The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-04-08
The sam, law with reference to

ant call for
The name. color and country Of birth
OF occupant Of each farm. tenure, acre
age Of farm. acreage Of woodland and
character of timber thereon. value Of
farm aud improvements, value of farm
implements, number and value of live
stock on farms and ranges, number
and value of domestic animals not on
/ farms and ranges and the acreage Of
crops planted and to be planted dur
/ ing the year of enumeration and the
acreage OF crops and the quantity and
value of crops and other farm prod
( ucts for the year ending Dec. 81 next
preceding the enumeration"
/ All questions relating TO population
and the inventory of farm equipment
apply to conditions existing only on
April 10, the census day"
/ The census bureaus instructions TO
enumerators with reference 10 the emu
meratiou of the population present
some important and interesting distinc
( tons.
Persons living on April Is. 1910, but
who died after 1t and before enumera-
tors call, are 10 be counted, but per-
sons born after April Is are not 10 be
included in the count. Persons who
were single on April 10 are TO be re
ported as single even though they have
married subsequently and before the
canvasser has called. This is true sim
ilarly OF persons who become widowed
or divorced after April Is.
The census law provides that all per-
sons shall be enumerated at their ''usu-
al place Of abode" on April 10. This
means the place where they may be
said TO live or belong or the place
which is their home. As a rule, the
usual place of abode is not the place
where a person works or where he
eats. but where he regularly sleeps
The enumerators are cautioned. how
ever. that where a man happens to
sleep at the time Of the enumeration
may not be the place whore he regu-
larly sleeps.
As to Absentees.
II any one in an enumeration district
is temporarily away from home on
visit or on business or travelling for
pleasure or attending school or college
or sick in hospital such absent per-
son is TO be enumerated and included
with other members Of the family.
But a son or daughter regularly living
in another locality should not be count.
ed with the family at home.
Servants. laborers or other employ
ees who live with the family and sleep
in the same house or on the premises
should be enumerated with the family
The census bureau states that there
will be- on the other hand, a certain
number If persons present and perhaps
lodging and sleeping in districts 81
the time OF the enumeration who do
not have their usual place of abodr
there These are not To be enumerated
1t must be assumed that they will he
enumerated elsewhere. They should
not, therefore, unless il is practically
certain that they VIII not be enumerat
ed anywhere else, enumerate or in
clude with the members Of a family
they are enumerating any Of the fol.
lowing classes:
Persons visiting a family, transient
boarders or dodgers who have some
other usual or permanent place Of
abode. students or children living or
boarding with a family in order TO
attend some school. college or other
educational institution in the locality,
but not regarding the place as their
home; persons who take their meals
with family, but lodge or sleep else
where: servants. apprentices or other
persons employed by a family and
working in the house or on the prem
ises, but not sleeping there, or any
person who was formerly in family.
but has since become a permanent in
mate Of an asylum. almshouse, home
for the aged, reformatory, prison or
any other institution in which the in
mates may remain for long periods Of
time.
The words dwelling house" and
family are. for census purposes. Civ
en- a much wider application than they
have in ordinary speech A dwelling
is defined as "a place in which at the
time Of the census one or more persons
regularly sleep. II need not be a house
in the common meaning Of the word
Census Family
A family" as a census term, may
mean q group Of individuals who occu-
py Jointly a dwelling place or part of
a dwelling place or an individual liv-
ing alone 10 any place Of abode Al
the occupants and employees Of a ho.
TEL if they regularly sleep there. make /
up single family because they occu- I
py one dwelling place. and persons Hv-
Ing alone are regarded rs families.
The euumerafors are required TO en-
ter Oh the schedule the name Of every /
person whose usual place Of abode on /
April -. 1910, was with the family or 1
in the dwelling place for which the /
is being made. The head /
Of the family is TO be entered first, /
then the wife. next the children.
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