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An Act to provide for taking the Census in the year 1865 in this State. 1864 18 (1864)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsfl0243 and id is 1 raw text is: 18:. LAWS OF FLORIDA. 1864. CHAPTER 1,44-[No. 12.3 AN ACT to provide for taking the Census In the year 1805 In'thiB State. SrEc'ioN 1. Be itenacted by the Senate and House of Re)re. sontatives of the 'State'of Florida in General Assembly convened, TaxAssessors That the Tax-Assessors and Collectors of the several counties in madeocensasta this State be and they are hereby conotituted and appointed kers. takers of the census of the inhabitants of their respective coun- ties for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-five. Sue. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said Tax-Assessors and Collectors shall proceed to make an enumeration of all the inhabi- Enhmeration tants of their respective counties, distinguishing the free white inhabitants, slaves and free persons of color therein residing, and List. mking a list, or statement in duplicate, accurately prepared, of such inhabitants and such enumeration, one copy of which list shall be filed in the office of the Judge of Probate of the respec- tive counties, and the other returned to the Secretary of State. SRc. 2 B itjurther enacted, That the said enumeration shall floterns, be made and the return thereof made to the Secretary of State Qompensatton. by said takers of tle census on or before the first day of Septem- ber, A. D. 1865; and as compensation for their services under thin act, the said census takers shall receive ten cents per capita for the first thousand inhabitants, and six cents 1br all over one thou- sand and under three thousand, and four cents for all over three thousand ; and for all counties having less than five hundred in- habitants, sixteen cents for each inhabitant, which amount shall be paid in each case by warrant of the Comptroller upon certifi- cate of the Secretary of State that the duties required of the said takers of the census have been discharged properly and the re. turn made to his office according to law. Suc. 4. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose ofearry- Appropriation. ing out the provisions of this act, the sum of ten thousand dol- lars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; and that the Secretary of State shall, under the direction of the Governor, firnish suitable printed forms to the census takers herein provided for, which forms shall give such directions as to the particulars of the enumeration herein provided for as may by the Governor be deemed proper and expedient, and which forms and directions shall in all res- pects be accurately observed by said census takers in making said enumeration. SEc. 5. Be ititrther enacted, That if any Tax-Assessor shall Tax Assessor fail, refuse or neglect to perform any of the duties imposed by failing todo da- this act, he shall be guilty of' a disdeieanor, and shall be subject ty to a tlne of not less than one.thousand dollars at the discretion of court. Passed tbe house of telpresentatives December I, ilN. Passed the :enate December 2, 1804. Approved by the Governor December 6, 1864.

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