warrant. found correct, they shall audit the same and issue a voucher Voucher to issue. certifying that the services have been rendered, and the owner thereof entitled to a warrant on the treasury for the amount therein named; upon the presentation of said voucher to the Auditor of State, he shall draw his warrant Auditor to draw on the State Treasurer for the amount stated, and to the order of the person named in said voucher; Provided, always, That no voucher shall be issued to exceed the amount appropriated for each year. All vouchers issued shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose. thonsand dollars SEC. II. That the sum of two hundred thousand dol- Two hundred lars for the year A. D. 1885, and the further sum of two for the year 1885. hundred thousand dollars for the year A. D. 1886, to carry Same for the out the provisions of this act, shall be, and the same are year 1886. hereby appropriated, out of the special fund created for the construction and erection of a capitol building, as well as from such funds as may, by enactment and appropriation, become a part of what is known and styled as the "Capitol Building Fund." SEC. 12. The word person, whenever used in this act, shall be treated as meaning corporation, partnership and association, as well as natural person, and both the word person and the word contractor shall be held to mean the plural as well as the singular number. SEC. 13. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, and an act entitled "An act to provide for the erection of a State capitol building at the City of Denver, and creating a board of direction and supervision, and appropriating funds therefor," approved February 11th, 1883, are hereby repealed. SEC. 14. Inasmuch as a large space of time must elapse (on account of preparing plans for said building and examination of the stone quarries of the State) before active operations can commence on the excavations and foundations of said capitol building, in the opinion of the General Assembly an emergency exists, and this act shall Emergency. be in force on and after its passage. Approved April 1, 1885. (S. B. 207.) AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE CAPITOL BUILD- into possession of all lots. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of SECTION I. That the board of managers of the capitol building, 1883, are hereby authorized and empowered to Board to enter take, and enter into the possession of, all lots and parcels of ground heretofore donated to the State of Colorado for capitol building purposes, where such possession can be had peaceably, and to enclose the same, or any part thereof, with fences, and otherwise to exercise a supervision and control of said lots and parcels of ground until such time as the same may be disposed of pursuant to section three of an act entitled "An act to acquire title by purchase of a certain block of land in the City of Denver, and to sell certain real property, donated to the State of Colorado for capitol building purposes," approved February 11, 1883. When title is denied to state. Board to test validity. SEC. 2. If possession of any of said lots or parcels of ground, or any part thereof, is withheld, denied, or resisted, or the title of the State of Colorado thereto denied or disputed, the said board, under and by the name of "The Board of Managers of the Capitol Building," is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed, to demand possession thereof, and to institute and maintain any and all suits and legal proceedings for the purpose of investing the State of Colorado, through and by means of said board, with the possession of said lots and parcels of ground, or any part thereof, and to test and determine the validity of the title of the State thereto, and otherwise to assist, enforce, preserve and protect the rights of the State with regard to said property against all and every person or persons whomso ever. Approved March 31, 1885. (S. B. 48.) AN ACT ΤΟ PROVIDE FOR THE TAKING OF THE FIRST AND SUBSEQUENT Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of bureau. SECTION I. There shall be established a Census Bureau, for the purpose of taking the first census and subsequent censuses of the State of Colorado. The chief officer of Chief officer of said bureau shall be known as the Commissioner of Census whose duty it shall be to superintend and direct the taking of the census of the State, in accordance with the constitution thereof, and in the manner required by this act. nominate. computers. SEC. 2. The Governor shall nominate, and, by and Governor shall with the consent of the senate, appoint the first Commissioner of Census, who shall receive for his services a salary at the rate of two hundred and fifty dollars per month, for a period not to exceed nine months, while actually employed in taking and completing such census, and he shall be allowed one assistant, at a salary of one hundred and fifty Assistant and dollars per month, and not to exceed ten computers and copyists, at a salary of seventy-five dollars per month each, to assist in the prompt compilation and publication of the results of the enumeration of census herein provided to be taken. Upon the final compilation and publication of said first census, the office of said first commissioner and assistant, as well as of said computers and copyists shall end. The commissioner, assistant, computers and copyists shall, before entering upon the duties of their offices, respectively take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: "I, (Commissioner, assistant, com- Oath of same.. puter or copyist, as the case may be) do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Colorado, and to faithfully perform the duties of the office of (Commissioner, assistant, computer or copyist, as the case may be,) according to law," which oath or affirmation, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, before any such officer shall enter upon his duties. Commissioner shall divide the state into dis tricts. Oath of enumer ator. Duties of commissioner. or SEC. 3. The Commissioner of Census shall, on before the first day of May, eighteen hundred and eightyfive, or before the first day of May of any other year of a State census, divide the State into convenient districts, and shall appoint one or more enumerators of census in each county, who shall be residents of such county, and who shall be selected solely with reference to their fitness to perform the duties required of them. And the enumerators of census shall, before entering upon the duties of their offices, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: "I ----) an enumerator for the taking of the census of the State of Colorado, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Colorado, and to faithfully perform the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, and that I will make a true and exact enumeration of all the inhabitants within the sub-division assigned to me, and will also faithfully collect all other statistics therein, as provided for in this act for taking the ---- census, and in conformity with all lawful instructions which I may receive, and will make due and correct returns thereof, as required by said act, and will not disclose any information contained in the schedules, lists or statements obtained by me, to any person or persons, except to my superior officers. Signed: " Said oath, or affirmation, may be administered by any judge of a court of record, or by any justice of the peace or notary public, which said oath, or affirmation, shall be forwarded to the Commissioner of Census before the day fixed herein for the commencement of the enumeration. SEC. 4. The Commissioner of Census shall be charged with the performance of the following duties: To transmit to enumerators the printed forms and schedules issued from the census office, in quantities suited to the requirements of each sub-division; to communicate to enumerators the necessary instructions and directions relating to their duties, and to methods of conducting the census, and to advise with and counsel enumerators in person, and by letter, as freely and fully as may be required to secure the purposes of this act; and to facilitate the taking of the census with as little delay as possible, he may cause to be distributed to enum returns. erators, prior to the taking of the enumeration, schedules to be filled up by householders and others; to provide for the early and safe transmission to his office of the returns of Transmission of the enumerators, embracing all the schedules filled by them in the course of enumeration; to examine and scrutinize such returns in order to ascertain whether the work has been performed in all respects in compliance with the provisions of the law; and whether any town or village, or integral portion of the district, has been omitted from enumeration, and to provide for the safe keeping and cus- Custody of retody of such returns. turns. enumerators. SEC. 5. No enumerator shall be deemed qualified to Qualifications of enter upon his duties, until he has received from the Commissioner of Census a commission under his hand, authorizing him to perform the duties of an enumerator, and setting forth the boundaries of the sub-division within which such duties are to be performed by him. enumerators. SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of each enumerator, after Duties of being qualified in the manner aforesaid, to visit personally each dwelling house in his sub-division, and each family therein, and each individual living out of a family in any place of abode, and by inquiry made of the head of such family, or of the members thereof deemed most credible and worthy of trust, or of such individual living out of a family, to obtain each and every item of information, and all the particulars required by this act, as of date June first of the year of the census. And in case no person shall be found at the usual place of abode of such family, or individual living out of a family, competent to answer the requirements of this act, then it shall be lawful for the enumerator to obtain the required information, as nearly as may be practicable, from the family or families, or person or persons living nearest to such place of abode. SEC. 7. And it shall be further the duty of each enumerator to forward the original schedules and statements, duly verified by the oath of such enumerator, to the Commissioner of Census, as his returns, made under the provisions of this act. to exceed four SEC. 8. The sub-divisions assigned to any enumerator Sub-division not of the first census shall not exceed four thousand inhab- tbousand. itants, according to the tenth census of the United States, eighteen hundred and eighty; Provided, That each of such sub-divisions shall include not less than one election pre |