Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-30
CENSUS TAKING.

structions to the census enumerstors
which have been prepared by the United
States cen.us bureau, give clear ide'
of the character OF the answers expettst
from the people OF the United 8 att
with regard to the questions In the poru
lstion schedule to be osrfied in the &c
csnuial census April 10 next.
All answers are to have reference
so!ely to the "Oentus Day." which /
April Is. Persons living on that day
but who died after Il and before the emu
mefstors call are to be counted, but per
sons born after April Is are not to b.
included in the count. Persons VIII
we're single on April Is are to be report
ed as single, even though they have mar
ried tu bse queDlly and before the canvas
or has called. This is true, similarly
of persons who became widowed or diyor-
ced after April 10.
The census law provides that all per-
sons shsll be enumerated at their "usua
place OF sbode" on April 10. This. means
The place where they may be said to live
or belong or the place which is Iheil
home. As a rule, the usual place o.
abode is not the place where a persor
works or where be cats, but where b.
regularly sleeps. The epunerators arr
cautioned, however, that where q mar
happens to sleep at the time of the emu
meIation may net be the place where ht
regularly sleeps.
There will be q number OF persons
having their ual places OF abode In
enumeration districts who will De sb'
sent April Is. These, sre to be Included
and enumerated after the facts regard
ng them have been obtained from their
families, relatives, scqusintsncas, OF
other person able to give the informs.
tion. For instance, ii a member oil
any family In az enumeration district il
temporarily away from home on visit
or on business, or travelling for pleasure
or attending school or collage, or sick
in hospital, sach absent person ss to
be enumerated apd included with other
members Of the family. Bat 3 son or
daughter regularly living in another 10.
cslity should not be ctunted with the
family at home.
Servants, laborers or other employees
who live with the family and sleep In
the same hCuie or on the premises,
should be emu unerstsd with the family.
The census bureau states t1st there
will be, on the other hand, certain
uumber OF persons present aud perhaps
Judging and sleeping in dlst,Ict' at the
time OF the enumeration who do not
have their usual places of abode. Il
must be assumed that they will be emu
merated elsew here. The canvsssers
should not therefore, unless 1t Is practi.
cslly certain that they will not be eru
mersted anywhere else, enumersta or In
Glade With the members Of family they
are euumerating any OF the following
classes:
Persons visiting family:
Transient boards or lodgtrs who have
some ether usual or permanent place oi
abode;
Students or children living or board
log with a family in order to attend
some school, college or other educations
institution 10 the locality but not re-
gErding the place IS their home;
Persons who take their meals with
q family, but lodge or sleep else
where;
Servants, apprentices, or other per
sons employed by family and working
10 the house or on the premises, bot not
sleeping there; or
Any person who WAS formerly in a fam
lily but who has since become 8 permanent
inmate of sn asylum, slmshtuse, home
for the sged, reformstoiy, prison, or any
other instI ulion 10 which the inmatei
may remain for long period of time.