ART. 45 A] BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION. 361

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 immi-
gration 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 hun-
dred dollars per annum.

1896, ch. 295

6. As soon as organized it shall be the duty of the board of
immigration commissioners to take the 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 distributing and locating such immi-
grants as may be brought to the State through the agency of the
bureau, it shall be the duty of the board of immigration commis-
sioners 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 immi-
gration commissioners may also call upon the county commission-
ers 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 board of commissioners shall procure, at
the expense of the State, such maps and other drawings as may
be necessary to properly illustrate the geographical, topograph-
ical, physical, agricultural and other conditions of the State
appertaining to the functions of this bureau.

Ibid. 1898, ch. 282.

7. If it shall appear necessary or desirable in order to pro-
mote the objects of the bureau, the State superintendent may
personally or through a special agent visit Canada or any of the
States of the Union, for the purpose of inducing or attracting to
this State such immigration as he shall deem desirable, and may
also employ such other means of advertisement to that end as
may commend themselves to his judgment, keeping himself for
this and all other purposes, except salaries, within the appropria-
tion for the expenses of this bureau.