The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-02-24
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NATIVE BORN
CENSUS BUREAUS RULE REGARD.
ING THEM.
APRIL IS IS CENSUS DAY.
ALL THE FACTS GATHERED DATE
FROM THAT TIME.

A Washington dispatch says: What
the census enumerators are required
to learn regarding the place of birth
OF native-born and foreign-born per-
SOILS, and other personal facts
concerning the latter class, in
taking the Thirteenth United States
Census, beginning April Is next, is
fully set forth in the printed instruc-
tions prepared by the United States
Census Bureau to guide them in filling
the population schedule. IT is pointed
out that all the questions relate only
to conditions existing on April Is, the
Census Day."
On the subject of place of birth Of a
native-born person, the instructions
state that if the person was born in
the United States the enumeration is
to give the state or Territory (not
city or town. in which born. A person
North Dakota, South Dakota, or Okla
homa should be reported as so born,
although at the time of birth the par
ticular region may have had a differ
ent anne.
Relative to conjugal condition, the
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. If the present marriage is the
first, the fact is to be indicated by the
sign IN l." but if it is the second or
subsequent marriage, then the enumer-
ator is to write IN 2" meaning mar
ried more than once.
The question calling for the number
of years of the present marriage is
declared by the Census Bureau to APP
ply only to persons reported as mar
ried, and the answer should give the
number of years married to the pres
ent husband or wife. Thus a woman
who may have been married for 10
years to a former husband, but has
been married only 3 years 10 her pres
ent husband, should be returned as
married 3 years. The number of years
entered should be the number of COM
pleted years. A person who on April
ried 3 years and II months should be
returned as married 8 years. For a
person married less than 1 year, the
entry is to be 90" meaning less than
1 year.
In the cases of persons speaking
Polish or reporting that they were
born in Poland, which is no longer an
Independent country, the enumerator
is to inquire whether the birthplace
was in what is now known as German
Poland, or Austrian Poland, or Rus
sian Poland, and he must write the
answer accordingly as Poland (Ger.,)
Poland (Aus.,) or Poland (Russ.)
If the birthplace reported is Canada,
tho enumerator is required to ask
whether the person is of English or
French descent and write Canada
(Eng,) or Canada (Fr.,) according to
the answer.
The question calling for the year Of
plies to all fo~reign-born persons, male
and female, of whatever age. 1t
should be answered, therefore, Tor
very person whose birthplace was
in a 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
is to be stated.
The inquiry whether naturalized or
allen applies only to foreign-born males
81 years of age and over. 1t does not
apply to females, to foreign-born min
ors, or to any male born in the United
States. If the person was born abroad,
but has become a full citizen either by
'aking out second or final papers Of
naturalization or through the naturali-
cation of his parents while he was
under the age of 81 years, the enumer-
ator is to write INA" (for na~turalized)
If he has declared his intention to be-
come an American citizen and taken
out his first papers," the enumerator
is to write CAP (for alien.)
The Inquiry as to the ability 20
speak English applies to all persons
10 years of age or over If English is
spoken, the enumerator must write
English" in the proper column. If
the person enumerated is not able to
speak English the enumerator is re-
quired, in such cases only, to write
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