Census Act 1854 (SA)

No. 13.

An Act for ascertaining the number qf Inhabitmnts qf the Province of south Australia in the Year One Thousa~ld Eight Hundred

and F2jh~cfc've.

[Assented to, December 15, 1854.1

HEREAS it is expedient that provision should be made for Prearnhle

ascertaining the number of Inhabitants within the Province

of South Alustralia for the year One Thoutsand Eight Hundred and

Fifty-five-Be it therefore Enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the 1,egislative Council thereof, as follows:

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1. On or before such day in the year One Thousand Eight Hun- Justices and othera to

dred and Fifty-five, as shall hereafter be appointed by Proclamation fixed , cause notices to be

of the Lieutenant-Governor? published in the South Australian places, calling on householders, &C., tr,

Gouernment Gazette, the Justices of the Peace beyond the limits of give the

the District of anv District Council. and the District Council of ~ u i r e d	by this Act.
every Ilistrict wit& the limits of such District shall, and they are hereby required and directed to cause general notices to be affixed on the several Churches, Chapels, Court Houses, Police Stations, and such other conspicuous places as they shall deem proper, within the said Province, requiring every householder, employer of servants, and proprietor or occupier of land therein, to be prepared, upon a certain
day, to be also appointed by such Proclamation, or on the days im-
mediatcly subsequent theieto, to give all such information as is re- quired by the Schedule hereunto annexed, marked A, to such per-

sons

sans as ha l l be employc3, in manner ilcreilmftcr mrntioncd, to

collect the same.

Governor 'to ap int

ermns to collecfl"the 2. The Governor shall appoint, by notice iir the Gouernmctzt

&forrnrhon rcquirod Gawttc, one or more propcr persons in each district to collect tllc

thie Act.

infornhtion required, and the said ycrsons shall, on the day pro- claimed for taking the Census as aforesaid, and on the days irnmdi- ately shbsequent thereto, if one day shall not be sufficient, proceed to take an account, in writing, of the number of persons at that time being within the limits of their respective Districts, and i~lform

thcrnsclves of the scveral particulars specified in the said Schedule, distinguishing the Colxnty, or reputed County, in which each such person shall be and reside: And the better to enable the persons appointed as aforesaid to take such accounts, they are hereby autho- rized and empowered to ask such questions of the persons residing or being within their respective Districts, ooncerning themselves, and thc number, quality, age? and trade or calling of the persons constituting their respcctivc families, and all such othcr particulars as shall b:: ncccssary to fill up the ssi~l Scheclult, and every such per- son refusing or ne~lecting to answcr, or wilfully giving a false answer to any such questron, shall, for every such rcfusal, or neglect, or f'dse answer, forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding Five Pounds nor less than Forty Shillings, at the discretion of the Justice or Justices before whom complaint; thereof shall bc made. b

Persons appointed aa	3.	The persons so to bc appointed as aforesaid shall, witkin fourtcen
aforcsnid, to deliver
over their artcounts of

inhabitants to the Co-	clays ader the time proolitimcd for taliing the Census as aforesaid, ap-
lollid Scoretury with-	pear before some Justice of the Peace for the Province, and produce
in u certain tilnt*.	the original BCCOIII~~S taken in writing and subscribed by them, and shall make a declaration of tllc truth of thc samc in thc form containcil in the Schedule hereunto annexed, ma~ked B, before the said Justice of the Peace, who is hereby autlmrized to take such declaration, and shall answer all such iluus.tions concerning such accounts as shall be put to them by the said Justice of the Peace; and that the person so to bc appointed as aforesaid, shall, within fourtcen days of making
Province, the original accounts so taken in writing and verified by such declaration as aforcsaid, transmit to the Colonial scdrctary of thr
their declaration, as aforesaid, and if any such person shall fail or neglect to take such accounts, OF shall knowingly make any false state- mcnt therein, or shall omit to verify or transmit the same in manner hereby required, ar shall refuse to answer, or wilfully give a false answer to any question, he shall, on conviction, forfeit and pay for every such offence, a sum not exceeding Five Po~mds nor less than Forty Sllillings, at the discretion of the Justice or Justices before whorn complaint thereof shall be made.

Allowance to the per-	4.	I t shall be la~vful	for the Governor to cause an allowance for
wna appointed by the

Governor. the number of days which any such person, appointed as aforesaid, shall be actually employed in taking such account as aforesaid, at a rate not escccclin; Thirty Shillings per day.

5. All

5. All fines imposed under and by virtue of this Act shall be re-

covered in a summarv manner. before anv two or more Justices of

the Peace; and all s&h fines,' when recovered, shall be paid, one half to the informer or person who shall sue for the same, and the other moiety to the Colonial Treasurer, on behalf of Her Majesty,

Her Heirs, and Successors, for the public uses of the Province.

SCHEDULES REFERRED TO.

A

Census for the year 1855.

Colony, b District,

County, Town,

Date of Sick or

Name. entering the

Colony. Infirm.

John Bromley June, 1840

Jane	(6
Jobn "	(1 Sick
Jane	' 6

William "	Birth
(absent)
Thomae "	Birth
Henry	Birth Blind

'A line after eac

fmily.)

AbbreviQtMne-M Male. F Female. H Husband. W Wife. Wid. Widow or Widower. S Son. D Daughter. V Visitor. L Lodger. Prop. Proprietor. Mas. Master. S Sick. I Infirm from age or debility.

[Replies to i5e inserted by the hozcseholder, if a6le to write, othe~wise i5y one of the

Collectors appointed by the Governor, under a penalty, in case of f ~ i l u r e or neglect, o r

of giving afalse answer, of not less than Forty Shillings or more than Pies Pounds.]

B

Form of Declaration.

I do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare, that the returns, numbered from

to inclusive, severally signed by me, contain a true statement of the

reveral particulars therein specified, to the best of my knowledge and belief.

.I.

Declared before me at \

(Signed)

this day of

1855.

J.P.

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A d e W : Printed by authority by W. C. Cox, Government Printer, Victoria-~ware.