NEVADA.

DIGEST OF IMMIGRATION AND ALIEN LAWS.

Act of 1887 (immigration bureau created).-A state immigration bureau is created, by the act of 1887, consisting of the state comptroller, surveyor-general, and superintendent of public instruction. It shall be the duty of the bureau to collect all obtainable information and statistics as to the character, climate, and resources of the State which, if disseminated abroad, will tend to the inducement of population and capital into Nevada from other States and Europe. It shall transmit such data to all efficient sources of immigration. It shall be the duty of assessors and other county officers to aid in collecting such information as may be available.

Joint resolution of 1903 (senate joint resolution and memorial to Congress relative to immigration and protection).-Whereas in all immigration legislation for forty years the manufacturers have reaped the benefit, to the detriment of the tradesman, artisan, and laboring man, who have been afforded no protection against the competition of the undesirable, criminal, and pauper classes of foreign countries; and

Whereas a million people are suffering for want of employment, it should be the policy of our Government to afford as complete protection to the mechanic, laborer, farmer, merchant, and miner as to the manufacturer: Therefore be it

Resolved, That Congress is memorialized to levy a tax of $100 per capita upon every immigrant entering this country, in order to restrict immigration and protect our people from foreign competition.

IMMIGRATION AND ALIEN LAWS.

ACT OF 1887.

[Nevada State Laws, 1887, ch. 88, p. 90.]

AN ACT To provide for a State immigration bureau.

The people of the State of Nevada, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. A state immigration bureau for this State is hereby created, to consist of the state controller, the surveyor-general, and superintendent of public instruction.

SEC. 2. As soon as practicable after the approval of this act, the state officers constituting said immigration bureau shall organize by selecting one of their number as the president and another as the secretary of said bureau, and shall procure and use an official seal,

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and keep a record of all their proceedings. They shall adopt and publish by-laws or rules not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of the United States, nor in conflict with the constitution and laws of this State, for their government in the transaction of their business as such bureau. They shall fix the times of their regular meetings, which shall be held quarter yearly, and shall hold called and special meetings whenever they shall deem it necessary so to do. Their meetings shall be held in the state capitol.

SEC. 3. It is hereby made, and shall be, the duty of said bureau to collect all obtainable information and statistics as to the climate and resources of this State, its agricultural lands, grazing lands, and timber lands; the amount of agricultural lands under cultivation; the amount not under cultivation; the amount thereof already sold or disposed of by the United States to individuals, to railroads, and to this State; the amount of grazing lands sold or disposed of by the United States to individuals, to railroads, and to this State; the amount of timber land in like manner sold or disposed of; at what particular localities different kinds of grain and other farm products and fruits of different kinds can be profitably cultivated and produced; the water courses, and where, of the State, giving facilities for utilization of same for irrigation and water power; the number of manufacturing establishments, including quartz, grist, and saw mills, in the State; the number of schools and their character in the State, and the facilities for education, and the amount of the public school fund of the State, how situated and invested; the number and length of railroads in the State and leading into and out of it; the number of mines being worked; the wages of labor, skilled and common; the cost of living, and generally any information which, if disseminated abroad, will tend to the inducement of population and capital into this State from the other States and Europe.

SEC. 4. Said bureau shall comply as early as practicable, and at all times, with the requirements of section 3 of this act, and, upon obtaining such information and statistics, shall send the same to such persons, organizations, societies, and bodies outside of the State as may request the same, or, in the opinion of said bureau, will use the same to the benefit of this State. Said bureau shall also inaugurate and maintain such correspondence with similar bureaus and other organizations and individuals abroad as may tend to carry out the objects of this act.

SEC. 5. All printing necessary to be done for said bureau in carrying out the provisions of this act shall be done by the state printer. SEC. 6. Said bureau shall require of each county assessor in this State, from time to time, such information and statistics as will aid in carrying out the provisions of this act; and any county assessor who shall refuse, or willfully neglect to give such information and statistics when so requested, if in his power, shall be guilty of malfeasance in office, and shall be prosecuted and punished therefor as provided by law. Other county officers shall, so far as in their power, aid assessors in performing the duties herein imposed.

Approved, February 26, 1887.

RESOLUTION OF 1903.

[Nevada State Laws, 1903, p. 229.]

No. IX.-Senate joint resolution and memorial to Congress, relative to immigration and protection.

Whereas the Congress of the United States has under consideration the subject of immigration with a view to further legislation;

and

Whereas, in all such legislation during the past forty years, the manufacturers have reaped the benefit to the detriment of the tradesman, artisan, and laboring man who have been afforded no protection against the disastrous competition of the undesirable, criminal, and pauper classes of foreign countries arriving on our shores at the rate of half a million annually, assisted hither, in many instances, by government, organized society, or private aid, thus benefiting the country left by relieving the labor market, and injuring this by the number of unemployed, nearly everyone reaching this country during the past twenty years being a positive detriment to the people already here; and

Whereas a million of our people are suffering from want of employment, and the natural increase of our population will, for an indefinite future, fully supply every demand that any possible development of the country may make, it should be the policy of our Government to afford as full and complete protection to the mechanic, laborer, farmer, merchant, miner, employed and unemployed, as the manufacturer; therefore be it

Resolved by the senate of the State of Nevada, the assembly concurring, That the Congress of the United States be, and it is hereby, memorialized to incorporate in all immigration legislation such provisions as will prohibit forever from landing on our shores the undesirable element of the Old World by the levy of one hundred dollars per capita upon every immigrant to hereafter land, or such a tax as shall fully and effectually protect our people from foreign competition;

Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be instructed and our Representatives be requested to use all honorable means to secure such legislation;

Resolved, That the governor be, and he hereby is, requested to forward an engrossed copy of this memorial and resolution to each of our Senators and to our Representative in Congress.

Passed March 9, 1903.

NEW JERSEY.

DIGEST OF IMMIGRATION AND ALIEN LAWS.

Act of 1852 (an act to prevent the importation of paupers into certain specified counties). The act of 1852 provides that any person who shall bring into certain specified counties any person likely to become a public charge may be required by a justice of the peace to remove such person from the county or to give a sufficient bond to indemnify the county against any charge or expense that may be incurred by the maintenance or removal of such a person. Failure to comply with the order will subject the importer to a penalty of $100.

Act of 1907 (an act to regulate the importation of dependent children, and providing a penalty for a violation thereof).-The act of 1907 makes it unlawful to bring into New Jersey any dependent child for the purpose of placing it upon charity, without first obtaining the written consent of the commissioner of charities. Any person or association bringing a dependent child into the State shall be required to give an indemnity bond in the penal sum of $1,000 that the child is not incorrigible or of unsound mind or body; that if such child becomes a public charge before reaching the age of 21 it will be removed from the State; that if such a child shall be convicted of any offense and imprisoned within three years after arrival in the State it shall be removed from the State and the State indemnified for any expense incurred; and that any such child shall be properly placed and cared for.

The commissioner of charities shall supervise all matters enjoined by this act. Any person or association violating the provisions of this act shall be liable to a penalty of $100. But the act does not apply to a relative who brings a child from any other State for the purpose of providing a home for it.

Act of 1907 (an act providing for the establishment of evening schools for foreign-born residents of New Jersey). The board of education of any school district may establish evening schools for the instruction of foreign-born residents over 14 years of age in the English language and in the form of government and the laws of this State and the United States. Funds may be raised for such purpose by appropriation, subscription, or special tax. Reports of progress of schools shall be made annually by instructors to the state superintendent of public instruction.

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