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 1018 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. Ill. Ch. 419. 1899. may, in the discretion of the Director of the Census, be allowed actual and necessary traveling expenses and an allowance in lieu of subsistence not exceeding three dollars per day during his necessary absence , from] has Insual place of tresidlenceh and tlhat an app{;>p;Etto)allov;gncq or c er · ire may e ma e w en eeme necessary y e irec r o mma. the Census: Provided, That in the aggregate no supervisor shall be "'"'““‘“"‘ "»“"°"“ paid less than the sum of one thousand dollars. The designation of the compensation per thousand, as provided in this section, shall `be made by the Director of the Census at least one month in advance of the date fixed for the commencement of the enumeration. Duma of ¤¤¤m•»r— Sec. 12. That each enumerator shall be charged with the collection, '°°"‘ inhh? pubdiylisionl, ofhiactshapldlstatiszms Igequged  lthq) population scene an suc o ersceuesas e irecoro e ensnsmay determine shall be used by him in connection with the census, as provided in section seven of this Act. It shall be the duty of each enumerator to visit personally each dwelling house in his subdivision, and each family therein, and each individual living out of a family in any place ot abode, and by inquiry made of the head of each family, or of the member thereof deemed most credible and worthy of trust or of such individual living out of a family, to obtain each and every item of information and all particulars required by this Act as of date June first of the year in whichdthe enumeration shall be made. And in case no person shall be foun at the usual place of abode of such family or ipdividual living out of a family, competent to answer the inquiries ma e in compliance with the requirements of this Act then it shall be lawful for the enumerator to obtain the required_ information, as near y as may be practicable from the family or families or person or pgrsonls living nearest to such place of abode; and it shall be the duty o eac enumerator to forward the original schedules duly certified to the supervisor of census of his district as his returns under the uroyisionsl of thilscéct; and in the event of discrepancies or denciencies eing iscove in his said returns he shall use all dili ence in correcting or supplying the same. ln case the subdivisiog assigned to any enumerator embraces all or any part of any incorporated borough, village, town, or city, and also other territory not included within the }L";lf§u°£51‘£L‘&£€§’£€2‘l$tL b‘"°"gE" “‘?‘g°’tT°°"{,’l"‘“·°?“y’ £”’ °f"‘°f’ numera or o suc su r ivxsion o c ear and plainly distinguish and separate, upon the population schedules}-, the inhabitanlts of lall or any part of such borough, village, town, or city, as may e em raced in the subdivision assigned to such enumerm;¤r<;r;>;¤i¤¤i¤¤ ¤F ¤¤¤· ator, from the inhabitants of the territory not iiicluded therein. _ No enumerator shall be deemed quahned to enter upon his duties until he has received from the supervisor of census of the district to which he belongs a commission, under his hand, authorizing him to perform the d$i1;s”of“opl]?lnt;vn;ler;11tor, and setting forth thefboiintdariels of the sub- ' _ _ ic SUCUI r u ies are o 16 per orme y mn. msubdivisnon; 1i¤¤¤r. S110. 13. That the subdivision assigned to any enumerator shall not exceed four thousand inhabitants as near as may be, according to estimates based_on the preceding census or other reliable information, and tdieboundaries of alll subdivisions shall be clearly described by civil c ivisions rivers roar s public surve s or oth · "l d' of 'sl l £;¤éio¤{m_ lines: Pipvsidccli That 7enumerators may be assiggggdyforlbthlegslpedsal ‘ " enunézraoon of Enstitutions, when desirable, without reference to the num r o inma es. ti.Sts;;..?mztzxsssvizziozi sP*:’:*‘?‘ °f , * 1 is I' C BIN Ba$st;:;¤;;i·qg¤;S¥€‘€q;- nih lthe vacaplcy thus caused or otherwise occurring. Whenever it ,- _ · ‘ s a appear - at any portion of the enumerat' _ l i `d l mn for in this Act has been negligently or impr£?eilIy(t;l(e2??1iidOis by reasonwthereot incomplete or erroneous, the Director of the Census may cause such incomplete and unsatisfactory enumeration and census to pe aropnded or rolqde anew under such methods as may, in his discreion, e prac 108 e.