The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-03-22

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AN ACT organize and regulate the duties OF the Depart
of Immigration and agriculture, pursuant to article
twelve, section twenty-three of the Constitution, ant
| foo other purposes.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted 6g tie Legisza
ture of tie State Of Mississippi, That there
be established within and for the State o1
Mississippi, Board of immigration and
Agriculture, to be composed of the Governor
nor Commissioned immigration and Agri
culture, the Attorney General and the Trea-
urer; that said Governor shall be president OF
said board that said board shall meet for or
ganization, within three months after the
passage of this act; and shall hold regular
meetings thereafter once every three months,
at such place and time as they may fix
pf0uided, said president or commissioner
may call special meeting of said board
whenever, in the Judgment of either of
them, business may require.
Sec 2. Be it further enacted. That said
board shall, within six months after the
passage of this act, appoint the officers
herein provided for, to be, thereupon, duly
commissioned by the Governor that they
shall examine, approve or disapprove, all
contracts made by said commissioner for
lets, maps, charts or other documents re-
quired by this act; such contracts for
printing and publishing be awarded to prin
tiers and publishers in the State of MisSis-
sippi, if the same can be done as cheaply
and expeditiously by them as by other prin-
tiers and publishers. They shall carefully
consider, correct and approve all bills, ac-
counts and expenditures made under and by
virtue of the requirements of this act, and
shall certify the amount found to be justly
due on same, to the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts, who shall, thereupon, issue his war
rant upon the treasury, In favor OF the per-
son to whom same is due, and they shall
supervise and control in all matters so as to
secure the object and purpose of this act.
SEC. 8. Be 1T furtlter enacted, That the
Commissioner of immigration be, and is
hereby empowered to authorize the organi-
zation of auxiliary boards of immigration
and agriculture in such counties in this
State as may desire the same, under such
rules and regulations as the board of immi-
grafton and agriculture may prescribe.
SEC 4. Be Il further eRdcted, That said
commissioner, Immediately after the pass
age of this act, shall prepare and transmit
to each county superintendent of education,
and each clerk of the chancery court in this
State, printed interrogatories, such as will
elicit full information respecting water
courses, lakes. towns, manufactures and
railroads in their respective counties also,
respecting the character and fertility OF soil,
products of same, water advantages, trans
portation facilities, quantity OF open and
timber lands, whether level, undulating or
broken, kind of timber, extent and nature
of pasturage, church and school advantages,
horticultural culture, markets for horticul-
tural and dairy products, hygienic char
acter of climate, society, mineral wealth,
mining enterprises, population of county
and towns, agricultural products per annum,
stock raising and sheep husbandry, to-
gether with such information as will be
useful in enabling immigrants to obtain an
accurate knowledge of each county in the
State, and its adaptation to the various
pursuits of husbandry, manufacturing and
mechanical enterprises.
SEC. 5. Be 1t .turthsr enacted, That It'll
shall be the duty of the said commissioner,
under the direction of the said board, to
cause to be made geographical, geological
and typographical maps and charts OF this
State, showing the various counties, with
all their water-courseS, railroads, lakes,
timber belts, classifications of soil, and the
number of acres of land for sale in each
county, industries, towns and internal inn
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portation companies, domestic and foreign,
and secure from them the lowest possible
rates and fares for the transportation of I'M
migrants. also for the officers herein pro-
vided to secure the cooperation of all
domestic railroads in furtherance of the
purposes of this act; to prepare, publish
and distribute pamphlets, containing all the
designed by this act, or such
other information as he may deem useful
to secure the translation and publication of
part of said pamphlets in the German and
Swedish languages for distribution inI
Europe, to adopt and put in force any meas
ures advisable for the protection of immf-
grants against fraud, speculation and in
correct information to aid, by every avail
able and proper means, organization OF
colonies for settlement in this State; to cor
respond with capitalists desiring to make
investments and settlement of colonies
in this State and to report to the Leg
islature all such settlements actually