Census Act 1875 (SA)

ANNO TRICESIMO OCTAVO ET TRICESIMO NON0

A. D. 1875.

No. 4.

An Act fw taking a Census of 8outh Australia in the Year one

thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.

[Assented to, 22nd September, 1875. ]

HEREAS it is expedient that provision should be made for' Preamble.

W taking a Census of South Anstralia in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six-Be i t therefore Enacted by the

Governor of the Province of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the said Province, in this present Parliament assembled, as follows:

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l. On or before such day in the year one thousand eight hundred Justice8 and others to

and seventy-six as shall hereafter be appointed by Proclamation of cause notices to be n&ed in conspicuow

the Governor, published in the Government Gazette, the Mayor and places calling on householders, &C., to

Councillors of every Municipality within the limits of such Muni- the information

cipality, the Justices of the Peace beyond the limits of the district ~ e q u i r ~ d

by this Act.

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 swmd 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 bc also appointed by such Proclamation, or the days immediately subsequent thereto, to give all such information as may be required by any form or forms to be hereafter determined on and publislied by the Govmor, with

the

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the advice and consent of the Executive Council, in the said Gazette at least thirty days before the day or days fixed for taking the said Census.

aOvmor~bppOint	2. Thc 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 collcct the information required; an; tl& &id person shall, on the day proclaimed for taking the Census as aforesaid, and on the days immediately subsequent thereto, if one day shall not be sufficient, proceed to take an account
pemone to collect the
mformation required	number of districts as may be deemed most suitable for the purposcs
by this A C ~.
in writing of the number of persons at that time being within the
limits of their respective districts, and inform themselves of the sevcral particulars specified in the said form or forms, distinguishing the country or reputed country 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 authorized 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 a sum not exceeding Five Pounds nor l e ~ than Forty Shillings,
at the discretion of the Jastice or Justices before whom complaint
thereof shall be made.

P e ~ o n s a p ~ i n ~ d ~ ~ 3. The persons so to be appointed as aforesaid shall, within fourteen

aforesaid to deliver

orer their aceomb of days after thc time proclaimed for taking the Census as aforesaid,

Chief Secretary appear before some 3ustice of the Peace for the said Province, and

within a certain time. produce the original accounts taken in writing and subscribed by

them, and shall make a declaration of thc truth of the same in the form contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed, before the	said Justice of the Peace, who is hereby authorized to take such	declaration, and shall answer all such questions concerning such
accounts as shall be put to them by the said Justicc of the Pcace; and the pcrson 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 account 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 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.

Finem to be reaovered 4. Al l fines imposed under and by virtue of this Act, shall be

' L way* recovered in a summary manner before any two or more Justices of the

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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 use of the said Province.

In the* name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby

assent to this Bill.

A, MUSGRAVE, Governor.

SCHEDULE

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SCHEDULE REFERRED TO.

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Form of Declaratbn.

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.

(Signed)

Declared before me at

bhis day of J.P.

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Adelaide : By authority, W. C. Cox, Qovemment Printer, North-tern.