Facts About The Census

The ffilloTving, ín referencé to the appo oi ei ïbiis enumoratpre, has beun fuvnished the presS of Mieh: ;; h v , , -on Oardner', s aiy óf stalt-. J; eöutains inf itïon that many are anxious tip ïeru e : The state census is to bê taken i:i Jüne óf this year. The law seetns tu be very expjtelt, bul as t is not in the hnn.N pf everyone, there is m i y 'is tu its provisions. The inquiries relate mainly to the appoint;: óf enumerators, and are all answ.tc'. i;,v Mie first sectioa of the ei n mis law, which Is act L78 of 1893. It provldes : lst. 'Iliat enumerators and assistants shall be appointed aft-er the aanual townshlp meeting, and on or before the first MoMday in .May. Sd. Tliat !hey are t n be appointed by unviishi; boards in townships anti commoB councils in clti 3d. Thai ii uot appointed before the tlrst Monday in May, the appointnicnt is to be made by the governor. And 4th. 'Ihat eaumerators '.re to lje appointed ior eacli aèsessment lis triet. It is ilear from the above, lst. That appoiimtinents nade before the animal township meeting are illegal. L'i!. Appointnunt.s by an.v Other tha.ii townshlp boards in townships and oommon covincils in eities is illegal. Sd. Appointments after the fi:sc Mondaj In .May can be ma.de by the governor only. Enuanerators and as s.s.aius are to te appo.u.ed be.ore the tirst M.onday in May. Jn cas. a sufficieait nuinbér oj assistants art not ajipointiMÍ before that date, tha adüitional number required must be. appointed by the góvernor. 4th. Emuauerators and as.-i.-itant are to be appoaited for each assetsment district. If a townshlp, a city, or a ward is divided into more than one afesetsment district, each district is to have one chiel enuinerator, and such number of assistants as may be neeessary to complete the census within the time presciibed by law. Neither au incorporated, nor an unlncorporated villáge, can have an euomerator uaiLee it constitutes a distinct and entire atseïsment district. In otlier words, vvhere the township forms oue assessment district, there wül be one chief enuinerator for the entire township, ineluding the villages wichin euch townskip. An assistaiic be app'okiteu to take the census of the village or villages raider the supervisión oí the ehief enumerator, ar the Chief enumerator may take th eensus of tlie village, and the assifetant the census of the country. The dtvifiion of territory in townships may be made by the township board, and in eities by the eomr.um j council, but in oase it is not so made, tiicn ii is the duty of the chief enumerator to make such aesigument of territory.