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Proviso.
Further pro-viso.
Form of oath.
Massachus’ts.
Georgia.
E. Tennessee.
TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess.III. Ch.80. 1839.
side in a city or town containing more than three thousand persons,such assistant shall receive at the same rate for three thousand, and atthe rate of two dollars for every three hundred persons over three thou-sand, residing in such city or town; but where, from the dispersedsituation of the inhabitants in some divisions, two dollars will not besufficient for one hundred persons, the marshals, with the approbationof the judges of their respective districts or territories, may make suchfurther allowance to the assistants in such divisions as shall be deemedan adequate compensation : Provided, The same does not exceed twodollars and fifty cents, for every fifty persons by them returned: Pro-vided, further, That before any assistant as aforesaid, shall, in any case,be entitled to receive said compensation, he shall take and subscribe thefollowing oath or affirmation, before some judge or justice of the peace,authorized to administer the same, to wit: “ I, A B, do solemnly swear(or affirm) that the number of persons set forth in the return made byme, agreeably to the provision of the act entitled ‘ An act to providefor taking the sixth census or enumeration of the inhabitants of theUnited States, ’ have been ascertained by an actual inquiry at everydwelling-house, or a personal inquiry of the head of every family, inexact conformity with the provisions of said act; and that I have, inevery respect, fulfilled the duties required of me by said act, to the bestof my abilities; and that the return aforesaid is correct and true, ac-cording to the best of my knowledge and belief.”
The compensation of the several marshals shall be as follows:
The marshal of the district of Maine , four hundred dollars;
The marshal of the district of New Hampshire , four hundred dol-lars ;
The marshal of the district of Massachusetts , four hundred and fiftydollars;
The marshal of the district of Rhode Island , two hundred and fiftydollars;
The marshal of the district of Vermont , four hundred dollars;
The marshal of the district of Connecticut , three hundred and fiftydollars;
The marshal of the southern district of New York , four hundred andfifty dollars;
The marshal of the northern district of New York , four hundred andfifty dollars;
The marshal of the district of New Jersey , three hundred and fiftydollars;
The marshal of the eastern district of Pennsylvania , four hundreddollars;
The marshal of the western district of Pennsylvania , four hundreddollars;
The marshal of the district of Delaware , two hundred and twenty-five dollars;
The marshal of the district of Maryland , four hundred and fifty dol-lars ;
The marshal of the eastern district of Virginia , four hundred dollars;
The marshal of the western district of Virginia , four hundred dol-lars ;
The marshal of the district of Kentucky , four hundred and fifty dol-lars ;
The marshal of the district of North Carolina , four hundred and fiftydollars;
The marshal of the district of South Carolina , four hundred and fiftydollars;
The marshal of the district of Georgia, four hundred and fifty dollars;
The marshal of the district of East Tennessee, two hundred dollars;