NORTH DAKOTA.

DIGEST OF IMMIGRATION AND ALIEN LAWS.

Act of 1899 (an act to promote immigration). The act of 1899 provides for the appropriation of $500 annually, to be used by the commissioner of agriculture and labor in issuing maps and other printed matter for the purpose of promoting and inducing immigration. A verified statement of all expenses shall be filed with the state auditor.

Act of 1905 (an act making an appropriation for carrying into effect provisions of law relating to the duties of the commissioner of agriculture and labor).-The act of 1905 creates a fund of $20,000 to be expended in collecting, compiling, publishing, and distributing data pertaining to the general resources, advantages, and characteristics of the State, its people, and its institutions. The commissioner of agriculture and labor is charged with the duty of presenting to the public the information essential for convincing homeseekers and investors of the attractive opportunities offered to them in the State. The information shall relate to mining, milling, farming, stock raising, industries, schools, population, drainage, irrigation, available lands, and other facts of interest and import.

Act of 1907 (an act making an appropriation for carrying into effect provisions relating to the duties of the commissioner of agriculture and labor).—The act of 1907 was passed to continue the work performed by the department of agriculture and labor, which has been instrumental in inducing many hundreds of people to locate in this State through the methods it has employed. The act recites that "we believe it our duty to refute misrepresentations (of North Dakota) and to continue to labor for the best interests of the State and employ all honorable and legitimate efforts to induce immigration and to continue the good work of industrial progress and commercial development." Twenty thousand dollars is appropriated for that purpose.

IMMIGRATION AND ALIEN LAWS.

ACT OF 1899.

[Laws of North Dakota, 1899, ch. 101, p. 141.]

AN ACT To promote immigration.

Be it enacted by the legislative assembly of the State of North Dakota:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, annually, the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as shall be needed, out of the general funds of the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be used by the commissioner of agriculture and labor in getting

out maps and other printed matter for the purpose of promoting and inducing immigration into the State of North Dakota.

SEC. 2. The commissioner of agriculture and labor shall make a verified and itemized statement of his expenses and disbursements incurred under the provisions of this chapter and file the same with the state auditor, who shall thereupon issue his warrant on the state treasurer therefor.

SEC. 3. Whereas an emergency exists in that no adequate provision exists for the promotion of immigration, this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.

Approved, March 6, 1899.

ACT OF 1905.

[Laws of North Dakota, 1905, ch. 26, p. 35.]

AN ACT Making an appropriation for carrying into effect provisions of law relating to the duties of the commissioner of agriculture and labor.

Whereas the State of North Dakota is preeminently an agricul tural State, and the most should be made of the fact; that a published statement of its resources should be made and distributed of what an investor and homeseeker wants to know, giving the personal experiences of farmers, stock growers, mechanics, professional and business men; and

Whereas such report should include in general terms a statement of the resources of the State, with up-to-date statistical information compiled from reliable sources, such as county auditors, boards of trade, and commercial clubs, which report should show the number of flouring mills, coal mines, and the output of each, with a résumé of each county as to population, the number and names of its cities and towns, the number of inhabitants of each, the different industries, the number of business houses, etc.; also the acreage and yield of all cereals, number and different classes of live stock, total amount of wheat grown, number of creameries, amount of milk consumed in the manufacture of butter and cheese, kinds and qualities of grasses and forage plants grown, together with a topographical description of each county, the date of its organization, its financial condition. its railroad facilities, and the state of its development, and such other general information as would be of general and particular value to persons seeking locations for future settlement; and

Whereas there is now a bill pending before the legislature relating to the question of irrigation, statistics should be published giving all information obtainable upon this subject, as well as that relating to the question of drainage and whether the same is being carried on or in contemplation by the Government, State, or private means; and Whereas it would be of great benefit to the State to have published statistics regarding the shipment of live stock and all information connected with the same gathered from breeders and live stock men in the State, giving their experience and the results of such experience; and

Whereas no State in the Union presents so great an opportunity of receiving benefits from this class of advertising and no State in the Union presents as great opportunities for the poor man to secure

a home at so small a cost with assurances that he can not make only a living, but money as well, as in the State of North Dakota; and

Whereas there is and has been for some years past carried on by tre departments of agriculture of other States and countries a system of advertising the benefits to settlers in seeking homes in these parts, whose advantages are inferior to ours, but who, because of the dissemination of literature of the character herein referred to, have been reaping benefits that naturally belong to the State of North Dakota, because of her superior natural advantages in these regards; and

Whereas the legislative assembly has just enacted into a law a provision providing for the sale of the lands belonging to the State held for the purpose of constructing a state capitol; and

Whereas it is the policy of the State that its lands belonging to public institutions should be sold as fast as possible, with proper regard to the same being sold at their proper market value; and

Whereas there still remains unsold of the lands donated by Congress to the agricultural college, 87,326 acres; to the asylum for the blind, 20,392 acres; for the deaf and dumb, 26,616 acres; hospital for the insane, 12,780 acres; industrial school, 27,000 acres; normal schools, 52,083 acres; reform school, 27,511 acres; scientific school, 26,327 acres; school of mines, 26,674 acres; soldiers' home, 27,000 acres; university, 56,169 acres; common school and indemnity fund, 2,100,000 acres; and state capitol, 59,111 acres, making a grand total of lands held by the State for the benefit of these institutions of 2,548.989 acres, which may be acquired on conditions practically as favorable to the homeseekers as by filing on Government homesteads; and

Whereas it would be of great commercial value to the State to have these lands occupied by actual settlers, and the great advantages they offer to homeseekers should be advertised so as to give the greatest publicity possible to their advantages, and the moneys to be raised from the sale of capitol lands should be accumulated as fast as can be done with proper regard for the value of the lands; and

Whereas the different railroad companies operating lines in this State have agreed to cooperate with this State in the dissemination of all literature that may be prepared by the State and have agreed to mail the same at no expense to this State and have agreed to work with the State by means of their departments of immigration and publicity in the work herein referred to, which said offer is hereby accepted and the services of the said immigration agencies of the different railroad companies is hereby requested; therefore

Be it enacted by the legislative assembly of the State of North Dakota:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money in the hands of the treasurer not otherwise appropriated the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to carry into effect all laws relating to the publication of the advantages offered to settlers and investors for lands in the State of North Dakota.

SEC. 2. All expenditures by the commissioner of agriculture and labor for the carrying out the provisions of law for which this appropriation is made shall, before being contracted for or incurred, be approved by the governor.

SEC. 3. Whereas there are now no funds in the hands of the treasurer available for carrying out of the provisions provided for in this act, therefore an emergency exists and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.

Approved March 15, 1905.

ACT OF 1907.

[Laws of North Dakota, 1907, ch. 31, p. 25.]

AN ACT Making an appropriation for carrying into effect provisions of law relating to the duties of the commissioner of agriculture and labor.

Whereas our agricultural department during the past two years has extensively and beneficially advertised the resources and advantages of the State of North Dakota through the many letters it has published in eastern newspapers, the literature it has distributed, the exhibits it has made at the different state fairs; and

Whereas the said agricultural department has been instrumental in inducing many hundreds of people to locate in this State through the methods it has employed; and

Whereas many false, sensational, and detrimental reports have been published lately in the eastern newspapers and periodicals and promulgated semiofficially, calculated to work injury to the good name of North Dakota and retard immigration to this State; and

Whereas we believe it to be our duty to refute these misrepresentations and continue to labor for the best interests of the State and employ all honorable and legitimate efforts to induce immigration and to continue the good work of industrial progress and commercial development; therefore

Be it enacted by the legislative assembly of the State of North Dakota:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the hands of the treasurer not otherwise appropriated the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry into effect all laws relating to the publication of the advantages offered to settlers and investors for lands in the State of North Dakota.

SEC. 2. An emergency exists in that there are now no funds in the hands of the treasurer available for carrying out the provisions provided in this act, therefore this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.

Approved March 4, 1907.