Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1900 — The Official Count. [ARTICLE]

The Official Count.

The census enumerators appointed recently begin their duties the fifst day of June. The statute of the United States provides that if any one refuses to answer any of the questions pro pounded by the census enumerator he will be guilty of misdemeanor and liable to a fine of SIOO. All should remember this fact, for in June many question will be asked about yourself. Yet on the other hand, the enumerators are not permitted to divulge anything that they learn while taking the enumeration to anyone other tha n . Uncle Sam. What is your name? How old are you? Are you married? Where were you born? What is your business? Are you a naturalized citizen, an alien or! an American? Can you read and write? Do you own a home? These are a few of the questions that will have to be asked about every man, woman and child next June, for it is then when 50,000 enumerators must work one month in taking census of the United States.