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An Act to provide for taking an enumeration of the inhabitants of the state of Missouri. 1822 19 (1822)

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made, having cometent jurisdiction, by ally leron who
,-hall or iny he injured aid will sue for the same ; and
all miils and dans 6o built, without cmplying with t c datns
to rovisions and requisitions of this act, shall be deemed Baentsu.
to be nuisanice, and dealt with as such.
Sec. I1 . Be it further enacted, That when any per. Ft'ilturp o
son has comineoiced the building of any mill or mills milluibiandkeep
aly creck. or run, or river, and shall not finish the samendra r.
within three years the eaf'ter, or if any per-on shall fiiil
to keep ruimning and in use, for the space of two N cars
at any one time, any mill which may have been built be- owner of te
lbre the pauage of this act, flhen in that cace, any per lahd on the
soin who may be the owner of land on the same run,app Olot usIe
creek or river, shall be authorised to erect a mill or
mills, a mill dan or mill danus, tirst having damages as-
SeSsed, accordling to the -oregoilug provisions of thi act,
for backing tie water onl the. works of suich person or
persons, who shall be the oweicr or owners ot any such
mill Ilft out of use.
Th1s act shill take vff t anl be in force from and al.
er the first ofday of Mair h   xt.
* Approvt, 3d December, 3 022.
CHAPTEIR XI.
AN  iCT to provide for taking an, eiineiration of the iihiabitaits of th  1R22
stute of ilinsouri.             _    _
SL(c. I. 11e it enacted by the Generial Asst mbly of the
state of illissouri, That it All bV e  fi duty of the sever- Sherifin take
:i sherii of each county within this state. to take an ennneratiou
enumeration of the inhabitants who shall be residentsof inhabiaunts.
within their resipective counties, according to thcir co-
!our, sex, and ago, distin:guishing Ithe free white males flow' to dis.
from the free white fem:ales, antd the free persons oftinguishthem.
colour from slaves and tho.e bound to service for a term
OC years; and designating iM separate columns those un-
der ten years of ago, those of ten amnd under eighteen,
those of eighten amd under twenty one, those of twenl-
ty one and under forty live years, and those of forty live
years of age and upwardc.
Sec. 2. 11e it further enacted, That each of the said o commente.
sheriffi shall communence tiuug the aforesaid enumera ised, mucm-
tion on thie first, (lay of Se ptmiber, eighteen hundred plet til,-m
and twenty fher, and shall complete the same and make 11ni ny is
return thereof to the oidce of the secretary of state, ODNoveimber.

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