1178 IMMIGRATION. [ART. 45.A

pose for which the bureau of immigration is established, which shall be
kept open daily during the year from nine o'clock A. M. to five o'clock
P. M., in which said office shall be kept conveniently for ready reference
maps, pamphlets and other statistics, fully and clearly descriptive of
the geographical position of each county of the State, its agricultural
and other resources and capabilities, shipping, marketing and other
facilities, the quantities and character of lands for sale and the price
for which the same may be obtained; the social, educational and other
conditions of the several counties, and the advantages and inducements
of every character offered to immigrants by each; and full and explicit
information in these several particulars, and any others that may be
deemed necessary, shall be at all times gratuitously furnished to all who
may apply, in person or by letter, for the same.

1904, art. 45 A, sec. 5. 1896, ch. 295, sec. 6. 1898, ch. 282.

5. The said board of immigration commissioners shall appoint a
secretary, who shall be a person of good address and conversant with
English, the German, Dutch and French languages, if practicable, who
shall hold his office during the time of said board, unless his appoint-
ment shall be sooner revoked for cause; he shall receive a salary of
twelve hundred dollars per annum upon the warrant of the comptroller,
and he shall give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars, to be
approved by the board of immigration commissioners, for the faithful
discharge of the duties of his office; it shall be the duty of the secretary
to attend' daily at the office of the bureau of immigration during the office
hours as hereinbefore prescribed; to arrange and carefully file away
and preserve all the records, statistics, pamphlets and other data and
documents of the office; keep the books of the bureau, conduct its cor-
respondence, and perform such other duties pertaining to the functions
of the bureau as may be required of him by the board of immigration
commissioners; and in the absence of the state superintendent it shall
be the duty of the secretary to furnish all required information regard-
ing immigration matters to persons who may apply thereto. And the
said board is also authorized to appoint a clerk who shall also act as
stenographer and typewriter, at a salary not to exceed six hundred
dollars per annum.

Ibid. sec. 6. 1890, ch. 295. sec. 7.

6. As soon as organized it shall be the duty of the board of immigra-
tion, commissioners to take the proper steps to collect reliable informa-
tion appertaining to the functions of this bureau in regard to every
county in this State; and for this purpose, as well as for the purpose
of distributing and locating such immigrants as may be brought to the
State through the agency of the bureau, it shall be the duty of the
board of immigration commissioners to invite and encourage the organ-
ization of local boards of immigration commissioners in the several
counties of the State; such auxiliary boards, however, to receive no
pecuniary aid or assistance from the State board; the said board of