The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-04-13
And Appeals to People to Do
That. A Statement to the
People of the District.

population, requires that the enumer-
ator's questions shall, for each in
habitant, call for:
The name, relationship to head of
family, color, sex, age, conjugaI con-
dltlon, place of birth, place of birth
OF parents, number of years in the
United States. citizenship, occupation,
whether or not an employer or en-
ploye; and, If employee, whether or
not employed at the date of enum-
Grafton (April Is, 1910, and the
number of months unemployed dur
ing the preceding calendar year
(l9lO), whether or not engaged in
agriculture, school attendance, liter
acy and tenure of home, and whether
or not survivor of the union or con-
federate army or navy; and the name
and address of each blind or deaf and
dump person.
Questions Regarding Agriculture.
The same law with reference to
agriculture requires that the enum-
orators questions shall call for:
The name, color, and country of
birth of each occupant of each farm,
acreage of woodland and character of
timber thereon, value of farm and
improvements, value of farm imple-
ments, number and value of live
stock on farms and ranges, number
and value of domestic animals not
on farms and ranges, and the acre
age of crops planted and to be plant
ed during the year of enumeration
(1910), and the acreage of crops and
the quantity and value of crops and
other farm products for the year end
ing December 31st (1909) next pre-
ceding the enumeration"
Badges Worn by Census Enumerators
Census enumerators wearing badges
with Omitted States Census 1910"
stamped on them will go from house
to house, and farm to farm, begin
ming April 18th. They are not to be
regarded as spies, detectives, police
men, constables, tax assessors or Off
GERS of any city, county or state.
They are employed by the United
States bureau of the census. They
do not represent any other depart
ment of the United States govern
ment or any foreign nation.
None Affected by Their Answers.
No person should hesitate, neg
lect or refuse to answer all the
enumerator's questions. He only
asks those necessary to fill the sched-
ules which are required by law.
Nothing that is told him can in any
way be used to the damage or detri-
ment of any person or his family or
his property.
Replies to Enumerators Strictly Con-
fidential.
l. Replies by enumerators are, and
must be, held by the census bureau
in strict and absolute confidence.
All the United States census Off
Gals, supervisors, supervisors clerks,
enumerators and Interpreters, before
entering upon their duties, are
obliged to take a solemn oath not to
disclose any information they may
obtain, except to the census bureau,
and violation of the United States
law in regard to this oath means a
$1,000 fine or Imprisonment for two
years or both, in the discretion of
| the court.
Penalties for Failure to Answer Cues
tionS.
If any adult person refuses or
| willfully neglects to answer an
enumerator's questions, or, if any
| person willfully gives answers that
are false, he or she can be arrested,
carried to court and fined up to 500.
| Keepers of hotels. apartment houses,
boarding or lodging houses, tene-
ments or other buildings in which
persons make their homes, must
help the enumerator when asked,
or they will be liable to arrest and
punishment by a fine up to $500.
G. DANA DURAND, Director
Approved-Charles Nagel, Secretary
Department of Commerce and La
Dor.