An enumeration of the inhabitants of a country.
2.
For the purpose of keeping the reeresentation of the several states in
congress equal, the constitution provides, that " representatives and
direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states, which may be
included in this Union, according to their respective numbers; which
shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons,
including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding
Idians not taxed, three-fifths of all other persons. The actual
enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of
the congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term of
ten years, in such a manner as they shall by law direct." Art. 1, s. 2;
vide 1 Story, L. U. S., 73, 722, 751; 2 Id. 1134, 1139, 1169, 1194; 3
Id. 1776; 4 Sharsw. continuation, 2179.
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