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 762 FIFTIETH oonoumss. sim. 11. on. ew. 1889 ing to law, honestly a11d correctly, to the best of my ability; which oaths shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Interior. nurses. Sec. 5; Each Supervisor of census shall be charged with the performance, within his own district, of the following duties; To prosuwivisnm or ais- pose to the Superintendent of Census the division of his district °"°“· into subdivisions most convenient for the purpose of enumeration; nuumemmm. t0_ tdlpspgnate to tahef Supgrgntendept off Cuenisus suitable pprsons, and, wi the consen o said u erin en en, o emp o suc 1 persons as enumerators within his district, one for each subdivision, and resident therein, who shall be selected solely with reference to fitness, and without reference to their olitical party affiliations, according grpyggm tlohtlie divtilsion approiyed uy tpe Superintendent of Census lfiroridedi ' , ‘ a in e a in men o enumera ors, pre erence s a , m a · cases be givenptd) properl qualified persons honorably· discharged from the militar or navalyservice of the United States residing in their respective districts; but in case it shall occur in any enumeration district that no person qualified to perform and willing to undertake the duties of enumerator resides in that district, the supervisor may appoint any fit person, resident in the county, to be the enumer- Transmission or ator o that district- to transmit to enumerators the printed forms '°“"’· °°°‘ gud schedules issugd frplm the Census Piiice, in quantities suited to e r uirements o eac sub ivision; o communica e to enumerators Elie necessary instructions and directions relating to their duties, and to the methods of conducting the census, and to advise with and counsel enumerators in person and by letter, as freely and fully as may be reguired to secure the purposes of this act; and under the h§§lj{’,_$’“'°“'°"’°"’° direciéicgil o the Supeflintepdenti of? Census, and {ol facilitate thettalhing o - e census wit as itt e e v as possi e, e may cause o e distributed by the enumerators, prior to the taking of the enumeration, schedules to be filled up by householders and others; to pro- R·¤*¤¤•~ vide for the early and safe transmission to his office of the returns . of enumerators, embracing all the schedules filled by them in the course of enumeration, and for the due receipt and custody of such returns pending their transmission to the Census Office; to examine and scrutinize the returns of enumerators, in order to ascertain whether the work has been performed in all respects in compliance _ with the provisions of law, and whether any town or village or inifegral goptiop og the districf has beep omittf from enumeration; to orwar o the u erinten en o' ensus the comp ete returns o his district in such time and manner as shall be prescribed by the said Superintendent, and in the event of discrepancies or deficiencies appearmgx in the getprns from dhis distri{:t,dto use all diligeige in causing e same o e correc e or supp ie ; to ma e u an orward to the Superintendent of Census the accounts required)for ascertaining the amount of conppensation due under the provisions of this act to each enumerator o his district. Wheiiever it shall appear I¤c¤mp1ew returns- that any portion_of the enumeration and census provided for in this act has f>eenpI;agggentlypr iéiipgopterly tgken and islpylfeason thereof incomp e e, e upenn en en o t ie ensus, wit the a roval o the Secretary of the Interior, may cause such incomplete arid) unsatisfactpry epmlneration and plenslus to be am)ended or minds anew under suc me s as may, in is iscretion, e ractica e. Compensation. _SEo. _6. Each supervisor of census shall,pupon the completion of 3;; daulges tp the; slatisflaction og She Secigatary caf the Ingzrior, iigceive _ o on un re an wen y- ve dollars, an in ac ation thereto. in thickly-settled districts, one dollar for each thousand or ma_]o_r1ty fraction of a thousand of the population enumerated in his district. and in sparsely-settled districts one dollar and forty cents for each thousan or majority fraction of a thousand of the population enumerated in such district; such sums to be in full compensation for all services rendered and expenses incurred eby him, ex- ¤¤¤·k·¤i¤¤- cept that an allowance for clerk-hire may be made, at the discretion