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Appropriation of $250,000 of March 3, 1891, made avail-
able for the fiscal year 1892-93.

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Directions concerning the printing and distribution
of eleventh census reports.

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658 Appropriation for salaries and necessary expenses for
continuing the work of compiling the results of the
eleventh census.

Appropriation for salaries and necessary expenses for
continuing the work of collecting and compiling
statistics of farms, homes, and mortgages..
Census office abolished, to terminate Dec. 31, 1893;
unpublished work and records to be transferred to
the office of the Secretary of the Interior, under
whose direction the work is to be completed; man-
ner of application of unexpended balances of appro-
priations provided for.

Time for completion of the work of the eleventh
census extended to June 30, 1894. Commissioner of
Labor may be authorized and directed by the Presi-
dent of the United States to perform the duties of
Superintendent of Census.

18 Appropriation for salaries, rent, and necessary ex-
penses in continuing the work of compiling the
results of the eleventh census.

840,000.00

180,000.00

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350,000,00

Appropriation for maintenance of printing office in
the census office..

5,000.00

Appropriation for payment of bills contracted for
printing, engraving, and binding..

1,500.00

Preparation of abstract of the eleventh census di-
rected; certain provision of Act of Mar. 1, 1889,
repealed; time for completion of the work of the
eleventh census extended to Mar. 4, 1895.
Accounts relating to the census office to be examined
by the Auditor for the Interior Department.
439 Disposition of unexpended balance of appropriation
for completion of the work of the division of farms,
homes, and mortgages; report on social statistics of
cities to be published as a monograph; abstract of
eleventh census to be printed instead of digest.

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Census office abolished, to terminate Mar. 4, 1895:
unfinished work to be completed in the office of the
Secretary of the Interior; services of the Commis-
sioner of Labor, in charge of the completion of the
eleventh census, to be continued; use of unex-
pended balances for printing authorized.
Appropriation for salaries, rents, and necessary ex-
penses of completing the work of compiling the
results of the eleventh census..

Appropriation for salaries, rents, and necessary ex-
penses in continuing the work of compiling the
results of the eleventh census..
Commissioner of Labor directed to correspond and
confer with census officers of other governments in
order to secure uniformity in future censuses; also
to submit a plan for a permanent census service.
Appropriation for employment of laborers in the work
of distributing the reports of the eleventh census..
293 Appropriation for salaries, rents, and necessary ex-
penses in continuing the work of compiling the
results of the eleventh census..

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$125,000.00

175,000,00

10,000,00

15,000.00

3,960.00

10,000.00

250,000.00

162.50

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6,800.00

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672 Appropriation for payment of work connected with
the Indian report of the eleventh census.
Appropriation for payment of certain special agents
of the eleventh census..

APPENDIX E.

CENSUS ACTS: 1790, 1840, 1850, 1880, 1890, 1900.

The first six censuses of the United States were taken under the act of March 1, 1790, with amendments and extensions, as shown by the acts of March 3, 1839, as amended by the act of February 26, 1840, under the provisions of which the sixth census, in 1840, was taken. The seventh, eighth, and ninth censuses were taken under the act of May 23, 1850, as amended by the act of August 30, 1850, with some modifications. The tenth census was taken under the act of March 3, 1879, as amended by the act of April 20, 1880, and the eleventh census under the act of March 1, 1889, as amended by the acts of January 23, 1890, February 22, 1890, April 3, 1890, May 21, 1890, August 14, 1890, and July 6, 1892, and the joint resolution of March 19, 1890. The twelfth census is to be taken in June, 1900, under the act of March 3, 1899.]

ACT APPROVED MARCH 1, 1790.

AN ACT providing for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the marshals of the several districts of the Ünited States shall be, and they are hereby authorized and required to cause the number of the inhabitants within their respective districts to be taken; omitting in such enumeration Indians not taxed, and distinguishing free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, from all others; distinguishing also the sexes and colours of free persons, and the free males of sixteen years and upwards from those under that age; for effecting which purpose the marshals shall have power to appoint as many assistants within their respective districts as to them shall appear necessary; assigning to each assistant a certain division of his district, which division shall consist of one or more counties, cities, towns, townships, hundreds or parishes, or of a territory plainly and distinctly bounded by water courses, mountains, or public roads. The marshals and their assistants shall respectively take an oath or affirmation, before some judge or justice of the peace, resident within their respective districts, previous to their entering on the discharge of the duties by this act required. The oath or affirmation of the marshals shall be, "I, A. B. marshal of the district of do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will well and truly cause to be made, a just and perfect enumeration and description of all persons resident within my district, and return the same to the President of the United States, agreeably to the directions of an act of Congress, intituled 'An act providing for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States,' according to the best of my ability." The oath or affirmation of an assistant shall be, "I, A. B. do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will make a just and perfect enumeration and description of all persons resident within the division assigned to me by the marshal of the district of and make due return thereof to the said marshal, agreeably to the directions of an act of Congress, intituled 'An act providing for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States,' according to the best of my ability." The enumeration shall commence on the first Monday in August next, and shall close within nine calendar months thereafter. The several assistants shall, within the said nine months, transmit to the marshals by whom they shall be respectively appointed, accurate returns of all persons, except Indians not taxed, within their respective divisions, which returns shall be made in a schedule, distinguishing the several families by the names of their master, mistress, steward, overseer, or other principal person therein, in manner following, that is to say:

The number of persons within my division, consisting of schedule hereto annexed, subscribed by me this

, appears in a - day of 179-. A B, assistant to the marshal of

Schedule of the whole number of persons within the division allotted to A B.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every assistant failing to make return, or making a false return of the enumeration to the marshal, within the time by this act limited, shall forfeit the sum of two hundred dollars.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the marshals shall file the several returns aforesaid, with the clerks of their respective district courts, who are hereby directed to receive and carefully preserve the same: And the marshals respectively shall, on or before the first day of September, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, transmit to the President of the United States, the aggregate amount of each description of persons within their respective districts. And every marshal failing to file the returns of his assistants, or any of them, with the clerks of their respective district courts, or failing to return the aggregate amount of each description of persons in their respective districts, as the same shall appear from said returns, to the President of the United States, within the time limited by this act, shall, for every such offense, forfeit the sum of eight hundred dollars; all which forfeitures shall be recoverable in the courts of the districts where the offenses shall be committed, or in the circuit courts to be held within the same, by action of debt, information or indictment; the one half thereof to the use of the United States, and the other half to the informer; but where the prosecution shall be first instituted on behalf of the United States, the whole shall accrue to their use. And for the more effectual discovery of offenses, the judges of the several district courts, at their next sessions to be held after the expiration of the time allowed for making the returns of the enumeration hereby directed, to the President of the United States, shall give this act in charge to the grand juries, in their respective courts, and shall cause the returns of the several assistants to be laid before them for their inspection.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That every assistant shall receive at the rate of one dollar for every one hundred and fifty persons by him returned, where such persons reside in the country; and where such persons reside in a city, or town, containing more than five thousand persons, such assistant shall receive at the rate of one dollar for every three hundred persons; but where, from the dispersed situation of the inhabitants in some divisions, one dollar for every one hundred and fifty persons shall be insufficient, the marshals, with the approbation of the judges of their respective districts, may make such further allowance to the assistants in such divisions as shall be deemed an adequate compensation, provided the same does not exceed one dollar for every fifty persons by them returned. The sev eral marshals shall receive as follows: The marshal of the district of Maine, two hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of New Hampshire, two hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Massachusetts, three hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Connecticut, two hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of New York, three hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of New Jersey, two hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Pennsylvania, three hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Delaware, one hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Maryland, three hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Virginia, five hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Kentucky, two hundred and fifty dollars; the marshal of the district of North Carolina, three hundred and fifty dollars; the marshal of the district of South Carolina, three hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Georgia, two hundred and fifty dollars. And to obviate all doubts which may arise respecting the persons to be returned, and the manner of making the returns,

SEC. 5. Be it enacted, That every person whose usual place of abode shall be in any family on the aforesaid first Monday in August next, shall be returned as of such family; and the name of every person, who shall be an inhabitant of any district, but without a settled place of residence, shall be inserted in the column of the aforesaid schedule, which is allotted for the heads of families, in that division where he or she shall be on the said first Monday in August next, and every person occasionally absent at the time of the enumeration, as belonging to that place in which he usually resides in the United States.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That each and every person more than sixteen years of age, whether heads of families or not, belonging to any family within any division of a district made or established within the United States, shall be, and hereby is, obliged to render to such assistant of the division, a true account, if required, to the best of his or her knowledge, of all and every person belonging to such family respectively, according to the several descriptions aforesaid, on pain of forfeiting twenty dollars, to be sued for and recovered by such assistant, the one-half for his own use, and the other half for the use of the United States.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That each assistant shall, previous to making his return to the marshal, cause a correct copy, signed by himself, of the schedule,

containing the number of inhabitants within his division, to be set up at two of the most public places within the same, there to remain for the inspection of all concerned; for each of which exples the sill assistant shall be entitled to receive two dollars, provided proof of a es py of the schedule having been so set up and suffered to remain, shall be transmitted to the marshal, with the return of the number of persons; and in case any assistant sha.. fail to make such proof to the marshal, he shall forfeit the compensation by this act allowed him. Approved, March 1, 1790.

ACTS APPROVED MARCH 3, 1839, AND FEBRUARY 26, 1940,

AN ACT to provide for taking the sixth census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the marshals of the several districts of the United States, and of the District of Columbia, and of the territories of Wisconsin, Iowa, and of Florida, respectively, shall be, and are hereby, required, under the direction of the Secretary of the Department of State, and according to such instructions as he shall give, pursuant to this act, to cause the number of the inhabitants within their respective districts and territories omitting, in such enumeration, Indians not taxed) to be taken according to the directions of the act. The said enumeration shall distinguish the sexes of all free white persons, and ages of the free white males and females, respectively, under five years of age; those of five and under ten years of age; those of ten years and under fifteen; those of fifteen and under twenty; those of twenty and under thirty; those of thirty and under forty; those of forty and under fifty; those of fifty and under sixty; those of sixty and under seventy; those of seventy and under eighty; those of eighty and under ninety; those of ninety and under one hundred; those of one hundred and upwards: and shall further distinguish the number of those free white persons included in such enumeration who are deaf and dumb, under the age of fourteen years; and those of the age of fourteen years and under twenty-five; and of the age of twenty-five and upwards; and shall further distinguish the number of those free white persons included in such enumeration who are blind: and also in like manner of those who are insane, or idiots, distinguishing further such of the insane and idiots as are a public charge. The said enumeration shall distinguish the sexes of all free colored persons, and of all other colored persons bound to service for life or for a term of years and the ages of such free and other colored persons, respectively, of each sex, under ten years of age; those of ten and under twenty-four; those of twentyfour and under thirty-six; those of thirty-six and under fifty-five; those of fifty-five and under one hundred; and those of one hundred and upwards: and shall further distinguish the number of those free colored and other colored persons included in the foregoing who are deaf and dumb, without regard to age, and those who are blind and also in like manner of those who are insane or idiots, distinguishing further such of the insane and idiots as are a public charge. For effecting which the marshals aforesaid shall have power, and are hereby required, to appoint one or more assistants in each city and county in their respective districts and territories, residents of such city or county for which they shall be appointed: and shall assign to each of the said assistants a certain division of territory; which division shall not consist, in any case, of more than one county, but may include one or more towns, townships, wards, hundreds, precincts, or parishes, and shall be plainly and distinctly bounded. The said enumeration shall be made by an actual inquiry by such marshals or assistants, at every dwelling house, or by personal inquiry of the head of every family. The marshals and their assistants shall, respectively, before entering on the performance of their duty under this act, take and subscribe an oath or aflirmation before some judge or justice of the peace resident within their respective districts or territories, for the faithful performance of their duties. The oath or affirmation of the marshal shall be as follows: "I, A B, marshal of the district (or territory) of do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will truly and faithfully cause to be made a full and perfect enumeration and description of all persons resident within my district, (or territory,) and return the same to the Secretary of State, agreeably to the directions of an act of Congress entitled 'An act to provide for taking the sixth census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States,' according to the best of my ability." The oath or affirmation of an assistant shall be as follows: "I, A B, appointed an assistant to the marshal of the district (or territory) of do

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