HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-185.5AWN ORDIr:ANCE
Fo it ordained by the Town Council of Fairhope, Alabam? , as fol for s :
1. Inasmuch as there has been no census of the Town of Fairhope,
Alabama, for the past five years and the same is nr eded for thf _•en-
eral relfare of the town and its inhabitants, be it ordained th-,t a
census be taken of the inhabitants, residing; within tale corporate
limits of Fairhopa, Alabama, as provided and authorized by Chapter 10,
tirticle 3, Title 37, Code of Alabama, 1940, Sections 481, 4821 483,
and 484, inclusive.
2. Tii•at the Layor be and is hereby authorized and directed to ap-
point a sufficient number of enumerators who shall be responsible res-
ident citizens of tre Tocrn of Fairhope, Alabama, subject to the con-
firer- tion of the council.
3. That such census shall be taken block by block and she 11 sty%te
�.s far as practical the nave, a,_a, sex and color of each person resid-
in,; t7ithin the Town of Fairhr>pe, Alabama
4. That each enumerator appointed by the 'mayor and confirmed by
the Council shell, before entering upon the duties of 73king an enum-
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oration of resident citizens -f the Town of Fairhope, Alabarr, , ar afor-
said, take Pnd subscribe the following oath: "I solerrly srear that
I wi:�l honestly -nd conscientiously enumerate the inhabitants living
,;;-`thin tk-: Toti:n of Fairhope, hlablr^a, or portion thereof alloted to
me r'or er..uncration."
5. That such enumeration shall be alphabetically arranged bjT the
(-:ntimerators appointed by i,he ;,mayor and confirmed by the co,zrc� l and re-
tl,irn(d. 130 the :mayor together ,%ith the origir_al books of enure; ration.
The 7,bi yor shall therou� on certify to the Secretary f St_,te the result
�)f such census, giving -the. total mumber of each % residing ,^ithici
the corporate limits of Falrhope, Alabama, and the result certif icd
by the Mayor, under the seal of the uunicipality, attestod by the clerk,
shall be i he off ' cia' census of the movin of Fairhope, Alabc ma , unt it
the next Federal a%nr3,!s or until a net: enurrsration shall be taken by
cction of the council_ of the Tr),,:n of Fairhoj-3, Alabama.
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6. That this ordinance stall take effect imr~ediately Up6n its
pa.-i::age anJ approval by the ..mayor.
Fussed the council this day of-,ovember, 1948
Attest :
Clerk
Signed: �2. t
La yor