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Show PUBLIC IS ASKED TO AID CENSUS TAKERS Some Parents, Especially Foreigners, Imagine Tax Is Connected Witli Properly Giving Information, With the taking of the school census to be befrun Monday, L. P. Judd, clerk of the hoard of education, has asked that assistance and co-operation of citizens citi-zens be given to the census enumerators. enumera-tors. It has been found in the past, according ac-cording to Mr. Judd, that many people, and especially those of the foreign ele-1 ele-1 ment who have children attending the : the enumeration of the school age cliil- j dren meant a taxable cost, and this has , brought about a difticulty in securing a proper enumeration, j "A wrong idea exists among some j people regarding the school census," I Mr. Judd said. ''Some think that there : is a direct cost in taxation because of ; the number of children and that they ; I will be directly affected. As a matter i of fait there is no cost whatever because be-cause of the number of children, but the greater enrollment of children be-1 be-1 comes a direct benefit, since it means a greater appropriation for the schools. The appropriation from the state and outside sources to the city school fund is .based on per capita, and the more that is received from such sources lessens les-sens the direct city taxation. " Mr. Judd urges that the enumerators next week be given full assistance as-sistance in securing the complete school census. , |