ACT OF 1909.

[Montana State Laws, 1909, ch. 70, p. 91.]

AN ACT To increase the duties of the commissioner of the bureau of agriculture, labor, and industry; to provide for the collection and compilation of statistics for the use of said bureau, by counties and by chambers of commerce, commercial bodies, farmers' institutes, cooperative societies of farmers, state federated trade unions, and other industrial associations of promotive character; to provide for the publication and publicity of such statistics; to provide for appropriations by counties and by the State to meet the expenses incurred in the furtherance of such purposes; and to provide for the appointment and salary of an assistant clerk for said bureau.

Be it enacted by the legislative assembly of the State of Montana: SECTION 1. The commissioner of the bureau of agriculture, labor, and industry shall prepare reports from the data, cuts, and statistics on file in his office or submitted to him as hereinafter provided. Such reports shall furnish reliable information upon one or more of the following topics, to wit:

Upon the agricultural, commercial, mining, manufacturing, labor, or other industrial resources of the State, or upon the educational and social interests or sanitary conditions of the people of the State. Such reports shall be published in such form and quantity as in the judgment of the commissioner may be deemed expedient and practicable. Reports so prepared by the commissioner, or prepared and delivered to him as hereinafter provided, shall be by him sent to such parts of the United States as in the opinion of the commissioner would secure the greatest benefit, considering the character of the information contained in the report. All reports sent out by the commissioner shall bear a certificate thereon to the effect that the same are issued by authority of the State of Montana. The commissioner shall open correspondence with bureaus of emigration, boards of trade, and other organizations in the United States who are willing to assist in disseminating information in regard to the climate, productive, commercial, industrial, and labor resources of Montana. He shall also provide for a liberal distribution of such reports at state and county fairs throughout the United States, and at all expositions of a national character. To secure the distribution by the bureau of local advertising matter in the manner hereinafter provided, the manuscripts of all reports, pamphlets, and statistics so compiled must be submitted to the commissioner and approved by him.

SEC. 2. The commissioner shall annually, on the 30th day of November, submit a complete itemized account to the governor, showing all the business of the bureau for the year and all expenditures made during such period.

SEC. 3. The commissioner shall have authority to appoint in addition to the chief clerk now provided for by law an assistant clerk at a salary of eighteen hundred dollars per annum, to be paid in the same manner as other salaries are paid.

SEC. 4. There shall be appropriated for the purpose of paying the expenses incurred under this act the sum of five thousand dollars for the year 1909 and five thousand dollars for the year 1910.

SEC. 5. The board of county commissioners of any county of the State, upon receiving a petition signed by at least fifty resident freehold taxpayers whose names appear on the last assessment books of the county, is authorized to make an appropriation, as hereinafter provided, from the general fund of the county. Said petition shall specifically state the class or classes of industries of said county that the petitioners desire to advertise, and the appropriation shall be limited to the purposes stated in the petition.

Said appropriations shall not exceed the following amounts, to wit: In counties of the first class, fifteen hundred dollars; counties of the second class, thirteen hundred dollars; counties of the third class, one thousand dollars; and all counties below the third class, eight hundred dollars.

SEC. 6. The board of county commissioners of counties where appropriations have been made in accordance with section 5 of this act, may appoint some suitable person to gather data and statistics and compile and have printed pamphlets or folders of the size and character provided for in section 1 of this act. When so prepared, said pamphlets or folders may be sent to the commissioner of agriculture, labor, and industry for the purpose of distribution by him in the manner provided for in section 1 of this act, and it shall be his duty to so distribute the same, provided he gives his approval thereof, as required by section 1 of this act.

SEC. 7. Chambers of commerce, commercial clubs, farmers' institutes, cooperative societies of farmers, state federated trade unions, and other industrial associations of promotive character are hereby authorized to furnish to the commissioner of the bureau of agriculture, labor, and industry pamphlets or folders of the size and character mentioned in section 1 of this act, for the purpose of distribution by him in the manner provided for in section 1 of this act, and it shall be his duty to so distribute the same: Provided, He gives his approval thereof, as required by section 1 of this act: And provided further, That the commissioner of said bureau may require the society or association to furnish the funds necessary to pay postage or express charges for distributing the same.

SEC. 8. Counties and the societies provided for in section 7 of this act in sending matter to the said bureau for distribution may designate any specific locality, city, or society to which they desire the same sent, otherwise the same shall be distributed by the commissioner in the manner provided for in section 1 of this act.

SEC. 9. The bureau of agriculture, labor, and industry shall not be used by any country, society, association, person, or corporation to aid or further the importation of alien labor or laborers of any kind to work during industrial disputes between employer and employee, and nothing in this act shall be construed to permit, encourage, or allow the importation of any laborers or employees under contract at any time.

SEC. 10. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

SEC. 11. This act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.

Approved, March 4, 1909.

NEBRASKA.

DIGEST OF IMMIGRATION AND ALIEN LAWS.

Act of 1864 (an act to incorporate the Nebraska Immigrant Association). The Nebraska Immigrant Association was incorporated to exploit the advantages, resources, and climate of Nebraska and to assist in the State's development.

Act of 1870 (an act to provide for a board of immigration, to define their duties and powers, and for other purposes). The act of 1870 created a board of immigration commissioners, consisting of five members. A state superintendent of immigration shall be selected by the board. Four agents shall be appointed to assist in the proposed work, promoting all matters connected with the immigration interests of the State. The general objects of the board are to settle the lands and develop the resources of the State.

Act of 1871.-An act supplementary to the act of 1870 was passed in 1871 to provide minor changes in the methods of administering the affairs of the board of immigration.

Act of 1873 (an act to reconstruct the state board of immigration and to provide for a bureau of immigration).—A bureau of immigration is created by the act of 1873 under supervision of three commissioners of immigration elected biennially by the legislature. One of the commissioners shall become superintendent of immigration and shall act as practical director of the affairs of the bureau. He shall be assisted by a secretary. The board shall publish and distribute literature and utilize all other practicable measures to facilitate the ingress of desirable immigrants.

ACT OF 1864.

[Laws of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Nebraska, 1864, p. 232.]

AN ACT To incorporate the Nebraska Immigrant Association.

Be it enacted by the council and house of representatives of the Territory of Nebraska:

SECTION 1. That Alvin Saunders, Dwight J. McCann, Cornelius O'Connor, John C. Denser, Theodore Hill, Lewis Allgewahr, John P. Becker, S. Bowen, Henry Grebe, Frederick Hedde, P. W. Hitchcock, Francis A. Hoffman, T. M. Marquette, A. S. Paddock, H. Rohwer, Frederick Rennur, and Augustus Roeder, their associates and successors, be, and they are hereby, constituted and created a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of Nebraska Immigration Association, and by that name and style to remain in perpetual succession, with full power of making contracts, of suing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded, of having a common seal, and of making such rules and regulations for its government

as it may deem proper, not inconsistent with the Constitution and by-laws of the United States and the Territory [State] of Nebraska.

SEC. 2. The objects contemplated by this act of incorporation are to make the advantages, resources, and climate of this Territory [State] known abroad, to induce immigration from Europe and Eastern States to our fertile plains, and to assist in the developments of the riches secreted in the bowels of the earth throughout this Territory.

SEC. 3. The said association shall have power to organize and establish county and city associations, upon application from five of its members in good standing, said associations being subordinate and auxiliary to the parent association created by this act, but that said county and city associations shall be entitled to the rights of making their own by-laws and choosing their own officers and in every way controlling and regulating their own government: Provided, Such by-laws and regulations do not conflict with those of the parent association or the laws of this Territory now in force or hereafter to be passed.

SEC. 4. The above-named individuals shall constitute the board of trustees until a new election takes place, and they shall have power to adopt such constitution and by-laws as may be necessary to carry out the object of this enactment not inconsistent with the laws of this Territory now in existence or hereafter to be passed.

SEC. 5. All further action for the working of the association is left to be provided for by the constitution and by-laws, and no election for officers can take place until such constitution and by-laws have been adopted.

SEC. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, February 15, 1864.

ACTS OF 1871.
I.

[Nebraska State Laws, acts Mar. 4, 1870; June 6, 1871.]

AN ACT To provide for a board of immigration, to define their duties and powers, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Nebraska:

SECTION 1. That there shall be established in this State a board of commissioners to be known as the commissioners of immigration for the State of Nebraska.

SEC. 2. Said board shall consist of five members, citizens and freeholders in this State, who shall be chosen by the legislature in joint. convention for the term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified; vacancies occurring during a recess of the legislature shall be filled by the remaining members of the board, and the members thus appointed shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified; the removal of any members of the board from this State for a period of three months or longer shall vacate his position on the board.

SEC. 3. Said commissioners shall give bonds each in the sum of three thousand dollars; such bonds to be approved by state treasurer, and placed in file in the office of the state auditor.

SEC. 4. Said commissioners shall meet at the state capitol on the second Monday in March succeeding their election to organize by the election of one of their members as president and one member as secretary; the commissioners of immigration shall adopt a seal and fix upon the place where they shall establish their office; the regular meetings of the board shall be quarterly, but the president or a majority of the board may call a special meeting by giving ten days' notice to each member whenever in his or their discretion a special meeting of the board shall be necessary; in case of the death, resignation, or removal of the president or secretary of the board, the remaining members shall, after filling the vacancy in the board, elect a president or secretary, as the case may be, at a special meeting called for that purpose.

SEC. 5. The legislature shall, in addition to the five members of the board of immigration, elect a state superintendent of immigration, who shall, at the time of his election, be a citizen of this State, and shall at that time be the bona fide owner of real estate in this State, valued at not less than twenty-five hundred dollars; said superintendent shall hold his office for two years, and until his successor is duly elected and qualified: Provided, however, That upon charges of incapacity or malfeasance in office, preferred by the board of immigration, against said superintendent before the governor, secretary of state, and treasurer, the said superintendent may be removed from office by a majority vote of said state officers, and his place filled by a majority of the board of immigration, who are authorized to fill any vacancy occuring by the death or resignation of the state superintendent of immigration. Said superintendent of immigration shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, give bonds in the sum of five thousand dollars for the faithful performance of his duties, which bond shall be approved by the board of immigration and placed on file in the office of the state auditor.

SEC. 6. The state superintendent of immigration shall be the custodian of all the documents, papers, books, and records of the board of immigration, and shall, under the direction of said board, publish handbills and other documents, and do and perform any other duties connected with the immigration interests of the State, as the commissioners of immigration may from time to time prescribe.

SEC. 7. For the purpose of inducing immigration to this State the commissioners of immigration shall have authority to appoint four agents of immigration, who shall at the time of their appointment be citizens of this State and shall be the bona fide owners of real estate in this State valued at not less than fifteen hundred dollars each, and who shall give bonds in the sum of one thousand dollars each for the faithful performance of their duties; such bonds to be approved by the board of immigration, and shall be filed with the state superintendent of immigration; such agents shall, under direction of the board of immigration, be assigned to such places, either in this country or in foreign countries, as such board shall determine and be employed in the service of this State.