HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-563ORDINANCE NO. 563
AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR A CENSUS TO BE TAKEN OF
THE INHABITANTS RESIDING WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS
OF THE CITY OF FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA, APPOINTING
ENUMERATORS THEREFOR AND CERTIFYING THE RESULTS OF
THE CENSUS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRHOPE,
ALABAMA:
SECTION 1 - There is hereby established an Ordinance to
require a census to be taken of the inhabitants residing in the
corporate limits of the City of Fairhope, Alabama.
SECTION 2 - The Mayor shall appoint the enumerators to take
the said census who shall be responsible citizens, and the said
appointments by the Mayor shall be confirmed by the Council.
SECTION 3 - The enumerators so appointed and confirmed by
the Council shall take such census block by block, and shall
state, as far as practical, the names, ages, sex, and color of
each person residing within the corporate limits of such of the
City of Fairhope.
SECTION 4 - The enumerators shall, before entering upon their
duties, take and subscribe the following oath:
"I, solemnly swear that I will honestly and conscientiously
enumerate the inhabitants living within the City or portion
thereof allocatted to me for enumeration."
SECTION 5 - Such enumeration shall be alphabetically
arranged and returned to the Mayor, together with the original
books of enumeration.
SECTION 6 - The Mayor shall thereupon certify to the Sec-
retary of State results of such census, giving the total number
of each race residing within the corporate limits of the mun-
icipality, and the results so certified by the Mayor under the
seal of the municipality, attested by the Clerk, shall be the
Official Census of such City until the next Federal census or
until a new enumeration shall have been taken.
This Ordinance shall take effect upon its due adoption and
publication as required by law.
ADOPTED THIS THE 24th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1975.
S Es
Mayor
Attest: D 6 r e__
City Clerk