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upon foreclosure of said deed of trust or mortgage, when the amount for which such property is sold at said sale does not exceed the amount due under said deed of trust or mortgage at the time of such sale and the costs of such foreclosure: Provided, however, That all right, title, or interest acquired by such person or corporation at such sale or foreclosure shall be forfeited to the State of Missouri unless such person or corporation shall in good faith sell all of such right, title, and interest to a citizen of the United States within six years after the person or corporation so purchasing at such sale or foreclosure shall have held the possession of such real estate according to the interest purchased or acquired by him or it at such sale or foreclosure. (Laws 1895, p. 207, amended Laws 1897, p. 144, amended.)

SEC. 4766. Property to be forfeited to State for violation of this chapter; duty of attorney-general, prosecuting, and circuit attorneys. All property acquired, held, or owned in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be forfeited to the State of Missouri, and it shall be the duty of the attorney-general or circuit or prosecuting attorney of the proper city or county to enforce every such forfeiture by bill in equity or other proper process. And in any suit or proceeding that may be commenced to enforce the provisions of this chapter it shall be the duty of the court to determine the very right of the matter, without regard to matters of form, joinder of parties, multifariousness, or other matters not affecting the substantial rights, either of the State or of the parties concerned, in any such proceeding arising out of the matters in this chapter mentioned. (Laws 1895, p. 207.)

Right to acquire real estate. This section is an express recognition that real property may be acquired by an alien, subject to the right of the State to compel a forfeiture. (Pembroke v. Huston, 180 Mo., 627, 79 S. W., 470.)

[Missouri Annotated Statutes, 1906, vol. 3, ch. 113, p. 3632.]

SEC. 7536. Board established.-There is hereby established, within and for the State of Missouri, a board of immigration. (R. S. 1889, sec. 5446.)

SEC. 7537. Appointment of commissioners.-Such board of immigration shall be composed of three members, to be known as "commissioners of immigration," who shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, and shall hold their office for the term of four years from the 1st day of January, A. D. 1879, and until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified: Provided, That if any vacancy shall occur on said board of immigration, by the death, resignation, or removal of any of said commissioners of immigration, when the senate is not in session, the governor may fill such vacancy or vacancies by appointment, and such appointee or appointees shall hold office for the balance of the term, unless the senate, at its next session, shall refuse to confirm such appointment or appointments. (R. S. 1889, sec. 5447.)

SEC. 7538. President of board; office.-One of the commissioners shall be president of the board under the title of "state superintendent of immigration," and shall be so designated in his appointment, and the two commissioners shall only draw pay for their actual expenses in attending the meetings of the board. Said board of com

missioners shall procure and keep open during business hours, in such place as the board of commissioners may select, a good and sufficient office for the use of said board and for the safe-keeping and exhibition of such specimens of the agricultural, horticultural, mineral, and other material resources of the State as may be found necessary. (R. S. 1889, sec. 5448.)

SEC. 7539. Meeting of board; oath, etc.-The commissioners of immigration shall meet at the state capital within twenty days after their confirmation as such, and shall take and subscribe an oath that they will faithfully demean themselves in office, and shall severally enter into and execute bonds to the State of Missouri in the sum of five thousand dollars each, with good and sufficient security, to be approved by the governor, conditioned for the faithful discharge of their duties as such commissioners of immigration. (R. S. 1889, sec. 5449.)

SEC. 7540. Election of officers.-After said commissioners of immigration shall have qualified, as in the preceding section mentioned, they shall proceed to organize, as soon as may be, by the election from their number of a president, secretary, and auditor. (R. S. 1889, sec. 5450.)

SEC. 7541. Salary of superintendent, etc.-The state superintendent of immigration shall receive in regular quarterly payment a salary of eighteen hundred dollars per annum from the date of his qualification, in full compensation for himself and deputy. All bills shall be filed with the auditor, and all accounts allowed shall be recorded by the secretary and shall be certified to the state auditor, signed by the auditor, and countersigned by the secretary of the board, and shall be paid by the warrant of the state auditor, drawn on the state treasurer in favor of the parties to whom such accounts shall be certified as due; and after the appropriation for any one year has been exhausted, there shall not be expended for that year any more money, nor shall any debts or obligations be incurred by the board. (R. S. 1889, sec. 5451.)

SEC. 7542. Duty of commissioners.-It shall be the duty of the commissioners of immigration to use such means as may be at their disposal to properly represent the advantages afforded by Missouri to persons desiring to secure homes in the West; and they may employ such agents for the like purpose as may be necessary. The board may contract for and may advertise in one or more papers or magazines published in Europe, and also in at least one agricultural paper or other journal published in the Eastern or Middle States of this country. (R. S., 1889, sec. 5452.)

SEC. 7543. Contracts with railroads. The board of immigration shall have power to make contracts with railroads, steamboat lines, and other transportation companies, securing a low rate of fare to immigrants, and to make the necessary preparation for their reception and temporary accommodation. (R. S., 1889, sec. 5453.)

SEC. 7544. Board to compile statistics. It shall be the duty of the board of immigration to collect and compile, from all available sources, correct statistics and descriptions of the material resources and social condition of the State. The board may, from time to time, prepare and publish pamphlets, with maps of the State, essays,

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and articles correctly describing the developed and undeveloped agricultural and mineral resources and manufacturing interests of the State, and such other local information as may be of interest to immigrants. (R. S., 1889, sec. 5454.)

SEC. 7545. Information to be furnished.-It shall be the duty of the several faculties of the normal schools, school of mines, and agricultural college to preserve and forward to the office of the board of immigration such information relating to the several subjects taught in or promoted by said institutions as will show the agricultural, mineral, manufacturing, and educational advantages of the State. And said board of immigration is hereby authorized to call upon the clerks of the county courts, or other county officers of the several counties of this State, for such statistical, historical, or other information as said board may deem desirable. (R. S., 1889, sec. 5455.)

SEC. 7546. Subscriptions to be solicited. The board of immigration shall open books and solicit subscriptions of money and other material aid from persons and corporations, to be used by the board in promoting immigration to this State: Provided, That such subscriptions shall be expended and used before drawing on the amount appropriated by the general assembly for the use of said board. (R. S., 1889, sec. 5456.)

SEC. 7547. Reports.-It shall be the duty of the board of immigration to make biennial reports to the governor, to be by him laid before the general assembly at each session. Said report shall give an itemized statement of all moneys received by the board, and from what source received, and to whom and for what purposes paid; the results attained or expected to be attained; the statistics of immigration and other kindred information, together with such suggestions as the board may think proper to make. (R. S., 1889, sec. 5457.)

SEC. 7548. Auxiliary boards.—The board of immigration is empowered to authorize the organization of auxiliary boards of immigration in such counties in this State as may desire the same, under such rules and regulations as the board may prescribe. (R. S., 1889, sec. 5458.)

SEC. 7549. Appropriations.-The general assembly at each session shall appropriate not less than ten thousand dollars per year for the ensuing two years, for the use of the board of immigration in carrying out the provisions of this chapter; said fund to be known and designated as the immigration fund; and the auditor of the State shall draw his warrant on said fund upon the requisition of said board of immigration. (R. S., 1889, sec. 5459.)

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DIGEST OF IMMIGRATION AND ALIEN LAWS.

Act of 1893 (an act to establish a bureau of agriculture, labor, and industry and provide for the appointment of a commissioner thereof and define his duties).-The act of 1893 creates a bureau of agriculture, labor, and industry under the supervision of a commissioner, who shall be appointed by the governor. The term of office shall be four years, but he may be removed "for incompetence, malfeasance, or neglect of office."

The commissioner shall collect and present in an annual report to the governor statistical data relating to all departments of labor— "agricultural, commercial, mining, manufacturing, educational, and social interests and sanitary condition of the laboring classes and to the prosperity of all productive industries of the State." He shall correspond with bureaus of emigration and other mediums for distributing information in the interest of the State. He shall furnish facts relative to climate, productive resources, public lands, cost of labor and living, railroad rates, access to markets, and prices of products. He shall arrange reasonable rates of transportation conducive to the interests of the State and the immigrant. He shall secure publicity in public journals in centers of population and endeavor to induce desirable immigration. Other duties shall devolve upon the commissioner which are only incidental to questions of immigration.

Joint resolution of 1893 (joint resolution relating to the immigration of paupers, criminals, and dependent persons). The legislature of Montana recommends that Congress and the legislative assemblies of the several States enact laws establishing a uniform policy of immigration from foreign nations and from State to State of persons who are dependent upon charity and are of idle or vicious habits.

Act of 1893 (substitute for senate bill No. 11, relative to commissioner of agriculture, labor, and industry). The provisions of this act are practically parallel with the provisions of a prior act of 1893, which has been reviewed.

Act of 1909 (an act to increase the duties of the commissioner of the bureau of agriculture, labor, and industry, and for other purposes). The commissioner of agriculture, labor, and industry shall prepare reports" upon the agricultural, commercial, mining, manufacturing, labor, or other industrial resources of the State or upon the educational or social interests or sanitary conditions of the people of the State." The reports shall bear the official certificate of the State and shall be sent to such parts of the United States as will secure the greatest benefit. The commissioner shall enlist the aid of all available mediums, such as immigration bureaus, fairs, expositions, and the public press, for disseminating data in "regard to climate, productive, commercial, industrial, and labor resources of Montana." He shall report annually to the governor. He may appoint a

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chief clerk and an assistant clerk. Five thousand dollars a year is appropriated for expenses. County commissioners may make appropriations for advertising the resources of their county upon receiving a petition signed by at least 50 per cent of the freehold taxpayers; amount of such appropriation shall be graduated in proportion to rank of the county. County commissioners may appoint a compiler of data and statistics to prepare and publish literature. Organizations for promoting the general welfare may furnish advertising matter for distribution by the state bureau. The bureau shall not aid the importation of alien labor to work during industrial disputes between employer and employee or permit the importation of contract labor at any time.

IMMIGRATION AND ALIEN LAWS.

ACT OF 1893.

[Montana State Laws, 1893, p. 164.]

AN ACT To establish a bureau of agriculture, labor, and industry and provide for the appointment of a commissioner thereof and define his duties.

Be it enacted by the legislative assembly of the State of Montana: SECTION 1. That a bureau of agriculture, labor, and industry is hereby created and established in and for this State, whose executive officer shall be a commissioner appointed by the governor; a chief clerk who shall be appointed by the commissioner. Said commissioner shall be appointed on or before the 1st day of May, A. D. 1893, and his term of office shall be for four years; he may be removed by the governor for incompetence, malfeasance, or neglect of office. Said commissioner shall execute a bond in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, to be approved by the governor and filed with the state auditor for the faithful performance of his duties.

SEC. 2. The commissioner shall collect, assort and arrange, systematize and present in an annual report to the governor, on or before the 1st day in December in each year, statistical details relating to all departments of labor in the State of Montana, especially in relation to the agricultural, commercial, mining, manufacturing, educational and social interests, and sanitary condition of the laboring classes and to the prosperity of all the productive industries of the State. He shall open correspondence with bureaus of emigration, boards of trade, and other organizations in the United States who are willing to assist in desseminating information in regard to the climate and productive resources of Montana and its desirableness as a home for the worthy emigrant. He shall furnish facts relating to the public lands and methods and costs of securing them, costs of labor and living, railroad rates, access to markets, prices of products; he shall arrange for such reasonable rates for transportation from railroads, steamships, and other lines of transfer as will be most conducive to the best interests of the State and the emigrant. He shall correspond with emigrant gazetteers and other literary and news journals. He shall advertise rates of transportation to Montana in one or more journals published in New York, Chicago, and one in San Francisco.

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