TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess.III. Ch.80. 1839.
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The marshal of the district of West Tennessee, two hundred dollars;
The marshal of the middle district of Tennessee, two hundred dol-lars ;
The marshal of the district of Ohio , five hundred dollars;
The marshal of the district of Indiana , four hundred and fifty dollars;
The marshal of the district of Illinois , three hundred dollars;
The marshal of the northern district of Mississippi , two hundreddollars;
The marshal of the southern district of Mississippi , two hundreddollars;
The marshals of the districts of Louisiana , two hundred dollars each;
The marshal of the northern district of Alabama , two hundred dol-lars ;
The marshal of the southern district of Alabama , two hundred dol-lars;
The marshal of the District of Columbia , one hundred and fifty dol-lars ;
The marshal of the district of Michigan , two hundred and fifty dol-lars ;
The marshal of the district of Arkansas , two hundred and fifty dol-lars;
The marshals of the Territory of Florida, respectively, fifty dollars;
The marshals of the Territory of Wisconsin, two hundred and fiftydollars;
The marshals of the Territory of Iowa, two hundred and fifty dollars.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That every person whose usualplace of abode shall be in any family on the said first day of June, onethousand eight hundred and forty, shall be returned as of such family;and the name of every person who shall be an inhabitant of any districtor Territory, without a settled place of residence, shall be inserted inthe column of the schedule which is allotted for the heads of familiesin the division where he or she shall be on the said first day of January,and every person occasionally absent at the time of enumeration, asbelonging to the place in which he or she usually resides in the UnitedStates .
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That each and every free personmore than sixteen years of age, whether heads of families or not, be-longing to any family within any division, district, or Territory, madeor established within the United States , shall be, and hereby is, obligedto render to the assistant of the division, if required, a true account, tothe best of his or her knowledge, of every person belonging to such fa-mily, respectively, according to the several descriptions aforesaid, onpain of forfeiting twenty dollars, to be sued for and recovered in anyaction of debt, by such assistant; the one half to his own use, and theother half to the use of the United States .
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That each and every assistant,previous 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; andin 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,
W.Tennessee.
TennesseeMiddle dist.
Arkansas.
Information tobe given, underpenalty.
How recover-able, Ac.
Assistants toset up a correctcopy of sche-dule, Ac.
Proviso.
Sec. of Stateto transmit in-structions, Ac.to marshals.