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 SIXTY·FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 2. 1909. 5 practicable and desirable the boundaries of the supervisors’ districts shall conform to the boundaries of the congressional districts: And A°°*“€ "“P°“'*S°“· provided fzu·ther, That if in any supervisor’s district the supervisor as not been appointed and qualified ninety days preceding the date fixed for the commencement of the enumeration, or if any vacancy shall occur thereafter, either through death, removal, or resignation of the supervisor, or from any other cause, the Director of the Census may appoint a temporary supervisor or detail an employee of the Census Office to act as supervisor for that district. Sec. 10. That each supervisor of census shall be charged with m§““°” °‘ "“P°"*S‘ the performance, within his own district, of the following duties: To ` consult with the Director of the Census in regard to the division of his district into subdivisions most convenient for the purpose of the enumeration, which subdivisions or enumeration districts shall be defined and the boundaries thereof fixed by the Director of the Census; to designate to the Director suitable persons, and, with his consent, to empdoy such persons as enumerators, one or more for each of*§§’,‘§,§$§,§‘fg;; °*°·· subdivision; to communicate to enumerators the necessary instructions and directions relating to their duties; to examine and scrutinize the returns of the enumerators, and in the event of discrepancies or deficiencies appearing in any of the said returns to use all diligence in causing the same to be corrected or sugplied; to forward the completed returns of the enumerators to the rrector at such time and in such manner as shall be prescribed, and to make u and forward to A°°°‘“‘°°· the Director the accounts of each enumerator in his district for service rendered, which accounts shall be duly certified to by the enumerator and the same shall be certified as true and correct, if so found by the suplervisor., and said accounts so certified shall be accepted and paid by the Director. The duties imposed upon the supervisor by this Act shall be performed in any and all particulars in accordance with the orders and instructions of the Director of the Census. Sec. 11. That each supervisor of the census shall, upon the comple- PW °‘¤“P°"*¤°¤*· tion of his duties to the satisfaction of the Director of the Census, receive the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars and, in addition thereto, one dollar for each thousand or majority fraction of a thousand of population enumerated in his district, such sums to be in full compensation for all services rendered and expenses incurred by him: Provided, That of the above-named compensation a sum not to exceed _{’,§’$:‘§,"§;,,_ six hundred dollars, in the discretion of the Director of the Census, may be paid to any supervisor Brior to the com(pletion of his duties in one or more pa ments, as the irector of the ensus may determine: Hwided furt}g~1·, That in emergencies arising in connection with the pe*§u§s$’¤°¤°Y °¤· work of preparation for, or during the progress of, the enumeration in his district, or in connection with the reenumeration of any subdivision, a supervisor may, in the discretion of the Director of the Census, be al owed actua and necessary traveling expenses and an allowance in lieu of subsistence not exceeding four dollars per day durin his necessary absence from his usual p ace of residence: And provided f§n~t/wr, That an appropriate allowance to supervisors for- CMR *1***- clerk hire may be made when deemed necessary by the Director of the Census. Sec. 12. That each enunrerator shall be charged with the collection §§§§§’“°°”· in his subdivision of the facts and statistics required by the population and agricultural schedules and such other schedules as the Director; of the Census may determine shall be used by him in con- _ nection with the census, as provided in section eight of this Act. It P°”°““‘ “’·““» °"’· shall be the duty of each enurnerator to visit personally each dwellin house in his subdivision, and each fauriliygotrlherein, and each individuzg livin out of a family in any Place of a e, and bgagnquiry made of the liead of meh family, or o the member thereof med most com· 88740°—vo1. 36, rr 1-11--3