Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-02-09

The Joint Committee of the General As.
sembly on the subject Of immigration have
made report.
1t proposes the appointment of Commits
sioner Of immigration and the establis bment
of Board Of Immigration, to be composed
of the Commissioner, the Governor, the Au-
ditor of Public Accounts, the Secretary Of
the Commonwealth, and the Treasurer
The Commissioner is to be appointed by the
Governor by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate His salary is to be
$1,000. He is to reside in Richmond, and
to hold the Office for two years. There is
to be salaried agent stationed at Norfolk
to receive Immigrants. n
The Board is to meet once month Cor
oftener) to have general supervision, and
to report annually to the legislature.
To facilitate the labors of the Board, it
is directed to secure, if possible, the ap-
pointment by the county judge in each coun-
ty of one or more immigration agents, to aid
in procuring Information and transacting
the necessary local business. Such agents
to be paid by the counties either by per-
centage on lands sold, or in such other way
as may be deemed best.
1t is devolved upon the Board to procure
statistics and information with regard to the
population, resources, &c., of the counties
and cities of the State-such information to
be published and circulated SO as to attract
immigrants to the State.
The committee recommend an appropri-
alton Of $50, 600
Whether the action of the Legislature Oh
this report will meet the necessities and re-
| quirements Of The State. we can not say -
There is however, necessity to Introduce
the kind of immigration that will buy up
and cultivate our waste places, develope our
latent wealth, bnild up manufactures &c.
It is not the day-laborer we SO much need
as the man OF means, be it little or large, to
buy our lands that now produce nothing
and make them productive. Numbers Of
untitled farms are to be found all over the
State, which can be bought at moderate
prices and furnish great inducements to this
class Of men, if they we're only made aware
of it.
hat RI II In vuhI oh tnnE q
the procuring and circulation Of reliable in.
formation of the Agricultural, Mechanical
Mineral and other resources of the State is
pregnant with advantage to all our people
It will advise the very class We most need
and bring them here. They will bring with
them the means, energy and enterprise We
need. Whether the Legislature passes bill
in correspondence with the report or not
they should make provision to carry out this
suggestion. By this means the great West
induced its wonderful flow of immigration,
and Virginia may we'll follow such an ex
ample. She has greater inducements to Of
fer, and the time is propitious. All we need
is to let our advantages be known abroad. and
the General Assembly should not hesitate
to provide that it shall be done at once, and
thoroughly. Nothing we know Of would
bring half the immediate as well as future
advantages to our entire people.
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The Republican State Central Committee
have fixed upon the 18th of April as thu
day for holding their State Convention
Archbishop Spading, of Baltimore, dice
in that City. on We lnesday. aged 81 Years