The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-17
CENSUS SUPERVISORS
Will Number 400 and VIII Have Charge
of 10000 Persons.


Washington, D. c., March 1.-THE
act providing for the l4th and subse.
quent decennial censuscs was signed by
the president on March 3. The enumera
tion, which will be made in January,
1920, is now less than 10 months dis
tant; and the census bureau already has
under consideration she selection and
appointment of not to exceed 400 super
ylsors who viii have charge OF the 10000
enumeratoTs. The supervisors districts
will, in most cases, except in the large
cities, have the same boundaries as the
congressional districts The supervisors.
under the law. are to be appointed by
the secretary of commerce upon the rec
ommendatiou OF the director of the cen
sus.
The following instructions have been
given by the secretary Of commerce to
the director Of the census in regard to
the procure to be followed in making
selections and appointments Of census
supervisors:
Conforming TO the assurances given
the president in my letter to him OF
March 3, you will please be guided by
the following instructions respecting APP
pointments to the post of supervisor in
connection with the taking of the l4th
census of the United States:
"A test examination. Of which'a record
will be kept, is to h required for ap-
pointment to the post of supervisor. In
addition to this, careful personal in
Quiry is TO be separately made respect
ing the qualifications of each candidate.
OF this inquiry, also, a record will be
kept.
In making appointments from those
who shall have passed the test eXamina-
ton and the separate inquiry as to quail
ifications, preference is to be given to
those candidates who have had cXecu,
tive, administrative, statistical or ac-
counting experience and to those who
have had charge of btdies of men as
administrators, provided in all cases that
men with the experience stated possess
the other qualifications necessary.
You will arrange to give notice to
the above effect to every candidate APP
plying for appointment and to his spon-
sors, and no candidates are to be select
ed for appointment who do not pass both
the test examination and the personal
inquiry,
You are requested to ask the civil
service commission to prepare the blanks
for the test examination or to cooperate
with you in the preparation of them.
Hou will welcome the assistance of the
civil service commission in this and in
any other respect in which they can be
helpful to you.
1T is my earnest desire as I know it
is your own, that this census shall be
an example in its quality, as well as in
its promtpness. ! need hardly say that
neither result can be had unless the SUI
pervisors are selected with special care
to their individual fitness for their task,
am depending on you as the respon-
sible officer in immediate charge of the
work to see that every precaution is tax
en- to achieve this result, In particular,
the appearance as well as the fact of
political patronage are to be avoided
and fitness for the work to be done will
be the controlling factor in the appoint
ments,'
The director of the census has already
taken steps to carry out the instruc-
tions of the secretary
The supervisors duties will occupy
their time for the greater part of a year,
beginning about July /, 1919. Their
compensation win be 81 500, plus 81 for
each thousand or major fraction of a
thousand of population enumerated. The
total compensation in an average-sized
district, outside large city, will there
fore be between 81 ZOO and $500. Clerk
hire and other necessary expenses will
1. H., hp
All candidates for supervisorships
should address their applications to the
Director of the Census, Washington, DC.