Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-14
OF IOWA.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER "a.
AN ACT to encourage immigration to the
State of Iowa.

state OF iowa.
Section 1. BE it enacted by the General
assembly Of the State Of Io1d, That there
is hereby created a Board of Immigra
tion. which shall be composed Of seven
members. The Governor of the State
shall be er-oDicio PRESIDENT Of the Board,
and he shall appoint one member from
each Congressional district for two years
and until their successors are elected and
qualified.
Sec. 2. The Board of Immigration
shall meet in the city of Des Moines, on
the first Monday in April of each year.
Sec. 3. 1t shall be the duty of this
Board to do all, and everything which
may and will enhance and encourage fln-
Eastern States Of the United States, u
from the Eastern Hemisphere.
Sec. 4. The Board shall elect at their
first meeting, a Secretary, from their own
number. or outside Of the same. "a Xla1
Secretary shall act as Commissioner of
Immigration. He shall be a person who
is familiar with the agricultural, mineral,
and other resources of this State, and 1t
shall be his duty to prepare, publish and
distribute pamphlets and documents,
setting forth facts auea-statistics, illustra-
ting the advantageshnd material resour-
ccs of the State, apd containing correct
its climate, soil, production Isl, schools,
railroads, and all OTTER matters Of interest
to said immigrants.4
1t shall further be t4e duty Of said Com
missioner to maintdin correspondence
with Associations and parties generally
interested i'm Immigration, and may pub
lish or cause to be publAhed id Eastern
journals, essays and ARTICLES, treating on,
and describing truly, thdAagricultu9a3s.
mineral, commercial, socia and other
characteristics Of the State.
The said Secretary, shall act Vatter the
control of the Board of ImmigratNA,uand
shall [make al report of his doingsH 49,,
same, at their regular meeting. -
Sec. 5. The Secretary shall srecdyc
just compensation for his services, ttdbel
by the Board [aphl to be feid
out Of the funds created laS3 hereinafter
Sec. 9. The Board off Immigratioh
shall have pS&sy, whepever deemed eX4
pedient by THU, 70 apfoint an Agent, Of
Agents either y>Ttlk Eastern States Of
the United States For Europe, for the
purpose Of aiding mn immigra.
ton; and such Agent, Agents, shall
act solely under the instf iap OF The
Board of Immigration, who skSli '!sS0nx
and allow them just compensation for
their services.
Sec. Z. In case Of a vacancy IN the
Board, occurred by death, removal, res
ignation, or otherwise, such vacancy
shallbe filled by the Governor.
Sec<a. 1t shall be ting. dirty OF said
Board, t010,operate with Saae Board pf
Immigration Al>W ashington Ce sap6 to
make regular rep~<ts Of their LABOR ana
proceedings 3 the GsReral Asserpbly OF
the State, accngnpaniedRy such feferen-
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nish good and reliable dat nd proper
basis for furtheS legislatf6nAn the sub
Sec. 0. The Kembdrs of De Board
shall receive no tompensationt for their
services, but shallsbe allowed ple same
amount of mileage that's allowed the
members of the GeAeral Assembly, to be
paid out of the Stat4 Treasury, but shall
in no case be allowed for more than two
in one yeart
Sec. 10. For the Purpose Of carrying
the provisions of this Act into effect, the
sum of five thousand dollars, or so much
of it as may be necessary, which amount
shall include the salary Of the Secretary,
is hereby appropriated out Of any mon
les in the State Treasury not otherwise
TO be audited and paid an
claims may accrue, under the provisions
Of this Act, orders to be drawn by the
President, and countersigned by the Sec
rotary of the Board.
Sec. IL. This act being deemed Of i'm
mediate importance, shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's publication
in the Daily I0,c0 State Register and the
Homestead, newspapers published at
Des MOincs, Iowa.
Approved March %, 1870.
hereby certify that the foregoing Act
was published in the Daily State Register
March 20, and in the I0Wa Homestead
April !, 1870.
ED WRIGHT,
Secretary of State.