ship, town or city, the several families, by the names of their master, mistress, steward, overseer or other principal person therein, in the manner following; that is to say: the number of persons within my division, consisting of appears in a schedule hereto annexed, subscribed by me this day of A.B., assistant to the marshal of or to the secretary of
Schedule of the whole number of persons within the division allotted to A. B.
| Name of county, parish, township, town, or city where the family resides. | |
| Name of head of family. | |
| Free white males under ten years of age. | |
| Free white males of ten and under sixteen. | |
| Free white males of sixteen and under twenty-six, including heads of families. | |
| Free white males of twenty-six and under forty-five, including heads of families. | |
| Free white males of forty-five and upwards, including heads of families. | |
| Free white females under ten years of age. | |
| Free white females of ten years and under sixteen. | |
| Free white females of sixteen and under twenty-six, including heads of families. | |
| Free white females of twenty-six and under forty-five, including heads of families. | |
| Free white females of forty-five and upwards, including heads of families. | |
| All other free persons, except Indians, not taxed. | |
| Slaves. |
Penalty on assistants making no return, or a false one.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That every assistant, failing to make a proper return, or making a false return of the enumeration to the marshal or the secretary (as the case may be) within the time by this act limited, shall forfeit the sum of two hundred dollars.
Marshals and secretaries to file their assistants’ returns with the clerks of certain courts, and make aggregate returns to the Secretary of State.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the marshal and secretaries shall file the several returns aforesaid, with the clerks of their respective district or superior courts (as the case may be) who are hereby directed to receive and carefully preserve the same: and the marshals, or secretaries, respectively, shall, on or before the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and one, transmit to the Secretary of State, the aggregate amount of each description of persons within their respective districts of territories. And every marshal or secretary failing to file the returns of his assistants or any of them, with the clerks of their respective courts as aforesaid, or failing to return the aggregate amount of each description of persons in their respective districts or territories, as the same shall appear from said returns, to the Secretary of State, within the time limited by this act, shall, for every such offence, forfeit the sum of eight hundred dollars; all which forfeitures shall be recoverable in the courts of the districts or territories where the offences shall be committed, or in the circuit courts to be held within the same, by action of debt, information or indictment; the one half thereof to the use of the United States, and the other half to the informer; but where the prosecution shall be first instituted on behalf of the United States, the whole shall accrue to their use. And for the more effectual discovery of offences, the judges of the severalCertain judges to give this act in charge to the grand juries. district courts in the several districts, and of the supreme courts, in the territories of the United States, as aforesaid, at their next sessions, to be held after the expiration of the time allowed for making the returns of the enumeration hereby directed, to the Secretary of State, shall give this act in charge to the grand juries, in their respective courts, and shall cause the returns of the several assistants to be laid before them for their inspection.
Compensation to assistants.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That every assistant shall receive at the rate of one dollar, for every hundred persons by him returned, where such persons reside in the country, and where such persons reside in a city or town, containing more than three thousand persons, such