Fifth. To issue from time to time such maps, pamphlets, reports, etc., on the mining, farming, grazing, timber, and other resources of the said county as may induce immigration and the investment of capital, and to distribute in the cities and railroad centers of the Eastern States, Canada, and Europe such documents and in such manner as will insure them the widest and most useful circulation, and to be at all times prepared to give such facts and statistics regarding such county as the immigrant settler or capitalist may desire.

81. (SEC. 3.) Said board of supervisors of such counties of the first class and in each of said boards are authorized and empowered to pay said county commissioner of immigration a salary not to exceed the sum of six hundred dollars per annum. Said board of super

visors of such counties of the first class and each of them are further authorized and empowered to spend the further sum of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum in the furtherance of the purposes of this act.

82. (SEC. 4.) All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

83. (SEC. 5.) This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, March 16, 1901.

ARKANSAS.

DIGEST OF IMMIGRATION AND ALIEN LAWS.

Act of 1868 (creating commissioner of immigration and state lands). In 1868 the general assembly of Arkansas, responsive to the needs of the people resulting from changed labor conditions, created the office of commissioner of immigration and state lands.

The commissioner shall be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate.

The commissioner shall open an office and collect and arrange agricultural, manufacturing, and mineral statistics and publish in English and other languages. He shall furnish applicants with copies of pamphlets, circulars, maps, and other data. The commissioner may visit immigration societies and chief cities of the United States; with the approval of the governor, he may visit foreign countries at the expense of the State. He shall have power to do whatever is neces

sary and incidental to the efficient administration of his office.

The commissioner shall be custodian of all data relating to the state's lands and shall have control of all affairs connected with its conservation, administration, and alienation.

Act of 1868 (relative to bureaus of immigration). The legislature in 1868 enacted a law providing for the incorporation of bureaus of immigration. Any number of persons may associate to promote immigration, with the usual corporate powers.

Persons associating under this act shall file their intention to form a bureau to promote immigration, with a copy of the constitution and by-laws. The object of the institution shall be to induce and protect immigrants. The by-laws shall be in accordance with the objects of the bureau and with the general public laws. Officers shall be selected in the usual manner and serve the term prescribed. The board of directors shall report at annual meetings the financial condition of the association. They shall receive donations, fix the rate of subscriptions of members, and appoint agents, subject to removal. The manner of becoming members and specific duties of officers shall be prescribed by the by-laws. The company shall report to the commissioner of immigration relative to its condition and achievements.

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IMMIGRATION AND ALIEN LAWS.

ACTS OF 1868.

I.

[Acts of the General Assembly of Arkansas, No. XX, 1868, p. 61.]

AN ACT To provide for the appointment of a commissioner of immigration and
State lands, and defining the duties of that officer.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the governor shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, some suitable person as commissioner of immigration and state lands, who shall hold his office for the term of four years and until his successor shall be duly commissioned and qualified, and who shall keep his office as such commissioner at the seat of government of this State, and perform such duties as are hereinafter provided, or as shall hereafter be provided by law.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the commissioner of immigration and state lands, immediately after he has qualified as such, to open an office as provided in the first section of this act, and proceed to collect and methodically arrange all the statistics available in relation to the agricultural, manufacturing, and mineral resources of this State which in his opinion would be of useful information to persons who may wish to immigrate from any part of the United States or Europe to this State, and to have such statistics published in pamphlet or circular form, or both, in the English, German, or such languages as may be necessary to make them useful in the countries from which immigration usually comes to the United States, and such a number of such pamphlets or circulars, or both, as in his opinion will be necessary to give reasonable information to those of other countries who may wish to emigrate by the inducements offered by this State to emigrants, to be used by such commissioner for distribution as he may think most advantageous to secure a flow of immigration to this State.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said commissioner shall furnish to all persons applying therefor at his office copies of such pamphlets or circualrs, and township plats or maps of any township in this State showing the lands belonging to the State, its class, etc., also showing what lands, if any, in such township are subject to location under the homestead laws of the United States, and such other information as he may be in possession of as will facilitate such persons in selecting a location in this State.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That if said commissioner shall at any time deem it necessary in order to induce immigration into this State he may visit and make arrangements with emigration societies in the most principal cities of the United States for that purpose; and, with the approval of the governor, he may visit such foreign States or countries as the governor may direct, and when discharging the duties provided for in this section said commissioner shall be allowed his actual travelling expenses, which expenses, when presented to the auditor of public accounts, accompanied by the official certificate of such commissioner that such account is correct and just,

and the items charged therein were actual and necessary travelling expenses incurred in performing the duties therein specified, the auditor shall audit and allow such account and draw his warrant on the treasurer for the amount thereof: Provided, That such commissioner shall not be allowed or receive any additional or greater salary or compensation for such services than the annual salary of his office hereinafter provided for.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the landed interest of this State shall hereafter be controlled by the commissioner of immigration and state lands, and managed as hereinafter provided.

SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed; and that this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, July 15, 1868.

II.

[Acts of the General Assembly of Arkansas, No. 39, 1868, p. 124.]

AN ACT To provide for the creation and regulation of bureaus of immigration. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Arkansas: SECTION 1. That any number of persons may associate themselves and become incorporated for the purpose of aiding, to encourage, procure, and protect in and within the State of Arkansas, with power to make, hold, and use a common seal, also to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered in all courts of competent jurisdiction, and shall have all other powers and privileges necessary to fulfill the objects of their incorporation.

SEC. 2. Such persons forming an association under this act shall file in the office of the secretary of state, and also in the recorder's office of such county where such association may be formed, a certificate in writing, signed by the board of directors of such association, expressing their intention to create and form such bureau of immigration, which certificate shall also comprise a copy of their constitution and by-laws adopted by them.

SEC. 3. The object of such institution shall be to provide for the encouragement of immigration to the State of Arkansas, and to aid and protect immigrants on their arrival in and their passage through this State.

SEC. 4. Such association shall make by-laws in accordance with their objects: Provided, That such by-laws be not in contravention of the laws of this State or the laws and Constitution of the United States.

SEC. 5. At the annual meeting of such association there shall be chosen a board of directors and such number of officers as their bylaws may provide, which officers and directors shall hold their respective offices for one year and until the regular annual meetings of the association, when their successors shall be chosen. The association shall, at their first annual meeting, fix the time for holding their subsequent annual meeting.