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 THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. ll. 1850. 431 returned, two cents: Provided, hmacser, That, in making returns of Proviso. farms and establishments of productive industry, the instructions given by the Secretary of the Interior must be strictly observed, and no allowance shall be made for any return not authorized by such instructions, or for any returns not limited to the year next preceding the first of June next. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That any assistant who, Non-performhgving accepted the appointment, shall, without justifiable cause, neg. gggfangf adfgf lect or refuse to perform the duties enjoined on him by this act, shall demeanor. be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, be liable to a forfeiture of five hundred dollars; or if he shall wilfully make a false panama, 0,, Oath, it shall be deemed perjury; or if he shall wilfully make a false marshals undescertificate, it shall be deemed amisdemeanor, and if convicted or found guilty of either of the last-named offences, he shall forfeit and pay not eertiseates. exceeding five thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not less than two years. And each marshal shall be alike punishable for the two lastnamed otfences when committed by him. Sec. 15. And be it further endctcd, That each and every free per· _ Persons refussou more than twenty years of age, belonging to any family residing in ;*;i0Si"°s;§; any subdivision, and in case of the absence of the heads and other ject to L1 f,,,;,,, members of any such family, then any agent of such family shall be, and ¤f thirty dollarseach of them hereby is, required, if thereto requested by the marshal or his assistant, to render a true account, to the best of his or her knowledge, of every person belonging to such family, in the various particulars required in and by this act, and the tables thereto subjoined, on pain of forfeiting thirty dollars, to be sued for and recovered in an action of debt by the assistant to the use of the United States. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That all fines and penalties Ifines and perrxerein provided for may be enforced in the courts of the United Qggfd *§1l;;€‘3‘ States within the States or Territories where such offence shall have sms, wuts_ ` been committed, or forfeiture incurred. Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That the marshals and their Marshals and assistants are hereby authorized to transmit, through the post-office, any 33;:*5* **}:5 PHPCTS OY dOGu¤]CDtS relating to tI1G CBHSUS,  writing thBI°€OD, transmit paper; " Oincial business, census," and subscribing the same with the addition mid _ d¤¢¤m•¤¤l;* to his name of marshal, or assistant, as the case may be; but this 2;:;:8 tgosgs privilege shall extend to nothing but documents and papers relating to the Post—OEcc, the census, which shall pass tree; and the sum of twelve thousand g§ftin;°’b,3E;' dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not &c,,¤,¤ upprgpyii otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of covering the expense of ?°i°:§*` $12900 transmitting the blanks and other matter through the mail, to be paid is m °‘ to the Post-Oilice Department. Sec. 18. And be itfurtfaer enacted, That ii] in any of the Territo- Where me ries or places where the population is sparse, the officers of the army, g°;:g·“°%Hce: or any persons thereto belonging, can be usefully employed in taking a?,.; Jtheyg bethe census, the Secretary of War is hereby directed to afford such aid, 10118**8 to tbé if it can be given without prejudice to the public service. ZQ';§,§f°,§f[°’ °°` · Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Inte- The Secretary 1*101* is hereby required to eat-ry into effect the provisions of this act, °f tl‘:dI€‘0*°';‘: and to provide blanks and distribute the same among the marshals, so zigglglgnksi gm] that the enumeration may commence on the first day of June next, distribute them and be taken with reference to that day in each and every district and t° dm marshals' subdivision of districts; to draw up and distribute, at the same time, prmted instructions, defining and explaining the duties of such es collect the statistics, and the limits by which such duties are circumscrxbed, in a clear and intelligible manner; to see, also, that all due diligence is employed by the marshals and assistants to make return of their respective doings completed, at the times herein prescribed; and further, as the returns are so made, to cause the same to be classified and arranged in the best and most convenient manner for use, and lay