Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-14
IMMIGRATION,
An Important Bill Looking TO the
Bringing of Capital and Labor 20
our State.

An Important Bill Looking TO the
Bringing of Capital and Labor 10
our State.
The following bill was introduced in
the House yesterday by Mr.. Walker, and
referred to the Committee on Immigrs-
ton:
1. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of Tennessee, That
there shall be and is hereby created an
office, to be kept at the city of Nashville,
to be known as the immigration State
Office.
2. The Legislature shall by joint
ballot, elect some competent and suitable
citizen to fill said office, who shall hold
his office for the term of two years, and
shall be paid salary of s..
3. 1t shall be the duty of said Immi-
grafton State officer to devote his whole
time to the interests of the State in COL
Letting statistics and facts for the use of
the public, and which he shall keep in
his office, neatly arranged; keeping all
the facts and information about each
county in the State, which shall be fur
nished separate, so that strangers, upon
visiting this Office, can ascertain the av-
erage value of lands in each county, the
proportion of the whole in cultivation,
the chief products, their general value at
home, as well as the places of market,
the distance and mode of getting to mar
ket; also, the railroad, turnpike and water
facilities to travel through and from each
county; the water-courses and their power
for propelling machinery; the kind, quail
ity and quantity of timber, and the gen
eral value of lumber, and the chances of
market; the quality and quantity of stone
for building purposes and for making
lime; the kind and quality of material for
making glass, with full description of
all marble and slate quaries, as well as
specimens of the marble and slate, and
full particulars of the beds of copper,
iron and coal, and any and all other facts
which the people of the county may fur
nish.
! 4. Said immigration State officer shall
keep his office open from o'clock in the
morning until 10 o'clock at night, and,
without charge or fee, shall promptly give
full and complete information of all mat
tiers in his office, whether asked by citi-
zens of the State Or strangers, in person
or by letter.
s. 1t shall be the duty of said Immi-
grafton State officer, Immediately upon
entering on the duties of his Office, to in
vite the CO, operation of all the counties
in the State by a printed circular, one
copy of which shall be sent to each coun-
ty officer in every county in the State,
and to such other citizens as may be
known, and with whom it may be practi-
cable to confer. By this circular said
immigration State officer shall distinctly
set forth the purposes and plans of his
office, especially the contemplated CO.
operation with the several counties of the
State by means of county associations
6. Every county IN the State forming
such county association, and cooperating
with the State office, and which shall con-
tribute its rateable portion of the current
expenses of the State Office, including adj
vertising and printing, shall be entitled to
the benefits of said Office, and have kept
in public place and for constant inspec-
ton all the facts and statistics furnished
under the provisions of this law.
Z. The ratio of each county in the cur
rent expenses shall be determined by the
relative amount of unimproYed lands, and
the amount which shall be appropriated
out of the common fund for expenses
shall be determined by the immigration
State officer and three members of the
Legislature, one from each division of the
State, and who shall be selected and
named by the two Speakers of the Senate
and House of Representatives, and the
Governor, or any two of them.