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NEWBERN, N.l C. SATURDAY, APR It 180.
NUMBER 106.
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(B Y AU f 1JOU ITY.)
AN ACT to provide for taking the fourth
census, or enumeration of the inhabi
tants of the United States, and for
other purposes. - ;
Be it enacted by the Senate and Ifause
of Representatives of the United States
of; America in congress assembled, That
the marshals r of the several districts of
the United States, ancbf the District of
: Columbia, and of the Territories of IMis
"Souri, Michigan and, Arkansas, resppct-
ively, shall be, & they are hereby, aftrhor
ized and required, under the direction of
the Secretary of State, and according to
such instructions as he shall give, puVsu-
ant to this act, to cause thet number! of
' fate inhabitants within their respective
districts and territories to be taken, omit
ting:, in such enumeration, Indians hot
taxed and distinguishing free persons,
including those bound to service for a
term of years, from all others; distin
guishing also, the sexes and colors of free
persons, and the free males under ten. years
of age ; those often yars& rinder sixteen,
those of sixteen and under twenty-six ;
those of twenty-six and under forty-five ;
an J those of forty-five and upwards ; and,'
also, distinguishing free females under
ten years of age; those of ten and under
sixteen ; those of sixteen and under t wen-
ty-six; those of twenty -six and under forty-five
; and those of forty-five arid up
wards; and also distinguishing the num
ber of persons engaged in agriculture,
commerce, and manufacture, respect
ively. For effecting which, the marshals
aforesaid shall have power, and they are
hereby, respectively, authorized and re-
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Vj quired to appoint one or more assistants
ir - r- pniintv and rltv. ill thpir rfjnprt-
ive districts and territories, residents of
the county and city for which they shall
be appointed, and shall assign a certain
division to each of the said assistants,
which division sh ill not consist of more
than one county or city, but may include
one or more townsj townships, wards,
hundreds, or parishes, plainly and .dis
tinctly bounded by water courses, moun
tains, public roads, or other monuments.
And the said enumeration: shall be made
by an actual inquiry at every dwelling
house, or of the head of every family,
and not otherwise. The marshals and
their assistants shall, respectively, take
an oath or affirmation before some judge
or justice of the peace, residents within
their respective districts or territories, be
fore they enter on the duties required by
-this act. The oath or affirmation of the
marshal shall be as follows : I, A. D.
marsnai ot tne taistnct ot do so
lemnly swear, (or. affirm,) that I will well
and truly cause to be made a just and
perfect enumeration and description of all
persons residents within mv district, (or-
territory,) and also an account of the man
-ufactures, except household manufactures,
and return the same to the Secretary of
state, agreeably to the directions of an
act of Congress, entitled f" An act to
provide for taking the fourth census or
enumeration of the inhabitants of the U
nitei States and for other purposes,", ac-;
cording to the best of my ability. The
oath or affirmation of an assistant shal
be; I, A. B. do solemly swear, (or af'
firm,) that I will make a just and perfect
enumeration and description of all persons
resident within the division assigned toh
me for that purpose by the marshal of
and also an account of the man
ufactures,ex
cept household manufactures
and make
marshal
act of Con
Pro
4 vide for taking the fourth census or enu-
.i' r :..u-u:-. rf it:
due return tnereot to the said J 7 a ; , . .
i . j- . f - ma&e a proper return, or maKinjr a raise
, agreeably to the directions of an Ji . ' tUJnv
gress, entitled " An act to
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I States, and for other purposes," accord -
f i;, ,.'.u- u..r JL-iZ-- 7 rr, !
; ng to the best of my abilities. The enu-
'!erntior sJtall commence on. the first
Tdondav of August, in the year one thou
sand eight hundred undlwenty, and shalr
close wittiin six calendar .months thereaf
ter. The several assistants shall within
the iid six months, transmit to the mar-
by. whom . they shall respective-
ivelv he annointed. accurate returns of all
persons, except Indians not taxed, within
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their respective divisions; which returns
shall be made in a schedule, distinguish
ing in each county, city, town, township,
ward, or parish, the several families, by'
the names of their master, mistress stew
ard, overseer, or other principal person
therein, in the manner following: iThe
number of persons within my division,
consisting of , appears in a schedule
hereto annexed, subscribed by me this ,
day of in the year one thoiis ,
sand eigh hundred and twenty. A. B.
assistant to the marshal of - . f.
Schedule of the whole . number of per
sons within the division allotted to A. Ji.
srarae of the county, parish, tonrn
ship, town, or city, where the
family resides. 1
j Names of heads of families., J
J Free white males under ten jjears
Free white males of ten an J
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,der sixteen.
Free white males between sixteen
and eighteen. ?-
Free white males of sixteen! and
.'under- 26, including he?fls of
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i families.
Free white males of twen
y-six,
and under forty-five, inc,
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juding
neaus oi lamuies. -
Free white males of forty -fi, and
upwards, including heads of
families. - I !
Free white, females under
years of age.
ten
Free white female3
under sixteen.
of ten, and
Free white females of sixteen,
and under twenty-six, inclu
ding: heads of families.
Free white females of twenty-six,
and under forty-five, including
heads of families. i
Free white females of forty-five,
and'upwards, including headsj
of families .
j ' Foreigners not naturalized.
SLAVES.
J Males under fourteen.
Males of fourteen, and under twen
ty-six. i ;'
Males of twenty-six, and undir
forty-five.
Males of forty-five, and unward
:ui tie
Females of fourteen, and
twenty -six. U
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Females of twenty-six, and ufider
fdrtv-five.
Females of forty-five, & upwards
FREE COLORED PERSONS.
J Males under fourteen yeai
Males of fourteeen, and under
twenty-six.:
lales of twenty-six,
forty-five.
under
Males of forty-five, andupwards.
Females tinder fourteenyears.
I Females of fourteen, nd under
j twenty-six. r
Females of twenty-six and unIer
forty-five.
j Females of forty-five& upwards.
All other persons, except Indians j
not taxed. j -
pr aulant. faifn, MP,lm - to
uun th ii limhpdU thU art. shall
frofeit the sum of two hundred dollars,
' recoverable in the manner pointed out in
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the next section of this act.
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Sec. SAndleU.Mer
the marshals shall file the several returns
aloresaid, and, al, aa attested copy of
tne azsrafrate amount hereinalter direct-
ed to be transmitted by them, respective-
Iy,o the Secretary -of : State, with .the
clerks of their respective districts, or Su
peripr courts, (as" the case may be,) who
are; nereby directed to receive, and care
fullto presertetbe same. And the mar
shals respectively, 'shall, on or before the
firstjday pf April, in the year one thou
sandeight hundred and twenty-one, trans
mit to tre Secretary of State the aggre
gate amount of each description of per
sons within their respective districts or
territbriesi Arid every marshal failing
to fil the returns of his assistants, or the
returns of any of them, with the clerks
of thi respective courts as aforesaid or
failin to return the aggregate amount of
each description of persons in their re
spective districts or; territories, as requir
ed by this act and as the same shall ap-
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pear irora saiq returns to ine secretary
of State, jwithiifi the time limited by this
act, shall for every such offence, forfeit
the sum of one thousand dollars ; which
forfeitures shall be recoverable in the
courts ofthe districjts or territorieswhere
tue saia onences snail oe committed ; or
within the circuit courts held within the
j same, by! action of debt, .information, or
indictment; the one half thereof to the
use of the UnitedStates, and the other
half to tlie informer ; but where the pros
ecution shall be first instituted oh behalf
of tlie U. States, the whole shall accrue
to their use. And, tor tne more enectu- '
at discovery, ol such onences, the judges
of the several district courts in 'tne seve-
'ral districts, and. of the supreme courts in
the territories of the United States as
aforesaid, at their next session, to be held
after the expiration of the time allowed
for making the returns of the enumera-
tion hereby directed, to the Secretary of
State, shall give this act in chaige to
the grand juries in their respective courts,
and hall cause the returns of the several
assistants, and the said attested copy of
the aggregate amount, to be laid before
them for: tlieir inspection.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That
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every assistant shall receive at the rate of
one dollar for every hundred persons by
him returned, where such persons reside
in the country ; and wnere such persons
reside in a city or town, containing more
than three thousand persons, such assis
tant shall receive at the rate of one dol
lar for every three hundred persons :but
where, from the dispersed situati.m of the
inLuxUIioMtft in some divisions, ooe dollar
will be insufiicent for one hundred per-
sons, the marshals, with the approba-
tion ot the judges ot their respective dis-
tricts or territories, may make such fur-
ther allowance to the assistants in such
divisions as shall be deemed an adequate J
compensation : . Provided, 1 he same
does not exceed one dollar and twenty
five cents for ever' fifty persons by them
returned : l Provided further, That be
fore any assistant, as aforesaid, shall be
entitled to receive said compensation, he
shall take & subscribe the following oath
or affirmation, before some judge or jus-r
tice of the peace, authorized to adminis
ter the same, to wit :- I, A. B. do solemn
ly swearj or affirm, that the number of
persons set forth in the return made - by .
me, agreeably to the provisions of the
act entitled f An act to provide for tak
ing the fourth census or enumeration of
the inhabitants of the United States and
for odier purposes," have Been ascer
tained by an actual enquiry at every
dwelling house,- or of the head of every
family, in exact conformity with the pro
lisions of said act ; and that i have in
every res. ect fulfilled the duties required
of me by said act, to the best of my abili
ties, and that the return aforesaid is correct
&true, according to thehest of my knowl
edge and belief. The several marshals
shall receive as follows: The marshal
of the district of .Maine two hundred and
fifty dollars ; the marshal of the District
oflNew-Hampshire, two hundred and fifr
ty dollars;! the marshal of the District of
Massachusetts, three hundred dollars ; the
marshal of the" District of Rhode-Island,
onp hundred and fiftv dollars : the mar
shal of the District of Connecticut two
hundred dollars ;
the marshal of the Dis-
trict of Vermont,
two hundred and fifty
dollars;! the marshal of the southern Dis-
trict.of New-York, two hundred and fif
ty dollars; the marshal of the northern
Districtiof New-Yorki two hundred and
the marshal of the District
of New Jersey,
two hundred dollars 5 the
marshal of 4he eastern District of Penn
sylvania, three hundred dollars ; the mar-
shal of the western Distsict of Pennsyl
yVTfr
van ici, iwu uuuuicu uutidia, 111c uiarsncu
. uu
i dollars:
istrict of Delaware, one hundred
the marshal of the District of
: iiariana, mree nunareu dollars; the
mawha. of'the-eastern District of Vir2in-
. three hundred dollars; the marshal of
the westem District of Virginia, two hun-
ma 11 . I ' I, I 1 ill i
dred dollars: the marshal of the? ;tr
trict of Kentucky, three hundred doll .respectively, receive, as compersaiioa
the marshal 6f the District of Norfh ar-v therefor, not exceeding twenty per cen-
ouna, tnree nundrea ana imy upit rs
the marshal of the District of South- ar
olina, three hundred dollars ; the rtiati ha! J
oi tneuistnct ot Ueorgia, three bfm redirection of the Secretary of State
dollars ; the marshal ot the DistrictOf sst
icuiicaacc.uu?. uuuurcu anu imy wuirs;
the marshal of the District of w est T nn:
essee, one hundred and fifty dolters the
marshal of th.e District of OhV S i:.ree
hundred dollars j ithe marshal of." ie dis
trict of . Indiana, i two hundred 1 l'irsj
the marshal of the District of Aiaois,
one hundred arid fifty dollars;- thoA mar
shal of the" District of Mississippi, ne iun
dred and fifty dollars ; the marsh; ; of
the District of Lou'siana, one irnlred
and,fifty dollars; the marshal ofijie )is-
trict of Alabama; one hundred
'ft
dollars : the marshal of the Disfrit
Columbia fiftv dollars : the manshlf
ot
the iMissouri Territory, one hundreildol
lars
the marshal of the Michigan txx-
tory, one hundred dolhirs: the ms shal
of the Arkansas, Territory, one fiur jred
aonars. - i .
Sec. 5. Andbcit furtlier enacted, That
every person wlfose usual place 6f a:ocle
shall be in any family, on the said first
Monday in August one thousand; Mgt
hundred and twenty, shall be retUfiiid as-
person who shall be an inhabitant At any
district or territory, witnout aj.se tied
place of residence, shall be inserte I v in
the column of the schedule which is rflot
ted for the heads of families in tlti ivis-'
ion where he or she shall be on tlie ' &aid
first Monday in August ; and eyiper
son occasionally abent at the Ub of
enumeration, as belonging totbl 4lace
in which he or she usually resides ii the
United states. ? p
Sec. 6. Andheit further enacted, fhat
each and every free person, mo:e than
sixteen years of age, 'whether n&b S of
families, or not, belonging to anjiimily
within any division, district, or tciory,
made or establislied within thei' liited
States, shall be, and hereby ifjif blig-
ed to render to tne assistant oi tne, ti vis-
ion, ii required, a true account lue
best of his or. her knowledge, ofiiverV
person Deionging to sucn ramuy, T jcci
ively, according to the several l:rip-;
tions aforesaid, on pain of forteitipg i renf
ty dollars, to be sued for and recov ered,
in an action of debt, 1 by such attlijantj
the one half to JiJs -awn ue, and4biOtb-4
er half to the use of the United Stat;s.
; r Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, lhat
each and every assistant; previouanp ma
kini? his return to the marshal, shalllause
a correct copy, signed' ' by.himselfi 4 the
schedule containing the number oi it hab-v
jtants within his division, to be set 1 u at
tVo of the most public places withii the
same, there to remain for the infpetion
of all concerned ; for each of wffict co
pies, the said assistant shall be entitl ;d to'
receive two dollars ) Provided prbdf c f the
schedule having "been set up and hut ereq
to. remain, shall be transmitted l td the
marshal, with the return of. the! bunber
of persons ; and in case any assi tant
shall fail to make such proofto the 1 nar-
shal, as aforesaid, he shall torfeit tbeom
pensation allowed him by this actl I " ?
Sec. 8. And be it jurther enactc, hat
the Secretary of State shall be, aiid lere
by is, authorized and required, tf t'ans
mit to the marshals of the several dis
tricts and territories, regulations and in
structions pursuant to this act, torcJ Try
ing the same into effect, and also the
forms contained therein, of the sdieuie,
to be returned, and such other fori as
may be necessary in carry ing thisfac in-
to execution, and proper interrogati ries
to be administered by the several ons
to be emplpyed in taking the eimm ora
tion.' ' Ih
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted t hat
in those states, composing two dfetj cts,
and"where part of a county raayltti in
par h district, such rotititv shall bel ! tOn-
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sidered as belonging to that distrfc ni
which the Court-House of sard cointy
may be situate. I
Sec. j 10. And be it further enactekf'x
it shall be the duty of the several oar-,
shals and their assbtants, at the tfcat for
taking the said census, to take under the
direction of the Secretary of StaT& and
according to such instructions as he 1 iall
give, and such forms as he shall pre:o oe,
an account of the several manufacta ing
establishments, and their manulico res,
within their several tfi$tricts, terrties,'
and divisions': the said assistant i Jail
make return of the same to the rimrJaSj
of their respective districts or territoi w j
and the said marshals shall transmit the
said returns, and abstracts thereof, to the
Secretary of Statp, at the f ame itiik .at
which they are, by tLis act requiijft re
spectively, to make their returns Q the
Secretary of State ; fsr the peifoftttice
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turn in addition to the sums allowed by
this act, to be apportioned in proportion
tp the services rendered, under the di
- Sec. 1 1. And be it further enacted That
in all cases where the superficial content
pf any county or parish shall exceed for
ty miles square, and the number of in-
habitantsin said parish or county shall
not exceed two thousand five hundred,
tlie marshal or assistant shall be allowed,
witn ine appiooauon oi tne judges ot the
respective districts or territories, t such
further compensation as shall' be. deemed
reasonable ; Provided the same does not
exceed three dollars for every fifty per
sons by them returned.
iec. vz.. And be it further enacted, That
when the aforesaid numeration shall be
completed, and returned to the office of
the Secretary of State, by the marshals
of the states and territories, he shall di
rect the printers to Congress, to print for,
the use of Congress fifteeJi hundred co-i
pies thereof.
. II. CLAY, 1 .
Speaker of the House of Representatives
K JOHN GAILLARD,
President of the Senate pro tempore
March 14, 1820. Approved :
JAM IIS MONROE.
AN ACT in addition to an act entitled
"An act regulating the Post-Offke es
tablishment. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Rcjircscntatircs if the United States
of America in Con gnus assembled, That
during the present ami every subsequent
session of Congress, all letters and packets
to and from the President of the Senate'
t.rotempure and the Speaker of the House?
of Representatives, tor the 'time bcinr,
shall be received and conveyed by ma'd
free of postage, under the same, restrict
ions as are provided by law, who respejrt
to letters and packets to and from the.
Vice President of the United States. J
II. CLAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
: . JOHN OAILLARD,
President of the Senate pro tempore
March 137 1S20.-1-Approved :
JAMES MONROE;
AN ACT making appropriations for thp-.
support of the Navy of the Liin; tf
States, for the year one thousand eight!
hundred and twenty.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United ,tat 9
of America in Congress assembled. ' hut
I for defraying the expentes of the nary
: iui me year one inousanu eiunt riunlrej
: and twenty, the following sums be , an J"th
ame are hereby respectfully appropriated f
: r or pay anuuDsisteiice or t ip oijicers,.
:and pay of the seamen nine hundred a:uL
Weighty-nine thousand three h'jnded and
twenty dollars :
.'. f or he provisions, for,r hondred ho1
fifteen thousand one! hunrJrei and eighty
, seven dollars : "
r For medicines, hospital, store v and all
expences on account oTiImp sick, including;
the marine corps, thMtv-sii thtruand
dollars : ' " u .
For repairs of Ves, four hundred; antf .
eighty four thousand dollars :
Y I or store re'.)t. frehjhf. irnnsoorrition,
enlis'ment of e me . a d dl other eon
lingent expf.ricv, two t.uuditdauU viy
tnousand dollars- "
? ' r or irDpr ovemeut of navy ynrd, ?ocks
and wbares, pay of siipeM'ntri.dnit
store keepers, clerks. i.nd laborers, one
hundred thousand dollars :
J For payment of contracts nade lir!
shells and shot, and tor militaiy Mores, !
nay iii usand dollars : 1
I r f ay and subsistence of the marine
orps, one rim dred and sf vrrt v seven
thousand two hundred and twei)ty-eiJ)t
dollars : 1 '
J For clothing the same, .twenjy-sfverr
thusand two hundred and five t'rllur :
For contingent expences of the sajne, .
'.twenty thousatid dollars : '
I For military stores, one thousand dJ- -flars.
Sec. ?. And be it furtwr enn'ted
)That tlie sevfiial appropriations hererm
before made, shall be paid out of any,
money in the Treasury, riot oiherwise ap
propriated. V
IJ. CLAY,
Speaker of the House of Rfpresentahves
JOHN (iAlM Ai:;),
Presidei:tof thtSa.ate pa ttUijporc.
March 1?, 10. Approved:
JAMES MONROE.
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