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 THIRTY—FIR.S'1‘ CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. ll. [850. 429 therein, to whom he shall give a commission under his hand, author- commission an izing him to perform the duties herein assigned to assistants, which ggzpggfmisiégf commission shall set forth the boundaries of the subdivision, of which appointment so made, and the boundaries so specified, the marshal shall keep a true and faithful record. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That each marshal shall sea- hiarshals remmbly supply each assistant with the instructions issued by the 3;*;’:guf;$“_£’v1;g Department of the Interior, the blanks provided for the enumeration needful imma. or the population, and the collection of other statistics, and give to ;i¤¤¤l;=¤db1¤¤k¤ him, from time to time, all such information and directions as may be ggutof ,}§g;°§;:: necessary to enable him to discharge his duty. He shall carefully ties,&c. examine whether the return of each assistant marshal be made in conformity with the terms of this act, and, where discrepancies are detected, require the same to be corrected. He shall dispose of the Mmhws dw two sets of the returns required from the assistant marshals as herein- ue, dg6u8d_ after provided for as follows: One set he shall transmit forthwith to the Secretary of the Interior; and the other copy thereof he shall transmit to the office of the Secretary of the State or Territory to which his district belongs. He shall classify and determine the rate of compensation to be paid to each assistant marshal according to the provisions of this act, subject to the final approval of the Secretary of the Interior. He shall, from time to time, make himself acquainted with the progress made by each assistant marshal in the discharge of his duties, and in case of inability or neglect arising from sickness, or otherwise, a oint a substitute. Sec. 6. Edd be it further enacted, That if any marshal shall, by _M¤~rSh¤l f¤¥- any arrangement or understanding whatever, secure to himself any fee, ,l?;‘;d°;‘€ffaf§°“f; reward, or compensation for the appointment of an assistant, or shall wkpaasatash, · in any way secure to himself any part of the compensation provided troy *’—¤ 3ssl5V by this act for the services of assistants, or if he shall knowingly neg- lm ' lect or refuse to perform the duties herein assigned to him, he shall, in any such case, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and if convicted in any such case, shall, for such olfence, forfeit and pay not less than P¤¤=¤l*y· one thousand dollars. Ssc. 7. And be it further enacted, That any marshal of the Maxam may United States may, for any purposes not inconsistent with the duties ;‘£1;°’”* d°P“ of the assistants hereirfprovided for, appoint a deputy or deputies, to ' act in his behalf; but for all official acts of such deputy or deputies the marshal shall be responsible: Provided, however, An appointment to Proviso. collect the social statistics shall not be deemed an interference with the duties of the assistants. Src. 8. And be it f-hrther enacted, That whenever the population Marshal’s ms. returned in any district shall exceed one million, the marshal thereof shall be entitled to receive as a compensation for all his services in executing this act, alter the rate of one dollar for each thousand persons; but if the number returned shall be less than a million in any district, the marshal thereof shall be allowed for his services at the rate of one dollar and twenty-Eve cents for each thousand persons: Provided, however, That no marshal shall receive less than two hundred and fifty dollars: and when the compensation does not in the whole exceed the sum of five hundred dollars, a reasonable allowance for clerk hire shall be made, the amount whereof shall be determined by the Secretary of the Interior. And provided, further, That the mar- Further provi- Sha} of any district may, at his discretion, perform the duties of an ‘°· assistant in any subdivision in which he may reside; and when he shall personally perform the duties assigned by this act to assistants, he shall receive therefor the compensation allowed to assistants for like services.