the department thereunto duly authorized by such commissioner in the name of such commissioner.

SEC. 3. The said act is further hereby amended by inserting between articles 10 and 11 thereof a new article, to be known as article 10a, which shall read as follows:

ARTICLE 10a.

BUREAU OF INDUSTRIES AND IMMIGRATION.

SEC. 151. Bureau of industries and immigration.-There shall be a bureau of industries and immigration, which shall be under the immediate charge of a chief investigator, but subject to the supervision and direction of the commissioner of labor.

SEC. 152. Special investigators.-The commissioner of labor may appoint from time to time not more than twelve persons as special investigators, not more than two of whom shall be women, and who may be removed by him at any time. The special investigators may be divided into two grades. Each special investigator of the first grade shall receive an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars, and each of the second grade an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars.

SEC. 153. General powers and duties.-(1) The commissioner of labor shall have the power to make full inquiry, examination, and investigation into the condition, welfare, and industrial opportunities of all aliens arriving and being within the State. He shall also have power to collect information with respect to the need and demand for labor by the several agricultural, industrial, and other productive activities, including public works throughout the State; to gather information with respect to the supply of labor afforded by such aliens as may from time to time arrive or be within the State; to ascertain the occupations for which such aliens shall be best adapted, and to bring about intercommunications between them and the several activities requiring labor which will best promote their respective needs; to determine and investigate the genuineness of any application for labor that may be received and the treatment accorded to those for whom employment shall be secured; to cooperate with the employment and immigration bureaus conducted under authority of the Federal Government or by the government of any other State, and with public and philanthropic agencies designed to devise and carry out such other suitable methods as will tend to prevent or relieve congestion and obviate unemployment.

(2) The commissioner of labor shall procure, with the consent of the federal authorities, complete lists giving the names, ages, and destination within the State of all alien children of school age, and such other facts as will tend to identify them, and shall forthwith deliver copies of such lists to the commissioner of education or the several boards of education and school boards in the respective localities within the State to which said children shall be destined, to aid in the enforcement of the provisions of the education law relative to the compulsory attendance at school of children of school age.

(3) The commissioner of labor shall further cooperate with the commissioner of education and with the several boards of education and school commissioners in the State, to devise methods for the proper instruction of adult and minor aliens in the English language and in respect to the duties and rights of citizenship and the fundamental principles of the American system of government, and otherwise to further their education.

(4) The commissioner of labor may inspect all labor camps within the State; and shall inspect all employment and contract-labor agencies dealing principally with aliens, or who secure or negotiate contracts for their employment within the State; shall cooperate with other public authorities, to enforce all laws applicable to private bankers dealing with aliens and laborers; secure information with respect to such aliens who shall be in prisons, almshouses, and insane asylums of the State, and who shall be deportable under the laws of the United States, and cooperate with the federal authorities and with such officials of the State having jurisdiction over such criminals, paupers, and insane aliens who shall be confined as aforesaid, so as to facilitate the deportation of such persons as shall come within the provisions of the aforesaid laws of the United States relating to deportation; shall investigate and inspect

institutions established for the temporary shelter and care of aliens, and such philanthropic societies as shall be organized for the purpose of securing employment for or aiding in the distribution of aliens, and the methods by which they are conducted.

5. The commissioner of labor shall investigate conditions prevailing at the various places where aliens are landed within this State, and at the several docks, ferries, railroad stations, and on trains and boats therein, and in cooperation with the proper authorities afford them protection against frauds. crimes, and exploitations; shall investigate any and all complaints with respect to frauds, extortion, incompetency, and improper practices by notaries public, interpreters, and other public officials, and present to the proper authorities the results of such investigation for action thereon; shall investigate and study the general social conditions of aliens within this State for the purpose of inducing remedial action by the various agencies of the State possessing the requisite jurisdiction; and shall generally, in conjunction with existing public and private agencies, consider and devise means to promote the welfare of the State.

SEC. 154. Proceedings before the commissioner of labor.-Any investigation, inquiry, or hearing which the commissioner of labor has power to undertake or to hold may, by special authorization from the commissioner of labor. be undertaken or held by or before the chief investigator, and any decision rendered on such investigation, inquiry, or hearing, when approved and confirmed by the commissioner and ordered filed in his office, shall be and be deemed to be the order of the commissioner. All hearings before the commissioner or chief investigator shall be governed by rules to be adopted and prescribed by the commissioner; and in all investigations, inquiries, or hearings the commissioner or chief investigator shall not be found by technical rules of evidence. No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing any books or papers on any investigation or inquiry by or upon any hearing before the commissioner or chief investigator, when ordered to do so, upon the ground that the testimony or evidence, books or documents required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture, but no person shall be prosecuted, punished, or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any act, transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he shall under oath have testified or produced documentary evidence: Provided, however, That no person so testifying shall be exempt from punishment or prosecution for any perjury committed by him in his testimony.

SEC. 155. Registration and reports of employment agencies.-The term "employment agency" as used in this act shall include any person, firm, corporation, or association regularly engaging in the business of negotiating labor contracts or of receiving applications for help or labor or for places or positions. excepting such as shall conduct agencies exclusively for procuring employment for teachers, for incumbents of technical, clerical, or executive positions, for vaudeville or theatrical performers, musicians, or nurses, and also excepting bureaus conducted by registered agricultural or medical institutions, and excepting also departments maintained by persons, firms, corporations, or associations for the purpose of securing help for themselves where no fee is charged the applicant for employment. All employment agencies other than those herein excepted shall, on or before the 1st day of October, 1910, and annually thereafter, file with the commissioner of labor a statement containing the name of the person, firm, corporation, or association conducting such agency, the street and number of the place where the same shall be conducted, and showing whether said agency is licensed or unlicensed, and, if licensed, specifying the date and duration of the license, by whom granted, and the number thereof. Such statements shall be registered by the commissioner. Every such employment agency shall keep in the office thereof a full record of the country of the birth of those for whom places or positions are secured, their length of residence in this country, and the name and address of the person, firm, or corporation to whom the persons for whom such places or positions are secured shall be sent, the occupation for which employment shall be secured, and the compensation to be paid to the person employed. The books and records of every such agency shall at all reasonable hours be subject to examination by the commissioner of labor. Any person who shall fail to register with the commissioner of labor or to keep books or records shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable for the first offense by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars, and for every subsequent offense

by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Sc. 156. Reports.-The commissioner of labor shall make an annual report to the legislature of the operation of this bureau.

SEC. 4. This act shall take effect September 1, 1910.

Became a law June 18, 1910, with the approval of the governor. Passed, three-fifths being present.

II.

[New York State Laws, 1910, ch. 604, p. 1542.]

AN ACT To amend the insanity law in relation to the qualifications of the members of the board of alienists.

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

SECTION 1. Section 19 of chapter 32 of the laws of 1909, entitled "An act in relation to the insane, constituting chapter 27 of the consolidated laws," is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 19. Board of alienists for examination of insane, idiotic, imbecile, and epileptic immigrants, alien and nonresident insane; power and duties.-There shall continue to be a board of alienists for the examination of insane, idiotic, imbecile, and epileptic immigrants, and alien and nonresident insane, which shall consist of three examiners, to be appointed by the commission in lunacy, one of whom shall be designated by the commission as chief examiner. Each examiner shall be a reputable physician, a graduate of an incorporated medical college, of at least ten years' actual experience in the practice of his profession, and of at least five years' experience in the care and treatment of the committed or alleged a insane in the New York State hospitals, or elsewhere. Each examiner shall receive an annual salary of five thousand dollars, to be paid in the same manner as the salaries of the assistants and clerks of the commission in lunacy. The members of such board shall hold office during good behavior and be removable by the commission for cause, after an opportunity to be heard has been given. Each of such examiners shall devote his entire time to the performance of the duties hereby imposed upon him, and while engaged therein shall reside at the port of New York. The commissioner in lunacy shall endeavor to arrange for the proper accommodation of such board with the proper authorities of the United States having control of the inspection and examination of immigrants at the port of New York and for official recognition of such board for carrying out the purposes of this section. Arrangements may be made by the commission in lunacy for suitable offices in the city of New York for the accommodation of such board and the employment of such other persons as may be deemed necessary by them for the proper carrying into effect of the provisions and intent of this section. Such board shall inspect and examine immigrants coming into this country at the port of New York for the purpose of ascertaining whether any of them be insane, idiotic, imbecile, or epileptic, and all alien and nonresident insane in the state hospitals and public institutions who are or who become public charges, for the purpose of determining whether they are suitable cases for deportation or removal. The superintendents of such hospitals and public institutions shall notify such board of all such cases coming under their jurisdiction and furnish all aid and information possible to accomplish the deportation and removal of such aliens and nonresidents. The board shall notify the proper authorities of the United States having control of the enforcement of the immigration laws at such port of such immigrants as are found to be insane, idiotic, imbecile, or epileptic, and such insane aliens as are or become public charges, and shall arrange for their deportation in accordance with the provisions of such laws. And in the case of nonresidents

they shall notify the state commission in lunacy of the location of the same, and in all suitable cases the commission shall grant the board the necessary authority for the investigation and removal of such nonresident insane. The duties hereby imposed upon such board shall be performed under the supervision of the commission in lunacy and in accordance with rules adopted by it. The commission may impose such other duties on such board as it may deem necessary and proper for carrying out the general purposes and intent of this section, and may also from time to time, when necessary, detail a member of said board to temporarily assist the medical inspector in the performance of his duties. Each of the members of such board shall be empowered to administer an oath when necessary to persons giving information relative to cases under investigation.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Became a law June 23, 1910, with the approval of the governor. Passed, three-fifths being present.

NORTH CAROLINA.

DIGEST OF IMMIGRATION AND ALIEN LAWS.

Act of 1871 (an act to encourage immigration into North Carolina and to increase the capital of the State).-The act of 1871 chartered the North Carolina Land Company for the purpose of developing the resources of the State, securing immigration, and encouraging investments. The president of the company is appointed commissioner of immigration, with power to promote the purposes contemplated by this act.

Act of 1871 (an act for the promotion of immigration and the settlement of the unimproved lands of the State).--The act of 1870 incorporates the Railroad Immigration Association. It empowers the association to conduct a general land and emigration business, to take measures for the transportation of persons and property into the State, to employ immigration agents, and " to take all proper and customary measures for the comfort and interests of immigrants and settlers."

Act of 1874 (an act to establish a bureau of immigration, statistics, and agriculture).-The act of 1873-74 created a bureau of statistics, immigration, and agriculture, and authorizes a board of immigration of 13 members to be established. The objects shall be to promote the cause of immigration in order to utilize, develop, and build up the vast mineral, agricultural, and manufacturing resources of the State.

The act of 1874 was amended by act of December 19, 1874, which amendment provided for increasing the membership of the board of immigration.

Act of 1877 (an act to establish a department of agriculture, immigration, and statistics, and for the encouragement of sheep husbandry). The act of 1877 created a department of agriculture, immigration, and statistics, under the control and supervision of a board selected from the different sections of the State. The board shall prescribe the duties of the commissioner in charge. The board may administer any funds provided for promoting the interests or purposes of the act. It shall regulate work of county agricultural societies chartered by the State and require reliable reports of their operations. It may require the secretary of state and county officers to cooperate in obtaining data. It may employ immigration agents to represent the State in securing settlers.

Act of 1883 (an act to incorporate the Immigrant Land and Mineral Company of North Carolina).-By the act of 1883 the Immigrant Land and Mineral Company was incorporated for the purpose of facilitating and fostering the settlement of vacant lands and the development of the State's resources. The act contains no direct reference to immigration, and therefore is omitted from this compilation.