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Excerpt from Census of the State of Michigan, 1884, Vol. 1: Population; Births, Marriages, and Deaths; And Churches, Schools, and Libraries S census of 1884 has been taken and compiled pursuant to the pro s of Act No. 146, Laws of 1883. The method of collecting and ling this census is different from that provided by the law under thejprevious State census was taken, in that the enumeration was in une, by persons appointed for that especial purpose. And the of compilation all done in the omce of the Secretary of State. In 1874 the enumeration was made at the time of taking the met, by supervisors and assessors, and the first condensation made see officers, the condensed statement alone being forwarded to the my of State. It is clear that under the. Present law the amount or to be done in the office of the Secretary of State is vastly greater was required by the law of 1873. The practice of having each stator condense the returns for his own enumeration district may ly insure quick work, but has nothing else to recommend it, the nations thus made having never proved satisfactory. It is now 'wull understood that accuracy in compilation is attained only by g the entire work done under one supervision. The visions of section seven of the census law, the schedules. Larhfi were to be forwarded to the Secretary of State on or before mth of July. Very few were forwarded previous to that date. Early I were received at this office before the first of August. Were properly arranged as speedily as possible, and on the tenth ptember the result of the first count of the population was pub by township and ward. R law is by far the most comprehensive census law ever enacted in Rate, and the present is the most complete census of Michigan titan, not excepting the U. S. Census of 1880. The original schedules comprise pages, and, bound, large as can be conveniently handled. Thirty-two in number, or were nineteen questions relat decedents, one hundred and fourteen relating to agriculture, thirty manufactures, six to churches, ten to each of the difierent kinds cola, and two to libraries. Enumeration, with few exceptions, seems to have been carefully atelligently made, yet, as will always be the case so long as ind of work is done by inexperienced men, all of the returns, received. Were more or less inaccurate and incomplete. The. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.