Census

An official reckoning or enumeration of the inhabitants and wealth of a country. The census of the United States is taken every tenth year, in accordance with the constitution; and many of the states have made provisions for a similar decennial reckoning at intervening periods. The act of July 2, 1909, provides for the 13th and subsequent censuses. The period of three years beginning July 1st next preceding the census, is designated as the decennial census period and the reports must be completed and published witbin that period. Certified copies of census returns are admissible in evidence upon the question of the age of a citizen deceased since the return was made; Priddy v. Boice, 201 Mo. 309, 99 S. W. 1055, 9 L. R. A. (N. S.) 718, 119 Am. St. Rep. 762, 9 Ann. Cas. 874; but the record does not import absolute verity; Western Cherokee Indians v. U. S., 27 Ct. CI.

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The courts take judicial notice of the results of a census; State v. Braskamp, 87 la.

58S, 54 N. W. 532; People v. Williams, 64 Cal. 87, 27 Pac. 939; Guldin v. Schuylkill County, 149 Pa. 210, 24 Atl. 171; Hawkins v. Thomas, 3 Ind. App. 399, 29 N. E. 157; State v. County Court, 128 Mo. 427, 30 S. W.