Census Act 1870 (SA)

ANNO TRiCESIMO TERTIO ET TRICEtiIXO QUARTO

No. 7.

An Act for baki?zg a Censzw o f Smth Austmlia in the year one t7zousa~~d

eight lzundred and seventy-one.

[Assented to, 21st September, 1870.1

W HEREAS it is expedient that provision should be made for Prcamblu. taking a census of South Australia in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one-Be it therefore Enacted by the Go- vernor of the Province of South Australia, with the advice and con- sent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the said Province, in this present Parliament assembled, as follows:

1. On or before such day in the year one thousand eight hundred Justicea and others cause notices to be

and seventy-one, as shall hereafter be appointed by Proclamation in oonspicuous

of the Governor published in the Governnzent Gazette, the Mayor W c s ~ c f l i n e on

householdera, &C., to

and Councillors of every Municipality within the limits of such Muni- give the information cipality, the Justices of the peace' beyond the limits of the dis- rewired this Act* trict 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 Court IIouses, Police Stations, and such other con-

spicuous 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 immediately s~~bsequent thereto, to give all such 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

I Council

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Council in the said Gazette, at least thirty days before the day or days fixed for taking the said census.

Giovmor to appoint

persons to collect the	2. The Governor shall divide the whole Province into such of this Act, and shall appoint, by notice in the Government Gazette, one or more proper persons in each 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 irnrnedititely subse- quent thereto, if one day shall not be sufficient, proceed to take an account, in writing, of the number of persons at that time bcing within the limits of their respective districts, and inform themselves of the sevcral particulars specified in the said form or forms, dis- tinguishing the County or reputcd 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, concerning themselves, and the number, quality, age, and trade or calling of the persons con- stituting thcir 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 a sum not exceeding Five Pounds nor less than Forty Shillings, at the discretion of the Justice or Justices before whoin complaint thereof shall be made.
mformation roquired	number of districts as may be deemed most suitable for the purposes
by this Act.

Per~ons appointed as

aforesaid, to deliver 3. The persons so to be appointed as aforesaid shall, within four-

oper their of teen days after the time proclaimed for taking the census as afore-

inhabitanbtothe	Chief Secretary said, appear before some Justice of the Peace for the said Province,
niain certsin time, and produce the original accounts taken in writing and subscribed

by them, and shall make a declaration of the truth of the samc in tile for& 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 accounts as shall be put to them by the said Justice of the Peace; and the persons so to be appointed as aforesaid, shall, within fourteen days of making such declaration as aforesaid, transmit to the Chief Secretary of the said Province, the original accounts so taken in writing and verified by their declaration, as aforcsaid, and if any such person shall fail or neglect to take such accounts, or shall knowingly make any false statement thercin, or shall omit to verify 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 Shillings, at the discretion of the Justice or Justices before whom complaint thereof shall be made.

Pinw to be reoovered 4. All fines imposed under and by virtue of this Act shall be

in a summary way.

recowred in a summary manner, before any two or more Justices

of

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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.

In the name and on behalf of the Queen I hereby assent to

this Act,

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

SCHEDULE

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SCHEDULE REFERRBD TO.

A

Form of Declaratior?.

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

t o 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)

this day of

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J.P.

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Addaide: Printed by authority by W. C. COX, Government Printer, North-terrace.