PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 683

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 document of the office; keep the books of the bureau,
conduct its corespondence, and perform such other duties per-
taining 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 immigration mat-
ters to persons who may apply thereto. And the State Super-
intendent is authorized subject to the approval of the board of
immigration 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.)

SEC. 6. As soon as organized it shall be the duty of the board
of immigration 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 distributing and locat-
ing 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 organi-
zation of local boards of immigration commissioners in the sev-
eral 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 immigra-
tion, such information as may be necessary to the proper keep-
ing 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,