Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-04-01
!. WHEN l | CENSUS N ] I S.
Will | ! TAKEN ! | |.
Duties EnullleTators Are 70 Per-
form on April pill Il II.
QUESTIONS; Be ASKED.


How Birth Of Foreign Born Residents !
d Must 30 Recorded Full Records TO-
BE Made Of Marriages and Divorces
Classifying Those Who Speak Lam
suagea Other Than English. i. 4
the census enumerato tors are re-
CURED to- learn regarding the place Of
birth Of native born and foreign born
persons and other personal facts COM
corning the last class in taking the
thirteenth United States census, begin
ming April IL, Is set forth in the print
ca instruct tons prepared by the United
States census bureau: sf I. s= 4,
i onythe subject Of place Of birth Off
native born person the Instructions say
that Il the person was born In the.
United States the enumerator is B to
give the state or territory, not the city
o.. town. A person born In what is
now West Virginia, North Dakota,
South Dakota or Oklahoma should be
reported as SO born, although, at the
time OF birth the particular region may
have had a. different name. TN -.
Enumerators are to report whether,
the person is single, married, widowed
or divorced. Married persons are to
be asked If they have been married be-
fore. II the present marriage IA the
frst the fact is to be indicated by the
sign IN IT, but II It is the second or
subsequent marriage then the enumer-
ator is to white i''.M q" meaning mar
ried more than once. : = i n y I. i. MI
The. question calling for the number
OF years Of the present marriage is de-
clared by the census bureau to; apply
only to persons reported as married.
and the answer should give. the num-.
Der of years married to the present.
husband or wife. Thus a woman who
may have been married for ten years
to a former husband, but has been
married. only three years to her pres
ent husband, should be returned as
married three years. The number Of
years entered should be the number Of
completed years. A person who on
April Is, the census day, has been mar.
ced three years and eleven months
should be returned as married three
years. For; a person married less than
one year the entry Is to be 't0,". mean.
Ing less than one year. i. 4 Iss;S5s
- ,.si. Queries For ,PuIes. :: +
In the casesof persons speaking POI
tsh or reporting that they were born
| In Poland, which Is no longer an indie;
pendent country, the enumeratorlis to
inquire whether the birthplace was In:
what Is now known as German Poo-;;
land Tor Austrian; Poland or Russian
Poland, and he must write the answer
accordingly as Poland lGer.l Poland
tAust) or Poland Russ.). : b 3 5s$s S.
If the birthplace reported is Canada
the enumeration Is required h to- ask
whether the person Is Of English or
French descent and \ write Canada
Nng.) or Canada Fr), according to:
the answer. ssF All ID \;
Questions calling for the year Of An,
migration to the United States apply
TO oil foreign born persons, male and
female, of whatever age. y: The ques-
| ton should be answered, therefore, for
every person whose birthplace was ia
a. foreign country The enumerator;
must enter the year in which the per:
son came to- the, United States. n II he
has been In the United States more;
than once the year Of his first arrival
"a to be stated n x.
| q Mother Tongue Must b. Recorded. pa
The inquiry whether mai uralized OF
alien applies only to foreign born
| males twenty years Of age and
i over. 1T does not apply to females, TO
foreign born minors or to any male
born In the United States. II tie per,
con was born abroad, but has become
re- full citizen, either by taking out sec.
ond or final papers Of naturaliza ion 81
through the natural izat hon Of his par
ents while he was under the age of
tWenty -one years, the enumerator il to
write Ma" (for ma ural allied ii re he
has declared his Intention to become
an American citizen ana taken out his
first papers, ''F the enumerator id To-
write "a 7: for alien
RI The inquiry as TO the ability to speak
i English applies to all persons ten years
of age or over re English Is spoken
the enumeration must write stes English
u. the proper column IL. the person
i enumerated ID not able to speak eng
\ lish the enumerator Is required, ia such
cases only to write out the name Sc
the Language ken. tic more than
one LANGUAGE is spoken by person,
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