Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-11
CENSUS DIRECTOR
WANTS CAPABLE men

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. gu.
S. Census Director Durand today is
sued a statement defining the quail
fications, duties and compensation of
Census enumerators. He states that
one of the duties imposed upon the
supervisors by the census act is the
designation of suitable persons to be
employed, with the consent of the Di-
rector OF the Census as enumerators
within their respective districts. 1t
is further provided that such persons
shall be selected solely with view
to fitness, and without reference to
their party affiliations.
THE census act provides that the
enumeration of population and agri-
culture shall begin on April Is, 1910,
| and that each enumerator shall com
plete the work required in his district
within thirty days in the case of rural
districts and small towns, and within
two weeks in the case of any incorpor-
ated city, town, village or borough
which had 5000 inhabitants or more
under the census of 1900.
1T is desirable where possible that
the enumerator shall live in the dis
trict he is to canvass. He should be
familiar with it sterritory and the gen
eral character of its people.
THE census requires as enumera
tors active, energetic persons Of good
address. Fhey must be thoroughly
Trustworthy, honest, and of good hab
Its. They must have at least ordinary
education and be able to write plain
" and with reasonable rapidity.
Each person seeking appointment
as census enumerator must make ;
written application to the supervisor
for the district of which resident
and said application must be mad'
throughout in the handwriting of thu
} applicant, and must be Endorsed b!
two representative business men o
the community in which the applican
resides.
"All applicants for appointment a
enumerators will be required to TAX
, an examination, to be prescribed b.
the Director of the Census, to deter
mine their fitness for the work.
Each applicant is furnished witt
an illustrative example of the name
! of filling the population schedule and
in country districts, with a copy O
the agricultural schedule to which, il
, the main, the work of the census emu
merator is confined.
: 1T will be necessary for eacl
; enumeration, before entering upon hi
! duties, to receive commission, IN
! der the hand of the supervisor of tn
district to which he belongs, and t
take and subscribe an oath that b
! will faithfully discharge all the dutie
; required of him.
| THE census act also provides tina
t an enumerator, after accepting an al
pointment and qualifying for the wor
] can not, without justifiable cause. II
fuse or neglect to perform the dutie
! of the position; and he viii turtle
2 be required to devote his entire worl
e ing time to the census work.
The compensation to be paid t
enumerators is fixed by the eensu
act, and an allowance of not less tina
two nor more than four cents for eac
inhabitant, not less than twenty nc
more than thirty cents for each farI
. reported, and ten cents for each bar
and Enclosure containing live stoc
not on farms, is provided for all SUI
divisions where the Director OF th
: Census shall deem such remuneratio
8 sufficient. In other subdivisions tn
c Director may fix a mixed rate OF nj
, less than one nor more than two do
n ars per day and in addition, an a
Y lowance OF not less than fifteen nj
( more than twenty cents for each far
| reported. while in subdivisions whel