Ninth Census, United States, 1870: Instructions to Assistant Marshals, Act of May 23, 1850 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Ninth Census, United States, 1870: Instructions to Assistant Marshals, Act of May 23, 1850After enumerating a family, farm, shop, &c., , the entries made should be read over to the party giving the information, that all mistakes may be corrected on the spot, at the time. This is a requirement of law.The name of the town, township, parish, &c., , of the county, of the State, and of the post office, the day of the month, and the month, and the name of the Assistant Marshal, in his own hand writing, must be filled into the proper spaces on each page, except in the case of the Agricultural Schedule, where each alternate page will be signed and filled as above required.On all the schedules, when Values are required to be stated, omit fractions of a dollar.As far as possible, Assistant Marshals will have the first copy of their returns made from the sheets as they are completed, so that the full returns may be sent to the Marshal at the earliest practicable moment after the enumeration closes. Great pains will be taken in comparing the copy intended for the Census Office with the originals, point by point. The second copy required by law will be forwarded to the Marshal when completed. At the end of each set of returns, the Assistant Marshal will certify that they were made according to law and instructions.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.