1820. cept Indians not taxed, within their respective divisions; which returns shall be made in a schedule, distinguishing, in each county, city, town, township, ward, or parish, the several families, by the names of their master, mistress, steward, overseer, or other principal person therein, in the manner following: The number of persons within my division, con- Form of the schesisting of appears in a schedule 'hereto annexed, sub-dule of return. scribed by me this day of , in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty. A. B. assistant to the Marshal of SCHEDULE of the whole Number of Persons within the Division allotted to A. B. Name of the county, parish, township, town, or city, where the family resides. Names of heads of families. Free white males under ten years. Free white males of ten and under sixteen. Free white males between sixteen aud eighteen. Free white males of sixteen and under twenty-six, Free white males of twenty-six and under forty-five, Free white males of forty-five and upwards, includ- Free white females under ten years of age. Free white females of ten and under sixteen. Free white females of sixteen and under twenty-six, Free white females of twenty-six and under forty- Free white females of forty-five and upwards, in- Foreigners not naturalized. SLAVES. Males under fourteen. Males of fourteen and under twenty-six. Females of fourteen and under twenty-six. FREE COLORED PERSONS. Males under fourteen years. Males of fourteen and under twenty-six. Females of fourteen and under twenty-six. All other persous, except Indians not taxed. 1820. false return. SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That every assistant, 2200 dolls. fortest failing or neglecting to make a proper return, or making a for neglect or 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. Marshals to file clerks of courts. mit aggregate a forfeits 1000 dols. verable where the offences are SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That the marshals shall returns, &c. with file 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 districts, or superior courts, (as the case may be,) who are hereby directed to receive, and careMarshals to trans. fully to preserve, the same. And the marshals, respectively, mount to the Se- shall, on or before the first day of April, in the year one thoucretary of State. sand eight hundred and twenty-one, transmit to the Secretary of State the aggregate amount of each description of persons Marshal failing within their respective districts or territories. And every marshal failing to file the returns of his assistants, or the returns of any of them, with the clerks of the respective courts, as aforesaid, or failing to return the aggregate amount of each description of persons, in their respective districts or territories, as required by this act, and as the same shall appear from said returns, to the Secretary of State, within the time limited by this act, shall, for every such offence, forfeit the Forfeitures reco- sum of one thousand dollars; which forfeitures shall be recoverable in the courts of the districts or territories where the committed, &c. said offences shall be committed, or within the circuit courts held within the same, by action of debt, information, or indictment; the one half thereof to the use of the United States, Half to the in- and the other half to the informer; but where the prosecution shall be first instituted on behalf of the United States, the whole shall accrue to their use. And, for the more effectual discovery of such offences, the judges of the several district courts in the several districts, and of the supreme courts in the Judges to give territories of the United States, as aforesaid, at their next sesto grand juries- sion, to be held after the expiration of the time allowed for making the returns of the enumeration hereby directed, to the Secretary of State, shall give this act in charge to the grand And cause returns juries in their respective courts, and shall cause the returns of and aggregate a- the several assistants, and the said attested copy of the aggregate amount, to be laid before them for their inspection. SECT. 4. And be it further enacted, That every assistant Compensation of shall receive at the rate of one dollar for every hundred sons by him returned, where such persons reside in the country; and where such persons reside in a city or town, containing more than three thousand persons, such assistant shall receive at the rate of one dollar for every three hundred persons but where, from the dispersed situation of the inhabitants in some divisions, one dollar will be insufficient for one hundred persons, the marshals, with the approbation of the former; unless, &c. this act in charge mount to be laid before them. Resistants. per 1820. to take and sub fore marshals. judges of their respective districts or territories, may make such further allowance to the assistants in such divisions as shall be deemed an adequate compensation: Provided, The Proviso; limit of same does not exceed one dollar and twenty-five cents for compensation. every fifty persons by them returned; Provided further, That Proviso; assistant before any assistant, as aforesaid, shall be entitled to receive acribe an oath besaid compensation, he shall take and subscribe the following compensaoath or affirmation, before some judge or justice of the peace, authorized to administer the same, to wit: I, A. B. do solemnly Form of the oath swear or affirm, that the number of persons set forth in the return made by me, agreeably to the provisions of the act, entitled "An act to provide for taking the fourth census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, and for other purposes," have been ascertained by an actual inquiry at every dwelling house, or of the head of every family, in exact conformity with the provisions of said act; and that I have, in every respect, fulfilled the duties required of me by said act, to the best of my abilities, and that the return aforesaid is correct and true, according to the best of my knowledge and belief. The several marshals shall receive as follows: the marshal of the District of Maine, two hundred Compensation of and fifty dollars; the marshal of the District of New-Hampshire, two hundred and fifty dollars; the marshal of the District of Massachusetts, three hundred dollars; the marshal of the District of Rhode-Island, one hundred and fifty dollars; the marshal of the District of Connecticut, two hundred dollars; the marshal of the District of Vermont, two hundred and fifty dollars; the marshal of the Southern District of NewYork, two hundred and fifty dollars; the marshal of the Northern District of New-York, two hundred and fifty dollars; the marshal of the District of New-Jersey, two hundred dollars; the marshal of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, three. hundred dollars; the marshal of the Western District of Pennsylvania, two hundred dollars; the marshal of the District of Delaware, one hundred dollars; the marshal of the District of Maryland, three hundred dollars; the marshal of the Eastern District of Virginia, three hundred dollars; the marshal of the Western District of Virginia, two hundred dollars; the marshal of the District of Kentucky, three hundred dollars; the marshal of the District of North Carolina, three hundred and fifty dollars; the marshal of the District of South Carolina, three hundred dollars; the marshal of the District of Georgia, three hundred dollars; the marshal of the District of East Tennessee, one hundred and fifty dollars; the marshal of the District of West Tennessee, one hundred and fifty dollars; the marshal of the District of Ohio, three hundred dollars; the marshal of the District of Indiana, two hundred dollars; the marshal of the District of Illinois, one hundred and fifty dollars; the marshal of the District of Mississippi, one hundred and fifty dollars; the marshal of the District of Louisiana, one hundred and fifty 1820. Abode, family, or habitation, of per dollars; the marshal of the District of Alabama, one hundred and fifty dollars; the marshal of the District of Columbia, fifty dollars; the marshal of the Missouri Territory, one hundred dollars; the marshal of the Michigan Territory, one hundred dollars; the marshal of the Arkansas Territory, one hundred dollars. SECT. 5. And be it further enacted, That every person whose sons enumerated. usual place of abode shall be in any family, on the said first Monday in August, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, shall be returned as of such family; and the name of every person who shall be an inhabitant of any district or territory, without a settled place of residence, shall be inserted in the column of the schedule which is allotted for the heads of families in the division where he or she shall be on the said first Monday in August; and every person occasionally absent at the time of enumeration, as belonging to the place in which he or she usually resides in the United States. Obligation of eve. ry free person a ant. Assistant to set a correct copy of public places. SECT. 6. And be it further enacted, That each and every bove 16, to give free person, more than sixteen years of age, whether heads of information-- families or not, belonging to any family within any division, district, or territory, made or established within the United States, shall be, and hereby is, obliged to render to the assistant of the division, if required, a truc account, to the best of his or her knowledge, of every person belonging to such family, respectively, according to the several descriptions aforesaid, Or forfeit 20 dolls. on pain of forfeiting twenty dollars, to be sued for and recovHalf to the assist- ered, in any action of debt, by such assistant; the one half to his own use, and the other half to the use of the United States. SECT. 7. And be it further enacted, That each and every schedule up attwe assistant, previous to making his return to the marshal, shall cause a correct copy, signed by himself, of the schedule containing the number of inhabitants within his division, to be set up at two of the most public places within the same, there to 2 dolls. for each remain for the inspection of all concerned; for each of which copies, the said assistant shall be entitled to receive two dolProviso; proof of lars: Provided, Proof of the schedule having been set up and suffered to remain, shall be transmitted to the marshal, with Or forfeiture of the return of the number of persons; and in case any assistant shall fail to make such proof to the marshal, as aforesaid, he shall forfeit the compensation allowed him by this act. Secretary of State SECT. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of structions, forms, State shall be, and hereby is, authorized and required, to ries, to the mar- transmit to the marshals of the several districts and territories, regulations and instructions pursuant to this act, for carrying the same into effect, and also the forms contained therein, of the schedule, to be returned, and such other forms as may be necessary in carrying this act into execution, and proper interrogatories to be administered by the several persons to be employed in taking the enumeration. copy. setting up schedule. compensation. to transmit in and interrogato shals. districts, and part SECT. 9. And be it further enacted, That in those States 1820. composing two districts, and where a part of a county may lie States with two in each district, such county shall be considered as belonging of a county in each to that district in which the courthouse of said county may be district, &c. situate. facturing estab nufactures to be returns, and mar SECT. 10. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the Account of manuduty of the several marshals and their assistants, at the time lishments and mafor taking the said census, to take, under the direction of the taken. Secretary of State, and according to such instructions as he shall give, and such forms as he shall prescribe, an account of the several manufacturing establishments, and their manufactures, within their several districts, territories, and divisions: the said assistants shall make return of the same to the mar- Assistants to makeshals of their respective districts or territories; and the said shals to transmit marshals shall transmit the said returns, and abstracts thereof, the Secretary of to the Secretary of State, at the same time at which they are, by this act, required, respectively, to make their returns to the Secretary of State: for the performance of which addi- Not exceeding 20 tional service, they shall, respectively, receive, as compensa- tional compensation therefor, not exceeding twenty per centum in addition to tion. the sums allowed by this act, to be apportioned in proportion to the services rendered, under the direction of the Secretary of State. returns, &c. to State. per cent. addi county or parish square, &c. with SECT. 11. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where Further compen the superficial content of any county or parish shall exceed sation where the forty miles square, and the number of inhabitants in said parish exceeds 40 miles or county shall not exceed two thousand five hundred, the approbation of the marshal or assistants shall be allowed, with the approbation of judges. the judges of the respective districts or territories, such further compensation as shall be deemed reasonable: Provided, The Proviso; not to same does not exceed three dollars for every fifty persons by them returned. exceed 3 dolls. for every 50 persons of Congress. SECT. 12. And be it further enacted, That when the afore- 1500 copies to be said enumeration shall be completed, and returned to the printed for the use office of the Secretary of State, by the marshals of the States. and Territories, he shall direct the printers to Congress to print, for the use of the Congress, fifteen hundred copies thereof. [Approved, March 14, 1820.] CHAP. 23. An act making Appropriations for the Support of the Navy of the [SECT. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for defraying the expenses of the navy, for the year Appropriaticus, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, the following sums be, and the same are hereby, respectively, appropriated: For pay and subsistence of the officers, and pay of the sea- For pay and sub men, nine hundred and eighty-nine thousand three hundred sistence of officers and twenty dollars: and pay of sea men. |