In Re the Census Superintendent
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
The Public Statutes of Rhode Island, chapter 68, sections 1 and 3, provide: — “ Sect. 1. A census of the population, manufactures, agriculture, fisheries, and business of the several towns shall be taken as they exist on the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred eighty-five, and every tenth year thereafter.
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The Public Statutes of Rhode Island, chapter 68, sections 1 and 3, provide: — “ Sect. 1. A census of the population, manufactures, agriculture, fisheries, and business of the several towns shall be taken as they exist on the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred eighty-five, and every tenth year thereafter. “ Sect. 3. At least six months previous to the date for taking the census in each census year, the governor shall appoint a superintendent of the census, who, together with the governor and the secretary of state, shall constitute the census board, which shall have the charge of…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OE THE COURT.
To His Excellency Augustus O. Bourn, Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations:
We have received from your Excellency a communication requesting our opinion upon a question stated as follows to wit: —
“ January 5, 1885, I appointed Amos Perry, of Providence, to be superintendent of the census, no appointment having been previously made. Was such appointment lawful ? ”
The statute, Pub. Stat. R. I. cap. 63, § 1, provides that “ a census of the population, manufactures, agriculture, fisheries, and business of the several towns shall be taken as they…
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