Guadalajara Censuses Project
1792-1930
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AUTHORIZATION FOR THE 1821 CENSUS The commission in charge of proposing what is most advantageous, for the formation of the census and statistics, has presented the following: "Most Excellent Sir - The commission appointed to arbitrate and propose to Your Excellency the most convenient means and manners in which the census and statistics for this province and that of Zacatecas, which comprise the Nueva Galicia territory, could be formed with the greatest clarity and accuracy, to proceed with consistency of the knowledge, facts and information resulting from said operation, has kept in mind and examined the records on the file formed with the same objective and intent in the years thirteen and fourteen, and; but having then finished incomplete, inaccurate and without all the necessary information due to the hindrances and circumstances of the time, beholds inexcusable that, through the Señor gefe político superior, a general and methodical order be circulated to this capital city's municipal government and to all the current heads of districts, who, acting as conduits, will also communicate this to all other municipal governments established in each district, so that the district deputies of this city, aided by their watchmen, and the constitutional mayors from the other cities, towns and villages belonging to this government, aided also by the necessary aldermen; by the district trustee, the secretary of each municipal government, and by the parson , or his deputy where one is not present, should form an adequate, exact and detailed list or census of all the inhabitants of their district, men and women alike, young and old, with statement of their age, race, trade or occupation, without omitting any town, plantation or ranch, however small, extending the same order to the subordinate gefe politico of Zacatecas and to the governor of Colotlan, so it will be executed in the same way by all the municipal governments in the district. The municipal governments of each district must forward to its regional seat the referred to accurate list of all its inhabitants, reminded to carry out this order with the promptness that serve the interesting ends of this mandate, so that each district seat's government can form a census or general list of its entire district and remit it, by way of said Señor gefe político superior to the provincial delegation within the allowed term of two moths that will peremptorily will be set from the receipt of this circular order by every municipal government and informed district seat, and, in consequence of the receipt of said lists, the delegation will be able to form an exact and detailed general population census of all the territory of this Nueva Galicia. In order for this census to comprise all the statistical information required, information that is essential for the completion of this very interesting operation, it must be specified by each municipal government in addendum to their respective lists, in a manner that could be expressed and comprised by the district seat in the general list of the region, the entire content of the following questions or requested information, that should be specified one by one.
And having complied with the proclaimed orders this provincial council, understanding that all the inserted requirements have been met, that the list … this census should be generated adding as footnote or continuation one by one the responses that correspond to each question, hand them to Your Lordship so that, upon meeting Your approval, would be sent to be printed and circulated to whomever this may be of concern, for their most timely and exact fulfillment. God save Your Lordship for many years to come. Guadalajara, September 25, 1821. Antonio Gutierrez y Ulloa.
Sr. Gefe Politico Superior, Coronel D. Jose Antonio Andrade
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