Section 10
SEC. 10. Each enumerator or other employee detailed to service as an enumerator shall be charged with the collection in his subdivision of the facts and statistics as the Commissioner may direct him to do, which may include the fingerprints of both hands of all persons to be enumerated. It shall be his duty to visit personally each dwelling house in his subdivision, and each family therein,.and each individual living: out of a family m any place of abode, and by inquiry made of the head of each family, or of the member thereof deemed most competent and trustworthy, or of such individual living out of a family, to obtain each and every item of information and all particulars required for the Census; and in case no person shall be found at the usual place of abode of such family, or individual living out of a family, competent to answer the inquiries, then it shall be lawful for the census employee to obtain the required information as nearly as may be practicable from the family or families or person or persons living nearest to such place of abode who may be competent to answer such inquiries. Each enumerator is required to prepare the returns and forward the same to the supervisor of his district within thirty days unless by some unavoidable causes he is prevented from submitting- the same within the period mentioned in •which case an extension of time not exceeding fifteen days may be authorized by the Commissioner.