cate under its corporate name signed by its president and attested by its secretary under its corporate seal and verified by the affidavit of its president and secretary, showing following facts:

First. That such company was originally organized under the acts of Colorado Territory aforesaid;

Second. That one of its objects as shown by its original certificate of incorporation was for the purpose of aiding, encouraging, and inducing immigration to the Territory of Colorado;

Third. That said company actually did prosecute said object; Fourth. That said company regularly renewed its corporate life for a period of twenty years pursuant to the above-mentioned act approved April 20, 1889;

Fifth. That said company still maintains its organization, with a board of directors or trustees, a president and secretary, and has continuously so maintained its organization and incorporation; on the further condition that it shall pay to the secretary of state a fee of twenty-five dollars for the use of the general fund of the State of Colorado; and on the further condition that promptly on filing said certificate with the secretary of state it shall cause a certified copy thereof prior to the 15th day of July, A. D. 1909, to be filed for record in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the county where its principal business has been carried on.

SEC. 2. Any incorporated company of the class or character stated in section 1 hereof, upon conforming to the conditions of said section shall continue to be a corporation vested with its original powers until the 1st day of January, A. D. 1929.

SEC. 3. In the opinion of the general assembly an emergency exists; therefore, this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, May 5, 1909.

CONNECTICUT.

DIGEST OF IMMIGRATION AND ALIEN LAWS.

Act of 1845.-Under the act of 1845 aliens are empowered to acquire, hold, and transmit real property upon declaration of intention to become a citizen.

Act of 1846.-The act of 1846 confirms the titles to property made by or to aliens.

Act of 1848.-The act of 1848 removes from aliens resident in the United States any disqualification to acquire, hold, or transmit real

estate.

Act of 1848. This act of 1848 confers upon aliens the right to acquire and hold land by devise or inheritance.

Act of 1853 (authorizing appropriation for removal of colored persons to Liberia).-The act of 1853 appropriates $1,000 to assist in defraying the expenses of "such colored persons, inhabitants of this State, of industrious habits and good moral character, as may choose to emigrate to Liberia."

Act of 1855 (an act in addition to an act relating to courts).— Under the act of 1855 aliens are not permitted to declare intentions or be made citizens in any of the State courts.

Act of 1857 (an act in addition to an act concerning lands).-The act of 1857 empowers nonresident aliens to acquire and hold real estate for mining purposes.

Act of 1865 (an act to encourage the importation of laborers).— Contracts made by emigrants pledging their wages in repayment of expenses of immigration shall be valid in case it does exceed onehalf of his regular wage. Advances made for expenses shall constitute a lien on the wages of immigrants failing to fulfill their contract. Act of 1866 (an act providing for the support of paupers).-Under act of 1866 no person without the consent of the community shall become a resident of a town in the State unless a resident of the United States. Meetings shall be called for the admission of inhabitants. Six years' residence without public aid gains a right of residence. Persons who become a public charge may be removed by the town to their place of legal settlement. Bringing paupers into the State is prohibited.

Act of 1895 (an act concerning Italian or other alien laborers).—— The commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics is authorized to appoint competent persons to inform alien laborers of their rights. A penalty is provided against retaining wages of foreigners without adequate consideration.

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IMMIGRATION AND ALIEN LAWS.

ACT OF 1845.

[Connecticut State Laws, 1845, c. 3, p. 4.]

AN ACT Concerning foreigners.

Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives in general assembly convened,

SEC. 1. That any alien who shall have duly declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States in the manner prescribed by law and who shall thereafter have resided in this State for the term of one year shall be authorized and empowered to hold, convey, and transmit, by grant, devise, descent, or otherwise, real estate in this State to as full an extent as if he were a native citizen thereof. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

Approved, June 7, 1845.

ACT OF 1846.

[Connecticut State Laws, 1846, c. 28, p. 25.]

AN ACT In addition to an act entitled "An act concerning lands."

Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives in general assembly convened, That all conveyances and transfers of real estate in this State, or any interest therein, by deed, devise, or otherwise, heretofore made to any foreigner not authorized by law to hold real estate, and all conveyances and transfers of the same by such foreigner, be and the same hereby are confirmed to such foreigner, his heirs and assigns, and made effectual to all intents and purposes as though such foreigner had been a native-born citizen: Provided, That this act shall not affect any suit now pending. Approved, June 4, 1846.

ACTS OF 1848.

I.

[Connecticut State Laws, 1848, c. 56, p. 47.]

AN ACT In addition to an act entitled "An act concerning lands."

Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives in general assembly convened,

SEC. 1. That any woman who is an alien and the wife of a man by law capable of holding land in this State shall be capable of taking and holding land in this State by devise or inheritance, and shall be entitled to dower in the estate of her deceased husband. And the child or children, or other lineal descendants, or any person capable of holding land in this State, shall be entitled to take and hold such land as heir or heirs at law of such ancestor, whether such child, children, or lineal descendants are or are not natives of the United States in the same manner as if they were citizens of the United States.

Approved, June 22, 1848.

II.

[Connecticut State Laws, 1848, c. 15, p. 15.]

AN ACT In respect to aliens.

Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives in general assembly convened, That no person shall be disqualified by reason of his being an alien from purchasing, holding, inheriting, or transmitting real estate in this State in as full and ample a manner as nativeborn citizens: Provided, Such alien so purchasing, holding, inheriting, or transmitting be a resident of this State or some one of the United States.

Approved, June 24, 1848.

ACT OF 1853.

[Laws of Connecticut (private), 1853, p. 29.]

AN ACT Authorizing appropriation for removal of colored persons to Liberia. Resolved by this assembly, That one thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated from the treasury of the State, to aid in this removal of such colored persons, inhabitants of this State, of industrious habits and good moral character, as may choose to emigrate to Liberia, in Africa, under the superintendence and direction of the American Colonization Society.

Resolved, That the governor of this State be, and he is hereby, constituted and appointed commissioner to select from among the applicants for aid such as he may deem most deserving; and he is hereby authorized to pay to the order of the treasurer of the American Colonization Society fifty dollars for each emigrant upon due notice of his or her embarkation; and the comptroller of public accounts is also hereby authorized to draw an order on the treasurer of this State in favor of said commissioner for a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars for the use of said society.

ACT OF 1855.

[Laws of Connecticut (public), 1855, Chapter XXII, p. 22.]

AN ACT In addition to an act relating to courts.

Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives in general assembly convened, (That) No alien shall be permitted to declare his intention to become a citizen of the United States before any court already established or which hereafter may be established under and by virtue of the constitution and laws of this State, nor shall any alien be admitted to become a citizen of the United States before any such court.

Approved, June 26, 1855.

ACT OF 1857.

[Laws of Connecticut (public), 1857, Chapter L, p. 45.]

AN ACT In addition to "An act concerning lands"

Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives in general assembly convened:

SEC. 1. Any alien not a resident of this State or of the United States may, by deed or otherwise, acquire and hold any real estate in this State for the purpose of quarrying, or mining, or dressing, or smelting of ores on the same, or converting the products of such quarries and mines into articles of trade and commerce: Provided, That if any real estate so held by any nonresident alien for the purposes aforesaid shall remain without being worked or used for said purposes for a period of ten consecutive years, then all the right and title of any alien, nonresident as aforesaid, in or to such real estate shall be forfeited to the person or persons from whom the same was last acquired, or his or their heirs, if resident within the United States, and if not so resident, then to the State of Connecticut: Provided further, That if hostilities shall break out between the United States and the country of which such alien is a resident, or the friendly relations of the two countries be suspended, then the time of the continuance of such hostilities or the suspension of such friendly relations shall not be computed in making up said period of ten years. SEC. 2. Any real estate held by any nonresident alien pursuant to the provisions of this act may be transmitted by such alien by deed or otherwise and inherited from him in the same manner as though he was a native-born citizen: Provided, That no alien not a resident of the United States shall acquire any greater title to said real estate by such transmission or inheritance than he could acquire by virtue of the first section of this act. Approved, June 25, 1857.

ACT OF 1865.

[Connecticut Laws (public), 1865, Chapter X, p. 8.1

AN ACT To encourage the importation of laborers.

Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives in general assembly convened:

SEC. 1. That all contracts entered into, in any foreign country, by which any person emigrating to this country shall agree to labor in this State for any person or corporation that shall advance, in whole or in part, the expenses of his emigration and of his transportation to his place of employment, and shall pledge the wages of his labor for the repayment of such advances, by an application thereto of a part, not exceeding one-half, of his weekly or monthly wages, shall be valid and binding to the same extent and in the same manner as if made within this State. And any such contract made by any minor under the age of twenty-one years, but of the age of seventeen years or over, shall be binding upon him in the same manner as if he was of full age: Provided, That the assent of the father, or, if he have no father, of the mother, of such minor, shall be given to such contract, and certified thereon, in all cases where such minor shall have