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TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 40. 1830.

Enumerationto state numberof deaf anddumb, and ofblind.

Marshals toappoint assist-ants, &c.

Assistants tobe residents,&c.

Portion of ter-ritory assignedto each not toexceed,&c.;to be distinctlydefined.

Enumerationto be made byactual inquiry,&c.

Marshals,&c.,to take oath, &c.

Oath or affir-mation of mar-shal ;

Of assistants.

Enumerationto commenceJune 1st, 1830.

Close withinsix months.

Assistants onor before Dec.1, 1830, to de-liver two copiesof returns, &c.

Returns to bemade in certainform, &c.

Penalty on as-sistants, forfailing, &c.

Marshals tofile one copy ofreturns, &c.with the clerksof district or su-perior courts.

hundred and upwards; and shall further distinguish the number of thosefree coloured and other coloured persons, included in the foregoing, whoare deaf and dumb, without regard to age, and those who are blind. Foreffecting which, the marshals aforesaid shall have power, and are herebyrequired, to appoint one or more assistants in each city and county intheir respective districts and territories, residents of such city or countyfor which they shall be appointed, and shall assign to each of the saidassistants a certain division of territory, which division shall not consist,in any case, of more than one county, but may include one or moretowns, townships, wards, hundreds, precincts, or parishes, and shall beplainly and distinctly bounded; the said enumeration shall be made byan actual inquiry by such marshals or assistants, at every dwelling-house,or by personal inquiry of the head of every family. The marshals andtheir assistants shall respectively, before entering on the performance oftheir duty under this act, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, beforesome judge or justice of the peace, resident within their respective dis-tricts or territories, for the faithful performance of their duties. Theoath or affirmation of the marshal shall be as follows: “ I, A. B., marshalof the district (or territory) of , do solemnly swear, (or affirm,)

that I will truly and faithfully cause to be made, a full and perfectenumeration and description of all persons resident within my district,(or territory,) and return the same to the Secretary of State, agreeably tothe directions of an act of Congress , entitled ‘ An act to provide fortaking the fifth census, or enumeration of the inhabitants of the UnitedStates, ’ according to the best of my ability.” The oath or affirmation ofan assistant shall be as follows: “ I, A. B., appointed an assistant to themarshal of the district (or territory) of , do solemnly swear, (or

affirm,) that I will make a just, faithful, and perfect enumeration anddescription of all persons, resident within the division assigned to me forthat purpose, by the marshal of the district, (or territory,) of , and

make due return thereof to the said marshal, agreeably to the directionsof an act of Congress , entitled'An act to provide for the taking the fifthcensus or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, ’ accord-ing to the best of my ability, and that I will take the said enumerationand description, by actual inquiry at every dwelling-house within saiddivision, or personal inquiry of the head of every family, and not other-wise.” The enumeration shall commence on the first day in June, in theyear one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and shall be completed andclosed within six calendar months thereafter; the several assistants shall,within the said six months, and on or before the first day of December,one thousand eight hundred and thirty, deliver to the marshals, by whomthey shall be appointed, respectively, two copies of the accurate returnsof all persens, except Indians not taxed, to be enunferated, as aforesaid,within their respective divisions; which returns shall be made in aschedule, the form of which is annexed to this act, and which shall dis-tinguish, in each county, city, town, township, ward, precinct, hundred,district, or parish, according to the civil divisions of the states or terri-tories, respectively, the several families, by the name of their master,mistress, steward, overseer, or other principal persons therein.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That every assistant failing or neg-lecting to make a proper return, or making a false return, of the enu-meration, to the marshal, within the time limited by this act, shall forfeitthe sum of two hundred dollars, recoverable in the manner pointed outin the next section of this act.

Sec. 3. A nd be it further enacted, That the marshal shall file one copyof each of the several returns aforesaid, and, also, an attested copy ofthe aggregate amount hereinafter directed, to be transmitted by themrespectively, to the Secretary of State, with the clerks of their respectivedistrict or superior courts, as the case may be, who are hereby directed