The Aberdeen weekly., 1909-07-30


his possession by reason Of his en-
ployment under the provisions of
this Act. or the Act to provide for a
permanent Census Office, or Acts
amendatory thereof or supplemental
thereto, he shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and shall upon conviction
thereof be fined not to exceed $1,000
or be imprisoned not TO exceed two
years. or both so fined and impris-
oned, in the discretion of the court;
or if he shall willfuIly and knowing
ly swear to or affirm falsely, he shall
be deemed guilty of perjury, and
upon conviction thereof shall be inn
pris0ned not exceeding five years
and be fined not exceeding two
thousand dollars; or if he shall will
fully and knowingly make a false
certificate or a fictitious retarn. he
shall be guilty of a misdemeanOr,
and upon conviction of either Of the
last-named Offenses he shall be fined
not exceeding two thousand dollars
and be imprisoned not exceeding
five years; or if any person who Is
or has been an enumeratOr shall
knowingly or willfully furnish or
cause to be furnished, directly or in
directly, to the Director OF the Cen
sus, or to any supervisor Of the cen
sus, any false statement or false IN
formation with reference to any in
quiry for which he kwas authorized
and required to collect information,
he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
and upon conviction thereof shall be
fined not exceeding two thousand
dollars and be imprisoned not eX-
ceeding five years.
Sec. %. That it shall be the du-
ty of all persons over twenty-one
years Of age when requested by the
Director of the Census, or by any
supervisor, enumeratOr, or special
agent. or other employee OF the Cen
sus Office, acting under the instruc-
tions of the said Director, to answer
correctly, to the best of their knowl-
edge, all questions on the census
schedules applying to themselves
and to the family to which they be
long or are related, and to the farm
or farms Of which they or their fam
lies are the occupants; and any per-
son over twenty-One years Of age who
under the conditions hereinbefore
stated, shall refuse or willfully neg
lect to answer any Of these questions
or shall willfuIly give answers that
are false, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction there
of shall be fined not exceeding one
hundred dollar.
And it shall be the duty of eveey
owner, proprietor, manager, super
intendent, or agent of a hotel, apart
ment house boarding or lodging
house. tenement, or other building,
when requested 10y the Director of
the Census, or by any supervisor.
enumerator. special agent. or other
employee Of the census Office, acting
under the instructions of the said
Director, to furnish the names of
the occupants of said hotel, apart
ment house, boarding or lodging
house, tenement, or other building,
and to give thereto free ingress and
egress to any duly accredited repre-
sentative Of the Census Office, so as
to permit of the collection of statis-
ties for census purposes including
the proper and correct enumeration
Of all persons having their usual
place of abode in said hotel, apart
ment house, boarding or lodging
house, tenement, or other building;
and any owner, proprietor, man
ager, superintendent, or agent of a
hotel, apartment house, boarding or
lodging house tenement, or other
building who shall refuse or willful-
ly neglect to give such information
or assistance under the conditions
hereinbefore stated shall be guilty
of misdemeanor, and upon conyic-
ton thereof shall be fined not ex-
ceeding five hundred dollars.
Sec. "a. And it shall be the du-
tip of every owner, preident, treas
urer, secretary, director or other of
fcers or agent of any manufacturing
establishment, mine, quarry, or 9TH
er establishment of productive in
dustry, whether conducted as a cor
poration, firm. limited liability COM
pany or by private individuals, when
requested by the Director of Census
or by any supervisor. enumerator,
ni oil s,f
the Census Office acting under. the
instructions of the said Director, to
answer completely and correctly to
the best of his knowledge ali ques-
tions on any census schedule apply
ng to such establishment; and any
owner, president, secretary director,
or other officer or agent of any man
establishment, mines
quarry, or other establishment of pro-
duetive industry, who under the con-
ditions hereinbefore stated shall re-
fuse or wiIlfully neglect to answer
any of these questions, or shall will
fully give answers that are false,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof slall be
fined not exceeding ten thousand
or imprisoned for a period
not exceedig one year. or both so
fined and imprisoned at the discre-
ton of the court. The provisions
Of this section shall also apply to the
collection of the information requir-
ed and authorized by the Act enti-
tied An Act to provide for a per-
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