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An Act to provide for the taking of the Census of the State of Mississippi, in 1860. 1859 257 (1859)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0354 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI. CHAPTER CC. AN ACT to provide for the taking of the Census of the State of Mississifipi, in 1860. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of .lfiisissippi, That it shall be the duty of the assessor of taxes of each and every Duty of county in this State, to make an exact enumeration assessor. of each and every free white inhabitant of their respective counties, and also of all the slaves, free negroes and mulattoes therein-distinguishing the number of each class and the number of males and females in each class-commencing on the first day of April, 1860; and make a correct return thereof to the Secretary of State on or before the first day of October, -1860, which shall include the number of free white males and females; and the said assessor shall receive therefor three cents for each person so enumerated, on the certificate of the Secretary of State to the Auditor of Public Ac- counts, who shall issue his warrant for the same. SEc. 2. Be it further enacted, That each as- sessor, before he enters upon the duties of his office required by this act, shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirniation before some person authorized to administer the same: I do swear or affirm (as the case may be) that I will take the census of the county of - according to law; and the said assessors are hereby authorized to administer to persons giving in their enumeration list the following oath, to-wit: You do swear that the enumeration which you now render con- tains a correct list of all the firee white inhabitants of which your family consists; and if any person shall refuse to make a due return of his or her family, or any part thereof, he or she shall be fined in the sum of twenty dollars, to be sued for and recovered by the assessor before any justice of the peace for said county; and being so recovered by said assessov, shall be by him paid into the county treasury of the county of which he may be assessor, for the use of common schools of said county; and the said assessors are hereby required to desig- nate in their returns the free white inhabitants of 257

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