The compensation that the Assistant Marshals will receive for taking the Census is two cents per head for the population reported; the same for each death; fifteen cents for each industrial establishment; and ten cents for each farm, of which they report the statistics.
Source: Unknown, "Local Affairs, The Compensation," The Miners' Journal and Pottsville General Advertiser, Pottsville, Pa., Saturday, 26 May 1860, page 2, col. 5.
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