accommodation Of Anne Arundel
| county gave evidence that large num-
Der of people who migrate from the
| cities during the early summer season
to pick berries, peas, etc. happened TO
be in the county in question on or
about the first of June or thereabouts.
The Census Office made every endeav-
OF to place the people found to have
been enumerated in Baltimore, but only
the names Of a few could be ascertain
d. and so the effice was impelIed to
courH 2,SS7 as residents Of Anne Arundel
county.
The final figures have been adjusted
and the entire population Of the State
Of Maryland VIII stand at I,18S,44 max
ing a reduction Of zoos from the origi-
nal figures given out. It may be said
in passing that the greatest laxity was
shown IN several districts in not count
ing people in their districts and the re-
| enumeration showed a large number OF
people not enumerated at the proper
| time and place The results Of the in
vestigation have been turned over tC
the legal department Of the Govern
| ment and the Attorney General, or his
representative. will indicate what fur
ther action if any. has to be taken. s.
far as the Census Office is concerned
its work is finished