The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-03
IF YOU DIE NOW YOU'LL
STILL BE COUNTED ALIVE
The 1880 Decennial Census to
Count Figures from April l

ing to instructions, which have been
sent out. by the, Census Bureau in
Washington. Children born after
April 1 will not be counted in the
census, although they may be, two or
three weeks old by the time the CEN
sus-taker arrives at their home.
Population figures in the 1880 CEN
sus will be compiled as of April 1,
although the entire month will be
needed to- complete the. census taking.
The 1880 census reports will picture
the United States as it was on one
particular day, despite the fact that
the population of the country is con-
tinually changing in size and moving
from one place to another. s..
Getting everybody counted once in
the place where they belong and no.
body counted more than once is one
Of the biggest problems the Census
Bureau has to consider, for each dis
.trict must be credited with its proper
population if. apportionment of repre-
sentation in Congress is to be cor
rect. Detailed instructions have been
issued by Census officials, telling the
enumerators whom to count and
whom not to count.
All persons will be enumerated as
being residents of whatever place is
their usual place of abode" on April
1, regardless of where they may be
when the census-taker arrives.
Each census-taker will count a
number of persons who are not
actually in his district when the CEN
sus is taken. Among these will be
the following:
1. Persons temporarily BIS n t.,
either in foreign countries or else
where in the United States on bust
ness or visiting.
2. Persons attending schools or
colleges located in other districts.
8. Persons i'll in hospitals or sani-
tariums in other districts.
On the other hand, number of
persons who are present in the dis
trict at the time of the census will not
be counted in the population of that
place. Among these will be the fol-
lowing:
1. Persons visiting in the district.
2. Transient boarders or dodgers
who have a permanent place of abode
outside the district.
8. Students or children living or
boarding in the district in order to at
tend school, but not regarding the
place as their home.
A. Persons who eat or work in the
district but who sleep, in another dis
trict. '..+
1t is not, say the census authorities,
question of where a person votes,
or where he pays taxes or owns prop
erty. It is question of where he
lives; the usual place of abode" for
the purposes of census is the place
which one would name in answer to
that question. Sentiment and local
attachments are not to be considered.
Ones heart may be in the highlands,
or in Tipporary, but unless his usual
place of abode is there he does not
form part Of the population of that
locality according to the census. When
a part of the population of that To-
locality according to the census. When
a young person has left his parents
home and obtained employment else
where, the place where he regularly
stays while engaged in this employ
ment is considered his usual place Of
abode" even though he may still
think of his parents residence as
"home."
But census taking is practical
problem and exceptions have to be
made. 1t is not always possible in
these days of easy location to enum-
crate everybody at their usual place
of abode. Accordingly the census I'M
der certain conditions finds it neces-
sary to sanction the enumeration of a
person in place which is not his
usual place of abode, if it is choice
between doing that and not enumerat-
ing him at all. The regulations pro-
vide that if a person temporarily
away from home is not represented
at his usual place of abode by hus-
band, wife, father, mother, or other
relative or by housekeeper, servant,
landlady or anybody else who can be
relied on to give his name to the
enumeration, he shall be counted in
the district where he happens to be
when the census is taken. Where en-
tire families are absent from their
usual places of abode they will so far
as practicable be reached by means
of an "absent family" schedule for
warded to them by mail to be filled
out and returned to the supervisor of
the district in which they reside. Or
if a family temporarily present in
given district objects to being enum-
Grated there on the grounds that it is