Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-03-11
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Will TAKEN.
Duties EnunleratOrs Are to Per-
form. on April Il.
QUESTIONS 10 d ]. Be ASKED.

How Birth Of Foreign Born Residents
Must Be Recorded Records 10
Be Made Of Marriages and Divorces.
- = Classifying Those Who Speak Lam
euases Other Than English. Hill.
I What the census enumerators are re-
CURED to learn regarding the place Of
Birth of native born and foreign. born
persons and other personal facts con-
corning the last class IN taking the
thirteenth United States census, begin
ming April is, is set forth in the print
ed instructions prepared by the United
States census bureau. s. Il.
On the subje sof place, Of birth Of a
'aative born person the instruct lions say
that II the person was born in the.
vnited States the enumeration is to
give the state Or territory, not the city
or town: a person born III 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. .sjs. !.
Enumerators are toS5report whether
che person Is single, married, widowed
Or divorced. Married persons are to
be asked If they have been married be-
Tore. 3 It the present marriage is the
arst the fact is to be indicated by the
sign IN l." but If 1t is the second or
subsequent marriage then the enumer-.
ator Is to- white IN q meaning mar
ried more than once. '...s '; S..: y: :
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 tie present
husband or wife. Thus woman Who,
may havessbeeng 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 Isl ould be the number Of
completed years. Sa A. person Nv hoo 5on
kprilEl5, the census day, has been mar
ried 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 30 = mean
ing less than one year. s. !, CT. =:
1s Queries For Poles. 3'ss; s. =. =. /. Z. Z.
In the case of persons speaking Pol 4
ish or reporting that they were born
in Poland, which. is no-longer an indie (;
pendent country, the :enumerat oraisito,s
inquire whether8t he birth lace$ was I'M
what85is now, known as German Po- I
land Cor Austrian Poland or Russian
Poland, and be must write the answer
accordingly as Poland (Ger.), Poland
Aust1 or Poland (Russ.). * t%$
IF the birthplace reported is Canada
the enumeration is required to ask
whether the person lis of English or
French descent and J, write Canada
Eng.I or Canada (Fr), according to
the answer. ! z Sc b
Questions calling for the year Of i'm
migration to- the United States: apply
to- all foreign born persons, male and
female, Of whatever age. The uues-s
ton should be answered, therefore, for
every person whose birthplace was in
q foreign country. The enumerator
must enter the year in which the per-
son came to the United States. If he
has been in the United States more
than once the year: of his first arrival 1
Is to be stated 5zs5ss / ss@ ;S*3st
Mother Tongue Must Be Recorded