The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-07-03
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- AN ACT

To organize and regulate the department of
Labor and Agriculture pursuant to the LIST
Article of the Constitution.
SEC. l. Be 1t enacted by the General Assem-.
bly, of Maryland, That the Superintendent of
Labor and Agriculture, shall prepare and dis
tribute or cause to be prepared and distribu-
ted both at home and abroad, such facts and
information as may conduce to a complete,
full and satisfactory understanding Of the
agricultural, mineral, manufacturing and gen.
eral commercial resources of the State of
Maryland, and shall keep always open to in
spection in his Office reliable exhibits, with
{ he terms annexed of such property in Mary
land, as the owners thereof may desire to
have registered in said Office as for rent or
sale 0s uae1@f.1.Ir .
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That II shall not
be lawful for any other agent, runner OF So
licitor to visit vessels arriving with immi-
grants on board for any purpose whatever,
until such immigrants have been seen and pro-
perly instructed by the said Superintendent
of Labor and Agriculture, or by one of his
clerks or agents expressedly charged with
that duty.
Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That any person
or persons violating the last preceding sec
ton, shall be liable on conviction in any
Court of Law in this State, having compe-
tent Jurisdiction, to fine of not less than fif-
ty dollars nor more than five hundred dol
lars, or imprisonment for not less than thirty
days nor more than sixty days, at the discre-
ton of the Court, said fine to 90 to the
State.
Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That said Super,
intendent may, if it shall deem II advantage
Gus, cause to be printed a small map of Mary
land, showing the county lines, railroads and
other chief routes Of communication, and al
so the position and names of its principal
towns, and upon the margin and back of said
map, he shall cause to be printed concise
description of the resources of the State, it's
climate, soils, and the value of its productions
and any other advantages calculated to at
tract permanent settlers from Europe or from
any part Of the United States and said de-
scriptive maps shall be printed in such Ian
guages as the said Superintendent may d.
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Sec. s. And be it enacted, That the said
Superintendent be and he is hereby authori-
zed to employ two intelligent agents who
shall speak the languages of the people
among whom they are to labor, whose duty
it shall be to judiciously distribute the maps
and other information sent to them by said
superintendent, and who shall exert them
selves by personal intercourse with the peo-
pie and in such ways as the Superintendent
may direct, in advising and aiding useful and
industrious persons to immigrate to MARYLAND;
one of said agents shall have his office in
Bremen, and the other in Liverpool; they
shall be subject to the orders of the Superiri-
tendent, and shall be discharged by him when.
ever in his Judgment they have ceaped to be
useful agents of his department
Sec g. And be it enacted, That said Su-
perintendent Of Labor and Agriculture, shall
be and he Is hereby required to keep in his
office, a book in which he shall cause to be
registered the names and places OF residence
Of such citizens of Maryland, as may desire
to obtain the assistance of his department in
procuring European OF other white laborers,
together with the number and description of
laborers required, and also the nature of the
employment and the rate of wages and other
necessary information, and the said Superin-
tendent shall transmit from time to time to
his agents in Europe allist of such registered
demands for labor, and also of such lands as
may be registered in his office, as for rent or
sale, agrecuhly 10 the provisions of the first
section of this Act, and the said Superinten-
emit at home and his agents abroad shall in
vite the attention of immigrants to the offers
extended by our citizens, and when neces-
sary shall furnish written directions to all
applicants for employment or lands, to such
places within the State, as may be selected
by them. s-la
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That whenever
any citizen of Maryland, may desire to send
to the said agent in Bremen or Liverpool, a
special requisition for laborers OF artizans of
any description and said citizen shall desire
to advance the money necessary for their
transportation, the amount to be afterwards
deoucted from their wages, or on any other
stipulated terms, he shall enter into obliga-
tons with the said Superintendent, and in
in the form to be presented by him and kept
in his office, and the said Superintendent is
hereby authorized to contract with any ship
owner or company engaged in the passenger
trade between Baltimore and any European
porf for the transportation at a fixed rate, Of
all such immigrants as his agent may desire
TO send to Maryland in compliance with such
special contracts rs are described in this sec.
ion. f4t 0 35.jt..4 .t
Sec. 8. And be 1t enacted, That the Com
missioner of Immigration, appointed under an
Act passed February 9th, eighteen hundred
and sixty-six and the immigrant agent APP
pointed by an Act passed March twenty-first,
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, are hereby
authorized and required 10 transfer to the SUI
psTi1.eIdehS Of Labor and Agriculture OF
this State, all papers, documents, maps, re-
cords and other public property appertaining
to their said offices, and take his receipt for
the same, which shall be filed among the 9TH
er vouchers of said commissioner and agent
in the office of the State Comptroller.
Sec. .. And be 1t enacted, That the said Su
perintendent shall keep an accurate &C.
count OF all monies expended by him under
the provisions Of this Act and make full
statement OF the same in his regular report
to the General Assembly
Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That when the
Superintendent of Labor and Agriculture
shall be prepared to execute the duties en-
joined by this Act, he shall give public notice
OF thes same, IN at least one newspaper in ey.
cry county of this State, and in the city Of
Baltimore, and he may append thereto copy
of such forms and rules as he may adopt foI
the transaction of the business Of this divis.
ON of his department 90 M G
g Sec. H. And be It enacted, That the State
Inspectors of agricultural products and fer.
ilizers, shall render to the Superintendent Of
Labor and Agriculture in the forms and &C
cording to the regulations prescribed by him
such monthly reports Of the receipts and ex-
penditures, and of the work and business Of
their offices as he may prescribe. ID! iga4
9a Sec. 10. And be 1t enacted, That the Su-
perintendent of Labor and Agriculture, shall
issue from time to time necessary and proper
regulations to secure economy and efficiency
in the inspection service Of the State; these
regulations not inconsistent with law, shall
have the force of law and be duly respected
and obeyed. 5s.gls'gog y'as.l 'a, .
Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That all quarter