LESSORS FROM THE CENSUS. 



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The general direction of the census was placed in the hands of 

 the Secretary of State, where it remained until the passage of the 

 census law of May 23, 1850, when all the functions of census-tak- 

 ing were put in charge of the newly created Department of the 

 Interior, and all census laws since and including that have been 

 administered under the direction of the Secretary of the Inte- 

 rior. The first schedule, that for 1790, was a very simple affair, 

 and was as follows : 



Schedule of the Whole Number of Persons within the Division 



allotted to A. B. 



(1*790.) 



Names of 

 heads of 

 families. 



Free white males 



of 16 years and 



upward, including 



heads of families. 



Free white 



males under 



16 years. 



Free white 

 females, in- 

 cluding heads 

 of families. 



All other 

 free persons. 



Slaves. 



In 1800 the scope of the population schedule was enlarged 

 somewhat, and it was used in the following form : 



Schedule of the Whole Number of Persons within the Division 



allotted to A. B. 



(1800.) 



a 



Q 



a co 

 fe f 



5:2 



.Hi ^ 



^ to 



O o 



u 



a> 



2 -d 



c -^ 



a 



55 



03 

 EH 



The foregoing schedule was used in 1810 without change, but 

 the scope of the census, by act of May 1, 1810, was enlarged. This 

 act required the several marshals, secretaries, and their assistants, 

 " at the time for taking the census or enumeration aforesaid, to 

 take, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, and 

 according to such instructions as he should give, an account of 



