The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-20
THE CENSUS
Who Are to Be umerated-Instruc-
tions Issued by the Census Bureau to
EnumeratorS.

tions Issued by the Census Bureau to
Enumerators.
Washington, d. c., Feb. ro-The ex-
plicit and lengthy printed instructions to
the census enumerators which have been
prepared by the United States Census
Bureau, give clear idea of the char
acter of the answers expected from the
people of the United States with regard
to the questions in the population sched-
ule to the carried in the decennial cen
sus April IS next.
All answers are to have reference
solely to the Census day" which is
April IS. Persons living on that day,
but who died after it and before the
enumerators call, are to be ounted, but
persons born after April IS are not to
be inluded in the count. Persons who
were single on April IS are to be report
ed as single, even though they have
married subsequently and before the
canvasser has called. This is true, sim
ilarly, of persons who became widowed
or divorced after April IS.
The census law provides that all per
sons shall be enumerated at their usual
place of abode" on April IS. 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
however, that where a man
happens to sleep at the time of the
may not be the place where
he regularly sleeps.
There will be number of persons
having their usual places of Adobe in
districts who viii be absent
April 5. These are to be included and |
after the facts regarding
them have been obtained from their
families, relatives, acquaintance or 9TH
ar persons able to give the information !
For instance, if member of any fam |
ly in an enumeration district is tempor- /
lrily away from home on a visit, or on
business, or travelling for pleasure, or
attending school or college, or sick in a /
hospital, such absent person is to be
and included with other
members of the family. But a son or
laughter regularly living in another 10
,ality should not be counted with the
samily at home.
Servants, laborers, or other employees,
who live with the family, and sleep in
he same house or on the premises,
hould be enumerated with the family.
The Census Bureau states that there
viii be, on the other hand, a certain
lumber of persons present and perhaps
odging and sleeping in districts at the
ime of the enumeration who do not
AVE their usual places of abode there.
These are not to be enumerated. 1t
must be assumed that they will be
elsewhere. The canvassers
hould not, therefore, unless it is prac-
ically certain that they will not be
anywhere else, enumerate or
include with the members of family
hey are enumerating any of the follow
ng classes;
Persons visiting a Family.
Transient hoarders or dodgers who
ave some other usual or permanent
lace of abode,
Students or children living or board
lg with a family in order to attend
ONE school, college or other educa-
onal institution in the locality but not
egarding the place as their home.
Persons who take their meals with a E
amily but lodge or sleep elsewhere,
Servants, apprentices. or other per-
ons employed by a family and working
, the house or on the premises, but not
eeping there.
Or any person who was formerly in a
lmily. but who has since become a per-
lament inmate of an asylum, aln1shouse, a
ONE for the aged, reformatory, prison. {
r any other institution in which the in 5
lates may remain for long periods of I
me-