The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-07
Should Live in District.

While not required by law, Che emu
merator should live in the district DE is
to canvass Only i'm case "a competent
resident cannot be found should a selec-
ton be made of person living else
where.
The instructions state that in order TO
determine the fitness of enumeraIOrs the
director will at a later date provide for
an examination, the form of which Will
be prescribed by him, and the eNamina-
ton papers themselves viii be passed
';pon by the census bureau. This exam
ipatiOn wiz be OF q practical character.
consisting chiefly or wholly of the Milling
out of a sample schedule OF population
from data furnished, and, in the case
of enumeratOrs whose work VIII be i'm
rural districts, the filling Ou- of a SAM
pie schedule of agriculture. Applicants
who are unable TO pass this examination
viii be rejected, and il will be neces-
sary for the supervisors TO design3te
others. The utmost precautions viii be
adopted by the director 10 obtain an OK
animation which VIII accurately reflect
the Individual fitness Of the applicants,
and which, also, viii be surrounded by
every possible safeguard to prevent any
of the applicants from resOrting to COllu-
sion or from obtaining assistance in the
preparation of the sample schedule
cit will be mark OF your fitness for
the position you hold state the instruc
tons. Ito make your selections In sucn
a way that the number who will be uu-
able 20 pass this examination will be as
small possible. You viii lately be
fully informed as to this eEamuatiOn,'
The circular states hat applicants
should understand that their entire work
ing time viii be required during the pc
Rod of enumeration, and if they accept
such appointment and qualify -hey can
rot. under the law, without Justifiable
cause" refuse OF neglect to perform the
duties Of the position. Having assumed.
the office, they cannot retire at their
own pleasure The supervisors are adj
vised TO have in view substitute enumera-
tors.
Chance for Foreigners.
1t is stated that in enumeration dis
tTicts where the population Is largely of
some particular foreign nationality the
supervisors ought 10 be able TO obtain
members of that nationality with sufii-
cient intelligence and education to act as
enumerators. The employment of such
persons as euumerators viii also tend to
dispel any preiudice shat may exist
against the census among the foreign
population. IL would also reduce the
cost of the employment of interpreters
The supervisors are informed that the
regular form OF application for appoint
meut as enumeration, a circular setting
forth the duties and qualifications OF
census enuneratOrs; blank form to cor
tain the designated names, and q circu-
lar stating precisely the rates Of COM
pensatiOn to be paid enumeratOrs, viii be
furnished later on.
Applications should be addressed to the
Individual supervisors and not to the 1en-
sus bureau 1t is understood that the
filing of applications viii be permitted
to continue until about jar. To- The
population and agricultural schedules VIII
lot be forwarded the supervisors until
a few weeks before the enumeration be-
gins. 1t is estimated more than 5000
eTumeratOrs viii be employed, Of which
number 5000 viii carry both the pOpula-
tiOn and farm schedules.