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

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best of his or her knowledge, of every person belonging to such family,respectively, according to the several descriptions aforesaid, on pain offorfeiting twenty dollars, to be. sued for and recovered, in any action ofdebt, by such assistant: the one half to his own use, and the other halfto the use of the United States .

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That each and every assistant, pre-vious to making his return to the marshal, shall cause a correct copy,signed by himself, of the schedule containing the number of inhabitantswithin his division, to be set up at two of the most public places withinthe same, there to remain for the inspection of all concerned; for eachof which copies, the said assistant shall be entitled to receive five dol-lars : Provided, proof of the schedule having been set up, shall be trans-mitted to the marshal, with the return of the number of persons; and,in case any assistant shall fail to make such proof to the marshal, withthe return of the number of persons, as aforesaid, he shall forfeit thecompensation allowed him by this act.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of State shallbe, and hereby is, authorized and required to transmit, to the marshalsof the several districts and territories, regulations and instructions, pur-suant to this act, for carrying the same into effect; and, also, the formscontained therein, of the schedule to be returned, and such other formsas may be necessary in carrying this act into execution, and proper in-terrogatories, to be administered by the several persons to be employedin taking the enumeration.

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That those states composing twodistricts, and where a part of a county may be in each district, suchcounty shall be considered as belonging to that district in which the court-house of said county may be situate.

Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That, in all cases where the super-ficial content of any county, or parish, shall exceed twenty miles square,and the number of inhabitants in said parish or county shall not exceedthree thousand, the marshals or assistants shall be allowed, with the ap-probation of the judges of the respective districts or territories, such fur-ther compensation as shall be deemed reasonable : Provided, The samedoes not exceed four dollars for every fifty persons by them returned;and when any such county or parish shall exceed forty miles square,and the number of inhabitants in the same shall not exceed three thou-sand, a like allowance shall be made; not to exceed six dollars for everyfifty persons so returned.

Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That, when the aforesaid enumera-tion shall be completed, and returned to the office of the Secretary ofState, by the marshals of the states and territories, he shall direct theprinters to Congress to print, for the use of Congress , three thousandcopies of the aggregate returns received from the marshals: And provided,That if any marshal, in any district within the United States or territories,shall, directly or indirectly, ask, demand or receive, or contract to receive,of any assistants to be appointed by him under this act, any fee, rewardor compensation, for the appointment of such assistant to discharge theduties required of such assistant under this act, or shall retain from suchassistant any portion of the compensation allowed to the assistant by thisact, the said marshal shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office,and shall forfeit and pay the amount of five hundred dollars, for eachoffence, to be recovered by suit or indictment in any circuit or districtcourt of the United States , or the territories thereof, one half to the useof the government, and the other half to the informer; and all contractswhich may be made in violation of this law, shall be void, and all sumsof money, or property, paid, may be recovered back by the party payingthe same, in any court having jurisdiction of the same.

Penalty.

Assistants toset up copies ofschedule, &c.

Compensation.

Proviso: Set-ting up of sche-dule to beproved, &c.

Penalty.

Secretary ofState to trans-mit instruc-tions, &c.

Provision re-garding statescomposing twodistricts.

Compensationof marshal andassistants, incertain cases.

Proviso: Com-pensation not toexceed, &c.

3000 copies ofthe aggregatereturns to beprinted for useof Congress .

Proviso: Mar-shals shall notreceive any con-sideration forappointment ofassistant, &c.

Penalty.