ART. 45 A] IMMIGRATION. 359

ARTICLE XLVA.

IMMIGRATION.

Bureau of Immigration. 1. Bureau of immigration estab- lished. 2. Board of immigration commis- sioners appointed; term of office. State superintendent of immigration; his salary. 3. Character, qualifications and bond of such superintendent. 4. Office of board, where located. Advantages to immigrants at such office. 5. Secretary to said board; his qual- ifications, salary, bond and duties.

6. Duties of said board. Organiza- tion of local boards in the counties. 7. Duties of superintendent. 8. Board te make contracts with rail- roads for transportation of immigrants. 9 Meetings and annual report of board. 10. Appropriation of $8, 000 per year for 1898 and 1899 to carry out the provisions of this article. 11. Term of office of such board of immigration commissioners. 12. Superintendent to collect statis- tics after 1900.

Bureau of Immigration.

1896, ch. 295.

1. There is hereby established within and for the State of
Maryland, a bureau of immigration to encourage immigration to
this State.

Ibid.

2. There shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, once in every two years, a
board of immigration commissioners, composed of three mem-
bers, one of whom shall be president of the board, and one of
whom shall be State superintendent of immigration, and shall
be so designated in his appointment; the said commissioners-
shall be appointed for a term of two years, and until their succes-
sors are duly qualified; the State superintendent shall receive a
salary of two thousand dollars per annum, payable quarterly,
upon the warrant of the comptroller, and the other two commis-
sioners shall serve without compensation, except for their actual
expenses in attending the meetings of the board.

Ibid.

3. The State superintendent of immigration shall be a man
of good character and capacity, a citizen of the State of Mary-