Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-02-25


addition to DOING housework in her own
humr, regularly earns money by some
other occupation, whether pursued IN
her own home or outside, that occupa-
ton should he returned. For instance,
woman who regularly takes in wash
ing should be reported as "laundress" or
"washerwoman''
WOMEN DOING Farm WORK.
A woman working regularly at out
door farm work, even though she works
on the home farm for her husband, sou,
or other relative and does not receive
money wages, should he returned as
"farm- lahorer." The enumerators are
TO distinguish, however, the women who
work on the home farm from those who
work away from home by writing either
"home farm" or working out" as the
case may require. A woman who, her
self, operates or runs farm should be
reported as 'farmer," aud not as
farm laborer."
Ii any child, of whatever age, is reg
ularly earning money, the employment
which he or she follows should he re-
turned as an occupation. This applies
also to child working for his board
away from home.
Children, or even adults, attending
school or college, or any educational i'll
stitution, aud following no other employ
ment should be returned as having no
occupation. But if any person is at
tending school or college and at the
same time is regularly earning money
at some gainful occupation, the enumer-
ators are to return that occupation. In
either case they must indicate the fact
OF school or college attendance.
Children who work for their parents
at home merely on general household
work or at odd times on other work are
to be reported as having no occupation.
But children who materially assist their
parents III the performance of work other
than household work should be reported
rs having the occupation in which they
receive no wages. In the case of chill
dren who work for their own parents on
\ farm, that fact is to be entered as
"home farm" But for children who
work as farm laborers for Others the
.numerators entry is to be "working
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EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE.
The Census Bureau instructs the CELL
us takers that an employer is one who
employs helpers, other than domestic
servants, in transacting his own business.
The term employer does not include the
superintendent, agent, manager, or other
persons employed to manage an estab-
lishment or business; and it does not
include the foreman of room, the boss
# a gang, or the coal miner who hires
his helper A such should be returned
rs employees, for, while any one of these
may employ persons, none of them does
SO in transacting his own business Thus
no individual working for corporation
either as an officer or otherwise, should
be returned as an employer.
A person employing domestic servants
in his own home, but not employing any
helpers in his business, is not to be con-
sidered as an employer But, on the
other hand, Il person who Is the propr-
etor of hotel or boarding house aud
employs servants in running that hotel
or boarding house, should be returned as
an employer, because he employs these
servants in his business.
An employee is defined as any person
who works for wages or a SALARY and is
subject to the control and direction OF
an employer. The deciding test is
whether the person receives a wage or
salary and is subject to another's direc-
tions. If so, he is an employee, whether
he be president of large corporation or
only day Iaborer whether he be paid
in money or in kind and whether he
he employed by his own parent or by
another The term employee does not
include lawyers, doctors, and Others who
render professional services for fees, aud
who, in their work, are not subject to
the control and direction of those whom
they serve. 1t does include actors pro-
lessons and others wto are engaged to
render professional services for wages
n salaries. A domestic servant should
always be returned as an employee, even
'hongh, as previously explained, the
oerson employing domestic servant is
not always returned as an employer
OTHER SCHEDULE QUESTIONS.
Persons who have gainful occupa-
tion and are neither employers nor EN-
p'oyees are considered to be working on
5heir own account. They are the in
dependent workers. They neither pay