AET. 45A] BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION. 691

daily at the office of the bureau of immigration during the office hours
as hereinbefore prescribed; to arrange and carefully file away and pre-
serve all the records, statistics, pamphlets and other data and document
of the office; keep the books of the bureau, conduct its correspondence,
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 regarding immigra-
tion matters to persons who may apply thereto. And the State Super-
intendent is authorized subject to the approval of the board of immigra-
tion commissioners to appoint such clerical help as is necessary for the
proper performance of the duties 'of the office. (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.)

1904, art. 45A, ,sec. 6. 1896, ch. 295, sec. 7. 1914, ch. 429, sec. 6.
6. As soon as organized it shall be the duty of the board of immigra-
tion commissioners to take proper steps to collect reliable information
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 dis-
tributing 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 organization
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 immigration

commissioners may also call upon the County Commissioners and the
clerks of the Circuit Courts of the several Counties to assist them in
the collection of the necessary statistics and information, and in the
verification of the same; and the said commissioners and clerks of

courts shall furnish free of charge to the bureau of immigration, such
information as may be necessary to the proper keeping of the records
of the office as to new settlers their location, the number of acres and
from whom purchased, (at the expense of the State, such maps and other
drawings as may be necessary to properly illustrate the geographical,
topographical, physical, agricultural and other conditions of the State
appertaining to the function of this bureau).