Show two kinds of censuses A census of the united states differs in its very conception from a european census once in ten years as with us the english government makes an enumeration me ration of the inhabitants of the kingdom the time chosen is the night of the ad of april on or before that day the enumerator must leave at each house within his district a family schedule which calls for tho name and personal characteristics age sex color occupation etc of each person who on that night shall sleep in that house if a man be traveling on that night he is to be reported at the hotel or private bouse at which he arrives in the morning A census of the united states is a very different thing As in england the census is supposed to be taken on a certain day with us the ast 1st of june but the question regarding each and every man is not where he was on that day but where on that day he had his usual place of abode general francis A walker in forum |