South Carolina-Continued.
Immigration and alien laws-Continued.

Act of 1898: An act to prohibit emigrant agents from plying
their vocation within this State without first obtaining a
license therefor, and for other purposes.

Act of 1904: An act to establish a department of agriculture,
commerce, and immigration and to provide for the appointment
and compensation of a commissioner....

Tennessee:

Digest of immigration and alien laws___.
Immigration and alien laws-

Resolution of 1865: Raising a committee on immigration__---
Acts of 1867-

I. An act incorporating the German Association of the city
of Nashville for the purpose of encouraging and pro-
tecting immigration to Tennessee-

II. An act to encourage immigration to Tennessee.
Act of 1869: An act to encourage immigration___

Acts of 1870

Page.

873

873

877

878

879

880

881

I. An act in behalf of the Mediterranean & Oriental Steam
and Navigation Co., and for the encouragement of
foreign immigration

883

II. An act to repeal an act to encourage immigration to
Tennessee....

884

Act of 1871: An act to establish a bureau of immigration and for
other purposes

885

Act of 1875: An act to amend an act to create a bureau of
immigration

886

Act of 1877: An act to repeal an act passed Mar. 22, 1875, estab-
lishing a bureau of immigration..........

888

Act of 1907: An act to establish a department of immigration,
and to provide for the appointment of a commissioner and
commission --

888

Texas:

Digest of immigration and alien laws..

891

Immigration and alien laws

Act of 1871: An act to organize the bureau of immigration_
Resolution of 1876

I. An act to encourage immigration and protect immi-
grant labor__

900

II. An act to promote and encourage immigration into
the State of Virginia___

901

III. An act to incorporate the Virginia Immigration
Society

903

IV. An act incorporating the Virginia Immigration &
Land Co---.

903

V. An act to incorporate the Virginia Land & Aid Immi-
gration Co..

904

VI. An act to incorporate the Virginia Land, Trust &
Immigration Co..

905

VII. An act to incorporate the Virginia & North Carolina
Land, Emigration, and Colonization Society-----
VIII. An act to incorporate the American Immigration &
Land Co.___

906

907

Resolution of 1867: Joint resolution in reference to immigration
to the State of Virginia__

Act of 1870: An act to amend and reenact an act to encourage
immigration and protect immigrants, passed March 2, 1866___
Act of 1873: An act for the encouragement of immigration__-_-
Act of 1874: An act to amend and reenact section 5 of an act
for the encouragement of immigration, approved March 29,
1873_..

908

908

909

911

Virginia-Continued.

Immigration and alien laws-Continued.

Acts of 1875

I. An act for the encouragement of land purchasers and
actual settlers in Virginia, and to repeal an act ap-
proved March 29, 1873, entitled "An act for the encour-
agement of immigration ".

II. An act to promote the formation of immigration societies
throughout the Commonwealth.

Resolution of 1877: Joint resolution authorizing the board of
immigration to distribute the Geographical and Political Sum-
mary of Virginia, published by said board___

Act of 1879: An act to provide for the creation of a commissioner
and bureau of immigration___.

Act of 1888: An act to repeal an act entitled "An act for the en-
couragement of land purchasers and actual settlers in Vir-
ginia," and to repeal an act approved March 29, 1873, entitled
"An act for the encouragement of immigration" and to dispose
of the books and pamphlets in the possession of the board of
immigration

Act of 1894: An act to encourage immigration into the Common-
wealth of Virginia and to promote sales of lands within the
Commonwealth to immigrants----

Act of 1903: An act defining the powers and duties of the board
of agriculture and immigration and providing for an election
of a commissioner of agriculture and immigration, and for re-
pealing all acts in conflict with this act.

Act of 1906: An act appropriating $10,000 to the State board
of agriculture and immigration, to be expended in promoting
and encouraging immigration into this State___

Act of 1908: An act to amend and reenact an act approved May
20, 1903, as heretofore amended, entitled "An act defining the
duties and powers of the board of agriculture and immigra-
tion," so as to prescribe the powers and duties of said board
and said commissioner, and to repeal an act approved Feb-
ruary 29, 1888, entitled "An act to further define the duties and
enlarge the powers of the commissioner of agriculture," and an
act approved March 5, 1888, entitled "An act to provide a com-
missioner of agriculture of Virginia and making an appropria-
tion therefor," and to repeal sections 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788,
1789, and 1790 of the Code of Virginia_-_.

Washington:

Digest of immigration and alien laws..
Immigration and alien laws-

Page.

911

914

915

915

917

918

919

921

922

925

Act of 1875: An act to create a board of immigration commis-
sioners, and providing for the printing and distribution of
certain pamphlets_

926

Act of 1877: An act to provide for the appointment of immigra-
tion agents

926

Act of 1881: An act to repeal an act entitled "An act to create a
board of immigration commissioners and provide for the print-
ing and distribution of certain pamphlets," approved Novem-
ber 12, 1875_.

927

Act of 1895: An act to establish a bureau of statistics, labor,
agriculture, and immigration, and making an appropriation
therefor

West Virginia:

Digest of immigration and alien laws..
Immigration and alien laws-

927

929

Act of 1871: An act to encourage immigration into the State of
West Virginia

929

Act of 1879: An act authorizing the appointment of a State agent
on immigration, and appropriating money for immigration
purposes.

Resolution of 1893: Joint resolution requesting our Senators and
Representatives in Congress to aid in the enactment of laws
prohibiting for a time, and restricting thereafter, immigration_

930

931

Wisconsin:

Page.

Digest of immigration and alien laws__

933

Immigration and alien laws:

Memorial of 1864: Memorial for the passage of laws tending to
encourage foreign immigration to the United States___.
Act of 1867: An act authorizing the establishment of a board of
immigration
Acts of 1868-

935

936

I. An act to amend chapter 126, of the General Laws of
1867, entitled "An act to authorize the establishment
of a board of immigration'

937

II. An act to amend chapter 126, General Laws of 1867, en-
titled "An act authorizing the establishment of a board

938

939

of immigration...

Act of 1870: An act to authorize the State board of immigration
to appoint an agent in the city of New York_____

Act of 1871: An act to create the office of state commissioner of
immigration, to provide for the same, and define the duties
thereof

Acts of 1874

I. An act to repeal chapter 155 of the General Laws of 1871,
entitled "An act to create the office of State commis-
sioner of immigration, to provide for the same, and
define the duties thereof ".

II. An act to amend section 20 and repeal sections 3, 5, 6, 7,
9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, and 16 of chapter 155, of the General
Laws of 1871, entitled "An act to create the office of
State commissioner of immigration, to provide for the
same, and define the duties thereof ".

Act of 1879: An act to establish a board of immigration_
Act of 1880: An act relating to the appropriation of money to the
State board of immigration and amendatory of section 7 of
chapter 176 of the laws of 1879_.

940

943

943 944

945

945

Act of 1881: An act to appropriate to the State board of immi-
gration a sum of money therein named____

Act of 1887: An act to repeal chapter 176 of the laws of 1879 and
to abolish the board of immigration thereby established.....
Act of 1895: An act to establish a board of immigration__
Act of 1897: An act to amend chapter 235 of the laws of 1895,
entitled "An act to establish a board of immigration
Acts of 1909-

945

946

947

I. An act to amend sections 1797-98 of the statutes, per-
mitting immigration agents to obtain reduced rates on
railways_

948

II. An act to amend sections 237h, 2371, and 237j of the
statutes, relating to the State board of immigration___

949

Wyoming :
Digest of immigration and alien laws__
Immigration and alien laws-

951

Act of 1873: An act to establish a board of immigration, and for
other purposes--

952

Act of 1888: An act providing for the encouragement of immi-
gration to the Territory of Wyoming, and for other purposes _ _
Act of 1907: An act creating a department of immigration, com-
posed of the commissioner of public lands, the State geologist,
and the State engineer of Wyoming, and defining its powers
and duties___

954

956

INTRODUCTORY.

The compilation of the State immigration and alien laws presented herewith in a measure supplements the review of Federal immigration legislation which also forms part of this volume. In that review the efforts of some of the seaboard States to regulate the immigration of aliens through their ports are described and reference is made to the various State laws that were enacted prior to the time when the Federal Government assumed control of the immigration movement. The State immigration laws referred to are included in this compilation.

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