WYOMING. DIGEST OF IMMIGRATION AND ALIEN LAWS. Act of 1873 (an act to establish a board of immigration, and for other purposes). By the act of 1873 a board of immigration was established in the Territory of Wyoming. The governor shall appoint a commissioner of immigration who, with the governor and the president of the board of county commissioners of each county, shall constitute a board of immigration. The commissioner shall be secretary of the board, and a president shall be elected from its members. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to prepare, publish, and circulate reliable data pertaining to the resources and advantages of Wyoming. Such data shall indicate the location of profitable resources, describe opportunities for investment, estimate profits in industries, and discuss advantages for the home seeker. He shall furnish data to persons in this country and Europe engaged in organizing colonies or inducing immigrants to settle in the West. He shall arrange low rates of transportation and devise all lawful and feasible means to increase the population and wealth of the Territory and to develop its resources. He shall prepare a suitable exhibit for the Philadelphia exposition of 1876. He shall make biennial reports to the legislature. He shall encourage county immigration societies to organize and cooperate with the state board. He shall give bond for $5,000, serve a term of two years, and receive an annual salary of $1,000. Each board of county commissioners may appoint a corresponding secretary to aid the state board in collecting data. The presidents of boards of county commissioners shall receive $5 for each day of service to board of immigration. Act of 1888 (an act providing for the encouragement of immigration to the Territory of Wyoming and for other purposes).-By the act of 1888 the secretary of the Territory was authorized to devise appropriate means of promoting immigration to Wyoming and of encouraging the permanent settlement and improvement of all sections of the Territory. He shall prepare, publish, and distribute data relating to the development of agricultural, manufacturing, commercial, stock, and mining interests. He may cooperate with transportation companies to exhibit the resources and products of Wyoming at any fairs and expositions in the United States. He shall be official statistician, and obtain and collate statistics concerning all phases of the growth of the Territory by counties. He shall make a biennial report to the governor. He shall have power to employ clerical assistance at expense not in excess of $500. He shall have funds available to the amount of $2,500 for general expenses, and at the discretion of boards of county commissioners a secretary for each county may be appointed to secure data for his county. Act of 1907 (an act creating a department of immigration).—The act of 1907 created a department of immigration composed of the commissioner of public lands, the state geologist, and the state engineer. It shall be its duty to collect, compile, and distribute reliable information in regard to the resources of the State; to employ advertising agents, and otherwise exploit the possibilities of Wyoming. It shall have power to require other public officers to cooperate in collecting official data. IMMIGRATION AND ALIEN LAWS. ACT OF 1873. [Wyoming Laws, 1873, ch. 45, p. 198.] AN ACT To establish a board of immigration, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the council and house of representatives of the Territory of Wyoming: SECTION 1. That the governor be, and is hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the consent of the council, a commissioner of immigration, who, together with the governor and the president of the board of county commissioners of each county, shall constitute a board of immigration, any four of whom shall constitute a quorum to transact business. SEC. 2. That said board of immigration shall meet on the first Monday of October of each year, at the office of the commissioner of immigration, or elsewhere, as called by the governor, to make rules and regulations for the government of the commissioners of immigration, and to do all other acts which they deem best to promote the object of this act: Provided, That the first meeting of said board of immigration shall be called by the governor, to meet at the capital or some other town or city of the Territory, on or before the first Monday of February, 1874: And provided further, That the commissioner of immigration shall be secretary of said board of immigration and the members of said board shall elect one of their number president of said board, and who shall preside at all meetings of the board, and who shall be authorized to call special meetings of the board when the interests of the Territory shall demand it: Provided further, That said board of immigration shall not under any consideration involve the Territory in any indebtedness or expense in amount exceeding the sum appropriated by this act. SEC. 3. That the commissioner of immigration shall devote at least one-half of his time to the duties of his office. He shall, as secretary of said board of immigration, keep a record of all the proceedings of such board. He shall keep a book or books, in which shall be entered all moneys expended and for what purposes expended. He shall, for the purpose of encouraging and directing immigration to the Territory, from time to time, under the direction of said board, publish and disseminate such useful information as he can obtain concerning the developed and undeveloped resources of the Territory, and in pamphlets or circulars for distribution he shall set forth the opportunities for agriculture and grazing in the Territory and the estimated profits of such branches of business, the situation of the iron and coal lands, the opportunities for coal mining, and the manufacturing of iron, and he shall call attention to the regions in which oil has been discovered, and the sections of the Territory where the precious metals have been discovered, and to what extent they are mined, and with what profit; and he shall give such other information as shall tend to promote the objects of this act. He shall correspond with all persons seeking information concerning the Territory with persons organizing colonies to settle in the West, and with persons engaged in Europe in inducing immigration to the United States, with a view to induce settlements within the Territory. He shall make arrangements with railroad, packet, and stage companies to obtain a low rate of fares for those desiring to settle within the Territory, and do all other acts not inconsistent with this act which may tend to increase the population and wealth of the Territory and develop the resources of the Territory. That the commissioner of immigration shall solicit contributions of specimens of minerals, ores, fossils, petrifactions, and other curiosities found within the Territory for the centennial exhibition to be held in the city of Philadelphia during the year 1876, and the said commissioner shall preserve all articles so contributed, in his office, until needed for such exhibition, and such other acts as may be directed by said board of immigration not inconsistent with this act. SEC. 4. The commissioner of immigration shall collect and compile for publication in a biennial report to the legislature in such form as the board of immigration shall judge best and necessary to aid the objects of the board all statistics and facts relating to the character and resources of the Territory, the amount of money received and expended, and an abstract of the proceedings of the said board for the preceding two years, and all other information which may be of interest to the Territory and calculated to subserve the designs of this act. SEC. 5. The board of county commissioners of each county may appoint a corresponding secretary when they deem it to the interest of their county whose duty it shall be to inform the commissioner of immigration as to the resources of his county: Provided, The compensation of such a secretary shall not exceed fifty dollars per annum, which shall be paid out of the county treasury on order of the board of county commissioners. SEC. 6. That the said board of immigration shall, as much as possible, encourage and try to effect the organization of county immigration societies to cooperate with the board in aid of immigration. SEC. 7. That the said commissioner of immigration shall hold his office for a term of two years: Provided, That the commissioner of immigration who shall be appointed during this session of the legis lative assembly shall enter upon his duties on the 1st day of January, A. D. 1874, and his term of office shall expire on the first Monday of November, 1875, or as soon thereafter as his successor is duly appointed and qualified: Provided further, That the commissioner of immigration shall before entering upon the duties of his office take the oath required of territorial officers, and shall execute a bond to the Territory in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned to 79521°-VOL 39-11- -C1 faithfully perform the duties required by his appointments and this act, which said bond shall be approved by one of the judges of the supreme court and filed with the territorial treasurer. SEC. 8. The presidents of the boards of county commissioners shall receive for their services the sum of five dollars per day for each day actually engaged in meetings of the board of immigration and all moneys actually and necessarily expended to and from such meetings. SEC. 9. The commissioner of immigration shall receive a salary of one thousand dollars per annum which shall be paid quarterly out of the territorial treasury. SEC. 10. That the sum of two thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated for the purpose of paying the salary of the commissioner of immigration for the term of two years, and that the sum of two thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out any moneys not otherwise appropriated for defraying the expenses incidental to the operations of said board: Provided, That said board shall not expend exceeding one-half of said appropriation during the first year. That the auditor of the treasury is hereby directed to draw his warrant or warrants on the territorial treasury to pay the vouchers which may be certified as correct by said board of immigration, which warrants shall be marked "immigration fund:" Provided, That the amount of such warrants shall not exceed in any one year the amount specified by this section of this act. SEC. 11. This act shall take effect on and after its passage. ACT OF 1888. [Wyoming Laws, 1888, ch. 34, p. 72.] AN ACT Providing for the encouragement of immigration to the Territory of Wyoming, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the council and house of representatives of the Territory of Wyoming: SECTION 1. The secretary of the Territory is hereby authorized to devise appropriate means of promoting immigration to Wyoming, and of encouraging the permanent settlement and improvement of all sections of the Territory. He shall be authorized to prepare, publish, and distribute all such useful information as is designed to convey correct and full information on all matters pertaining to the growth and development of agricultural, manufacturing, commercial, stock and mining interests of the Territory. All correspondence relating to immigration shall be conducted under the supervision of the secretary, and he shall be authorized by the issue of published pamphlets, and other printed matter, to secure a liberal and extensive advertisement of the resources and prospective development of Wyoming; and he shall be further authorized to adopt such appropriate measures as in his judgment will tend to increase the population and wealth of the Territory, and to develop its resources. SEC. 2. The secretary, or some suitable person under his direction, shall have charge of any exhibit of the products and resources of |