and articles correctly describing the developed and undeveloped agricultural and mineral resources and manufacturing interests of the State, and such other local information as may be of interest to immigrants. (R. S., 1889, sec. 5454.)

SEC. 7545. Information to be furnished.-It shall be the duty of the several faculties of the normal schools, school of mines, and agricultural college to preserve and forward to the office of the board of immigration such information relating to the several subjects taught in or promoted by said institutions as will show the agricultural, mineral, manufacturing, and educational advantages of the State. And said board of immigration is hereby authorized to call upon the clerks of the county courts, or other county officers of the several counties of this State, for such statistical, historical, or other information as said board may deem desirable. (R. S., 1889, sec. 5455.)

SEC. 7546. Subscriptions to be solicited. The board of immigration shall open books and solicit subscriptions of money and other material aid from persons and corporations, to be used by the board in promoting immigration to this State: Provided, That such subscriptions shall be expended and used before drawing on the amount appropriated by the general assembly for the use of said board. (R. S., 1889, sec. 5456.)

SEC. 7547. shall be the duty of the board of immigration to make biennial reports to the governor, to be by him laid before the general assembly at each session. Said report shall give an itemized statement of all moneys received by the board, and from what source received, and to whom and for what purposes paid; the results attained or expected to be attained; the statistics of immigration and other kindred information, together with such suggestions as the board may think proper to make. (R. S., 1889, sec. 5457.)

SEC. 7548. Auxiliary boards.-The board of immigration is empowered to authorize the organization of auxiliary boards of immigration in such counties in this State as may desire the same, under such rules and regulations as the board may prescribe. (R. S., 1889, sec. 5458.)

SEC. 7549. Appropriations. The general assembly at each session shall appropriate not less than ten thousand dollars per year for the ensuing two years, for the use of the board of immigration in carrying out the provisions of this chapter; said fund to be known and designated as the immigration fund; and the auditor of the State shall draw his warrant on said fund upon the requisition of said board of immigration. (R. S., 1889, sec. 5459.)

MONTANA.

DIGEST OF IMMIGRATION AND ALIEN LAWS.

Act of 1893 (an act to establish a bureau of agriculture, labor, and industry and provide for the appointment of a commissioner thereof and define his duties).-The act of 1893 creates a bureau of agriculture, labor, and industry under the supervision of a commissioner, who shall be appointed by the governor. The term of office shall be four years, but he may be removed "for incompetence, malfeasance, or neglect of office."

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The commissioner shall collect and present in an annual report to the governor statistical data relating to all departments of laboragricultural, commercial, mining, manufacturing, educational, and social interests and sanitary condition of the laboring classes and to the prosperity of all productive industries of the State." He shall correspond with bureaus of emigration and other mediums for distributing information in the interest of the State. He shall furnish facts relative to climate, productive resources, public lands, cost of labor and living, railroad rates, access to markets, and prices of products. He shall arrange reasonable rates of transportation conducive to the interests of the State and the immigrant. He shall secure publicity in public journals in centers of population and endeavor to induce desirable immigration. Other duties shall devolve upon the commissioner which are only incidental to questions of immigration.

Joint resolution of 1893 (joint resolution relating to the immigration of paupers, criminals, and dependent persons). The legislature of Montana recommends that Congress and the legislative assemblies of the several States enact laws establishing a uniform policy of immigration from foreign nations and from State to State of persons who are dependent upon charity and are of idle or vicious habits.

Act of 1893 (substitute for senate bill No. 11, relative to commissioner of agriculture, labor, and industry).-The provisions of this act are practically parallel with the provisions of a prior act of 1893, which has been reviewed.

Act of 1909 (an act to increase the duties of the commissioner of the bureau of agriculture, labor, and industry, and for other purposes). The commissioner of agriculture, labor, and industry shall prepare reports" upon the agricultural, commercial, mining, manufacturing, labor, or other industrial resources of the State or upon the educational or social interests or sanitary conditions of the people of the State." The reports shall bear the official certificate of the State and shall be sent to such parts of the United States as will secure the greatest benefit. The commissioner shall enlist the aid of all available mediums, such as immigration bureaus, fairs, expositions, and the public press, for disseminating data in "regard to climate, productive, commercial, industrial, and labor resources of Montana." He shall report annually to the governor. He may appoint a

chief clerk and an assistant clerk. Five thousand dollars a year is appropriated for expenses. County commissioners may make appropriations for advertising the resources of their county upon receiving a petition signed by at least 50 per cent of the freehold taxpayers; amount of such appropriation shall be graduated in proportion to rank of the county. County commissioners may appoint a compiler of data and statistics to prepare and publish literature. Organizations for promoting the general welfare may furnish advertising matter for distribution by the state bureau. The bureau shall not aid the importation of alien labor to work during industrial disputes between employer and employee or permit the importation of contract labor at any time.

IMMIGRATION AND ALIEN LAWS.

ACT OF 1893.

[Montana State Laws, 1893, p. 164.]

AN ACT To establish a bureau of agriculture, labor, and industry and provide for the appointment of a commissioner thereof and define his duties.

Be it enacted by the legislative assembly of the State of Montana: SECTION 1. That a bureau of agriculture, labor, and industry is hereby created and established in and for this State, whose executive officer shall be a commissioner appointed by the governor; a chief clerk who shall be appointed by the commissioner. Said commissioner shall be appointed on or before the 1st day of May, A. D. 1893, and his term of office shall be for four years; he may be removed by the governor for incompetence, malfeasance, or neglect of office. Said commissioner shall execute a bond in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, to be approved by the governor and filed with the state auditor for the faithful performance of his duties.

SEC. 2. The commissioner shall collect, assort and arrange, systematize and present in an annual report to the governor, on or before the 1st day in December in each year, statistical details relating to all departments of labor in the State of Montana, especially in relation to the agricultural, commercial, mining, manufacturing, educational and social interests, and sanitary condition of the laboring classes and to the prosperity of all the productive industries of the State. He shall open correspondence with bureaus of emigration, boards of trade, and other organizations in the United States who are willing to assist in desseminating information in regard to the climate and productive resources of Montana and its desirableness as a home for the worthy emigrant. He shall furnish facts relating to the public lands and methods and costs of securing them, costs of labor and living, railroad rates, access to markets, prices of products; he shall arrange for such reasonable rates for transportation from railroads, steamships, and other lines of transfer as will be most conducive to the best interests of the State and the emigrant. He shall correspond with emigrant gazetteers and other literary and news journals. He shall advertise rates of transportation to Montana in one or more journals published in New York, Chicago, and one in San Francisco.

SEC. 4. The commissioner of said bureau shall receive an annual salary of three thousand dollars, and the chief clerk an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars.

SEC. 6. The commissioner may employ such assistants and incur such expense as may be necessary in the discharge of the official duties of said bureau, provided such expense, including pay of commissioner, chief clerk, and assistants, shall not exceed six thousand dollars in each year. Such assistants shall be paid for their services such compensation as the commissioner may deem just; but no such assistant shall be paid more than four dollars per day in addition to his necessary traveling expenses.

SEC. 7. A census of the inhabitants of the State shall be taken on the 1st day of May, A. D. 1895, and every ten years thereafter under the direction of the commissioner of the bureau of agriculture, labor, and industry, and shall contain a special enumeration of the number of voters residing in each ward of the several cities, each town, and each county.

SEC. 8. In taking census the following particulars shall be ascertained and enumerated in the separate columns of the schedule, to wit:

First. Dwelling houses numbered in the order of visitation.
Second. Families numbered in the order of visitation.
Third. Name of each person in the family or dwelling.
Fourth. Age of each person, one year old and upward.
Fifth. Sex of each person.

Sixth. Color of each person, whether white, black, mulatto, Mongolian, or Indian.

Seventh. Place of birth, naming State, Territory, or country.
Eighth. Condition, whether single, married, or widowed.

Ninth. Profession, trade, or occupation of every person over fifteen years of age.

Tenth. Persons over twenty years of age who can not read or write. Eleventh. Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict.

Twelfth. Ratable polls.

Thirteenth. Legal voters.

Fourteenth. Naturalized voters.

The census shall be taken by such of the deputies of the several counties as said commissioner shall appoint, or assistants appointed by said commissioner under the provisions of the following section.

SEC. 20. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.
Approved, February 17, 1893.

RESOLUTION OF 1893.

[Montana State Laws, 1893, p. 224.]

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 1.-Joint resolution relating to the immigration of paupers, criminals, and dependent persons.

Be it resolved by the senate of the State of Montana, the house of representatives concurring, That the senate and house of representatives of the State of Montana respectfully request the Congress of

the United States and the legislative assemblies of the several States to enact laws establishing a uniform policy of immigration from foreign nations, and of immigration from State to State, of persons who are dependent upon charity and are of idle or vicious habits.

Resolved, That the secretary of the State of Montana be requested to transmit copies of the foregoing resolution to the presiding officers of the Congress of the United States, to each of the Senators and the Representatives from this State, and to the governors of the several States of the United States.

Approved, March 1, 1893.

ACT OF 1897.

[Montana State Laws, 1897, p. 110.]

AN ACT To repeal sections 760, 761, 762, 763, 764, 765, 766, 767, 768, 769, 770, 771, 772, 773, 774, 775, 776, and 777, being all of article 22, chapter 3, title 1, part 3, of the Political Code of Montana, and to substitute therefor sections 760, 761, 762, 763, 764, 765, and 766 relating to the establishment of a bureau of agriculture, labor, and industry, and specifying the powers, duties, and salary of the commissioner thereof.

Be it enacted by the legislative assembly of the State of Montana: SECTION 1. Section 760 shall read as follows:

SEC. 760. A bureau of agriculture, labor, and industry is hereby established for this State whose executive officers shall be a commissioner appointed by the governor, and a chief clerk who shall be appointed by the commissioner. The term of office of the commissioner shall be for four years, and he may be removed by the governor for incompetence, neglect, or malfeasance in office. The commissioner shall execute a bond in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, to be approved by the governor, and to be filed with the state auditor for the faithful performance of his duties.

SEC. 2. Section 761 shall read as follows: "

SEC. 761. The commissioner shall collect, assort, and arrange, systematize, and present in an annual report to the governor on or before the 1st day of December in each year, statistical details relating to all departments of labor and industry in the State of Montana, especially in relation to the agricultural, commercial, mining, manufacturing, educational, and social interests and sanitary condition of the laboring classes and to the prosperity of all the productive industries of the State.

SEC. 4. Section 763 shall read as follows:

SEC. 763. The commissioner of said bureau shall receive an annual salary of twenty-five hundred dollars and the chief clerk an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars.

SEC. 6. Section 765 shall read as follows:

SEC. 765. The commissioner may incur such expenses as is necessary in the discharge of the official duties of said bureau, provided that such expense, including pay of commissioner and chief clerk, shall not exceed the amount appropriated therefor in each year.