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hundred and upwards; and shall further distinguish the number of those free coloured and other coloured persons, included in the foregoing, who are deaf and dumb, without regard to age, and those who are blind. For effecting which, the marshals aforesaid shall have power, and are hereby required, to appoint one or more assistants in each city and county in their respective districts and territories, residents of such city or county for which they shall be appointed, and shall assign to each of the said assistants a certain division of territory, which division shall not consist, in any case, of more than one county, but may include one or more towns, townships, wards, hundreds, precincts, or parishes, and shall be plainly and distinctly bounded; the said enumeration shall be made by an actual inquiry by such marshals or assistants, at every dwelling-house, or by personal inquiry of the head of every family. The marshals and their assistants shall respectively, before entering on the performance of their duty under this act, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, before some judge or justice of the peace, resident within their respective districts or territories, for the faithful performance of their duties. The oath or affirmation of the marshal shall be as follows: “I, A. B., marshal of the district (or territory) of, do solemnly swear, (or affirm,) that I will truly and faithfully cause to be made, a full and perfect enumeration and description of all persons resident within my district, (or territory,) and return the same to the Secretary of State, agreeably to the directions of an act of Congress, entitled ‘An act to provide for taking the fifth census, or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States,’ according to the best of my ability.” The oath or affirmation of an assistant shall be as follows: “I, A. B., appointed an assistant to the marshal of the district (or territory) of , do solemnly swear, (or affirm,) that I will make a just, faithful, and perfect enumeration and description of all persons, resident within the division assigned to me for that purpose, by the marshal of the district, (or territory,) of , and make due return thereof to the said marshal, agreeably to the directions of an act of Congress, entitled ‘An act to provide for the taking the fifth census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States,’ according to the best of my ability, and that I will take the said enumeration and description, by actual inquiry at every dwelling-house within said division, or personal inquiry of the head of every family, and not otherwise.” The enumeration shall commence on the first day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and shall be completed and closed within six calendar months thereafter; the several assistants shall, within the said six months, and on or before the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, deliver to the marshals, by whom they shall be appointed, respectively, two copies of the accurate returns of all persons, except Indians not taxed, to be enumerated, as aforesaid, within their respective divisions; which returns shall be made in a schedule, the form of which is annexed to this act, and which shall distinguish, in each county, city, town, township, ward, precinct, hundred, district, or parish, according to the civil divisions of the states or territories, respectively, the several families, by the name of their master, mistress, steward, overseer, or other principal persons therein.

. And be it further enacted, That every assistant failing or neglecting to make a proper return, or making a false return, of the enumeration, to the marshal, within the time limited by this act, shall forfeit the sum of two hundred dollars, recoverable in the manner pointed out in the next section of this act.

. And be it further enacted, That the marshal shall file one copy of each of the several returns aforesaid, and, also, an attested copy of the aggregate amount hereinafter directed, to be transmitted by them respectively, to the Secretary of State, with the clerks of their respective district or superior courts, as the case may be, who are hereby directed