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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

German, Dutch and French languages if practicable, who shall
hold his office during the time of said board, unless his
appointment 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 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 furnished all required information
regarding 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.

8. And be it further enacted. That if it shall appear

Induce immi-
gration.

necessary or desirable in order to promote 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 advertise ment to that end as may com-
mend themselves to his judgment, keeping himself for this and
all other purposes, .except salaries, within the appropriation for
the expenses of this bureau.

11. Be it further enacted, That the sum three thous-

Appropria-
tion.

and dollars per year for the years 1898 and 1899, be and the
same is hereby apppropriated for the use of the Bureau of
Immigration, for their expenses in carrying out the provisions
of this article, said fund to be known and designated as the
"Immigration Fund," and. the Comptroller shall draw his war-
rant on said fund upon the requsition of the Board of Immi-
gration Commissioners, and the salaries of the superintendent
and secretary shall be paid on the warrant of the Comptroller
and the requisition , of the Board of Immigration Commis-
sioners out of any funds in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated.