Census Act 1860 (SA)

ANNO VICESIMO T&lItTIO E'F VICESIMO QUARTO

A. D.

No. 18.

An Act .for taking a Census of South Amstmli~ in the year one

thousand eight hundred a~zd sixfipone.

\Assented to, 17th October, 186C.1

HEREAS it is expedient that provision should be made for

W taking a census of South Australia in the year one thousand

eight hundred and sixty-one, and that the said census should be

taken as near as possible to the period at which the census of England may be taken in the said year, in accordance with the Act passed in the twenty-third and twentyfourth year of thc Reign of Her Majesty the Queen, iritituled " An Act for taking thc Census of England "-Be it therefore Enacted, by the Governor-in-Chief of the Province of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council ancl House of Assembly of the said Province, in this present Parliament assembled: as follows :-

l. On or before such day in the year one thousand eight hundred J ustices and others cause notices to be

and sixty-one, as shall hereafter be appointed by Proclamation of thc 4, ed in conspicuous

Governor-in-Chief, published in the South Aus~~ulian Govmnment g ~ ~; ~ i ~ ~; ~,

Gazette, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Cnunciltors of every Municipality give the information

within the limits of such Municipality, the Justices of the Peace requLed by this Act.

beyond the limits of the district of any District Council, and the District Council of every district within 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, em- ployer of servants, and proprietor or occupier of land therein, to be prepared, upon a certain day, to be also appointed by such Proclama- tion, or onthe days immediately subsequent thereto, to give all such

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information as may be required by any form or forms to be hereafter determined on and published by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Executive Council in the said Gazette, at least thi~%y

days before the day or days fixed for taking the said Census. *

to a point 2. The Governor shall divide the whole Province into such

pmons to co 9 ect the

information resuired	number of I)istricts as may bc dccrncd most suitable for the purposes
by this A C ~.	of this Act, and shall apGoint, by notice in the ~overnment'~n"xette, one or more proper per&s in 'eaEh district to collect the information required; and the said persons shall, on the day proclaimed for taking the Census as aforesaid, and on the days immediately sub- sequent 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 inform themselves of the several particulars specified in the said form or forms, dis tinguishing the County 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 authc- rized and empowered to ask such questions of the persons residing or being within their respective Districts, concerning themselves, and the number, quality, age, and trade or calling of the persons constituting their respective families, and all such other particulars
as shall be necessary to fill up the said form or forms, and every such
person refusing or neglecting to answer, or wilfully giving a false answer to any such question, shall, for every such refusal or neglect, or false answer, forfeit and pay tt sum not exceeding Fire Pounds nor less than Forty Shillings, at the discretion of the Justice or Justices before whom complaint thereof slid1 be made.
Persons appointed ss
aforesaid, to delivor	3. The persons so to be appointed as aforesaid shall, within f'our- teen days after the time proclaimed for taking the C~nsus as afore-
over their accoun te of
inhabitants to the
Chief Secretary	said, appear before some Justice of the Peace for the said Province,
within a certain time.	and produce the original accounts taken in writing and subscribed by them, and shall make a declarat.ion of the truth of the same in the form contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed, marked A, before the said Justice of the Peace, who is hereby authorized to take such declaration, and shall answer all such questions concern-
ing such accoixnts as shdl be put to them by the ~aii l Justice of the Peace; and the persons so to be appointed as aforesaid, shall, within fourteen days of making such declaration as aforesaid, bansmit to the Chief Secretary of the said Province, the original accounts so taken in writing and verified by their declaration, as aforesaid, and if any such person shall fail or neglect to take such accounts, or shall knowingly make any false statement therein, or shall omit to verrfy or transmit the same in manner hereby required, or 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 Pounds nor less than Forty
@billings, at the discretion of the Justice or Justices before whom
complaint thereof shall be made.

4. I t shall bc lawful for the Governor to cause an allowance for ~ ~ ~ $, "; ~ h; 9 ) g;

the number of days which any such person, appointed as aforesaid, Governor.

shall be actually employed in. taking such account as aforesaid, at a

rate not exceeding Thirty Shillings per day.

5. All fines imposed under and by virtue of this Act s h d be Fines to be recoverea m a summary way.

recovered iu a summary manner, before any two or more Justices of the Peace; and all such 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 Treasurer, on behalf of Her Majesty, Her Heirs,

and Successors, for the public uses of the said Province.

SCHEDULE REFERRED TO.

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

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

Declared before me at

(Signed)

S%B day of 1

38 .

J.P.

Adelaide : Printed by authority, by W. Cox, Government Printer, Viotoria-square,