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Trims xxxr.—THE CENSUS. 38] T I T L E X X X I . ·THE CENSUS. Sw- Cc he rdrng an 2175. nsusto taken accoto this 2189. Marshal ma a int `es. Title, unleu, kc. 2190. When officeis diptlie A(i;h)y1tto aid in 2176. Marshals to take the census. taking census. 2177. Marshalstobesworn: 2191. Who may be required to answer 2178. Subdivisions of district; estimate questions; penalty for refusing. of population. 2192. Returns. 2179. Assistant marshals. i 2199. Making false certificate. 2180. Taslrtngreward for appointinganisb 2194. Marshal to examine and transmit re urns. 2181. Assistant to be commissioned and 2196. New enumeration. sworn; oath. 2196. Secretary of the Interior to see that 2182. Assistant neglecting or refusing to diligence isemployed. act. 2197. Marshal’s fees. 2183. Secretary of Interior to fumish 2198. A¤istants' compensation. blanks and instructions. 2199. Additional compensation. 2184. Instructions for statistics in regard i 2200. Pay for making and returning copies to hemp. 1 of census returns. 2185. Marshals to supply blanks, &c., to 2201. Marshal and assistants, when paid. assistants. 2202. False certificates by marshal. 2186. Marshals to supervise assistants; i 2203. Fines and penalties. substitutes. . 2204. Superintendent of Census; salary. 2187. Duties of assistants. 2205. Clerks in the Census Office. 2188. Endpcmeration in Califomia, Oregon, 2206. Tables. Sec. 2175. If no other law be passed providing for the taking of any Census tp be subsequent census of the United tates, on or before the first day of Jan- g'·‘¥°¤,1,1'!;’l°°*<11¤8*¤ uary of any year, when by the Constitution of the United States, any Mm °’ “°i°"· future enumeration of the inhabitants thereof is required to be taken, —¥—-—— such census shall, in all things, be taken and completed according to the 1123 2Ig“Y·91850· °· provisions of this Title. ’°' ’v‘ ’P‘ 432* Sec. 2176. The marshals of the several judicial districts of the United Mmhnlstotake States, and of the District of Columbia and the Territories, are required th° ““““”· to cause all the inhabitants to be enumerated, and to collect all the other 23 May, 1850, C, statistical information within their respective districts, in the manner pro- 11» ¤· 1, V- 9. p· 428. vided for by law, and specified in the rnstructions which may be given by the Secretary of the Interior., and in the tables annexed, and to return the same to the Secretary on or before the first day of November next ensuin such enumeration, omitting from the enumeration of the inhabitants Indians not taxed; and omitting, also, at the discretion of the Secretary, any part or all of the statistics of the Territories except those of population; but if the time assigned for making the returns from the Territories proves inadequate, the Secretary may extend the same. And if there be any district or Territor of the United States in which there is no -marshal, the President shall appoint some suitable person to discharge the duties assi ned herein to marshals. _ Sec. 21%. Ever marshal, before entering upon his duties, shall take Marshals to be and subscribe the fhllowing oath, before any crrcuit or district judge of *"°'¤- the United States., or before any judge of any State court: "I, , 23 May, 1850, c. marshal of the district of , o solemnly swear that 1 will to the 11. ¤· 2. v- 9, p-428. best of mv ability enumerate or cause to be enumerated, all the inhabitants of such district, and will collect, or cause be_collected, the other statistical information within the same, and will faithfully perform all the duties enjoined on me by law providing for the taking o the census."' When the oath is duly authenticated by the_jud;!o, the marshal shall gleposit a copy thereof, so authenticated, with the Secretary of the nterior. Sec. 2178. Every marshal shall divide his district into subdivisions _Supdivisions or wntaiuing not exceeding twenty thousand persons iu_ each, unless the g;'*“°m::?;:*‘°*“ limitation to that number causes inconvenient boundaries, in wh1ch case 222+