The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-26
AN ACT to continue the pepartn

AN ACT to continue the Department OF
Immigration and Agriculture, established
in pursuance of article II, section %, of
the Constitution, and for other purposes.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Legisla-
ture of the State of Mississippi, That the
Board of Immigration and Agriculture, as
established in 1882, be continued for the
years 1884 and 1885, consisting of the Gov
ernor as President, the Commissioner OF
Immigration, the Attorney General and
the State Treasurer, as members; said
board shall hold regular meetings once in
every three months at such time as they
may fix; provided, said president, or COM
missioner may call 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 approve or disapprove OF all
contracts, bills and accounts made by the
Commissioner of immigration and Agri-
culture, for all expenses in conducting the
department, after carefully considering and
correcting the same, shall certify to the
amount Justly due to the Auditor OF Pub
| lie Accounts who shall thereupon issue his
warrant upon the Treasurer in favor of the
person to whom the same is due, and the
board shall supervise and control in all
HdLLCIS SO as w SNNulN bAAS ObJCNb oAtN "a
poses of this act.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That it
shall be the duty of said commissioner un-
der the direction and control OF the board
to continue the work already commenced;
to adopt and put in force any measures
advisable for the protection of immigrants
from fraud, speculation and incorrect in
formation; to arrange with all transporta-
ton companies and secure for them the
lowest possible rates and fares; to aid by
every available and proper means, the set
Element of industrious and reliable farmers
and mechanics in this State, and secure the
investment of capital in factories and in
the purchase and settlement OF lands and
the development of its resources.
SEC 4. Be it further enacted, That said
commissioner use all needful means to se-
cure the active cooperation with him on
the part of citizens of this or other States;
that he continue correspondence with the
bureau of immigration in this country and
in Europe, and by every means in his
power, advertise and keep before the world
the resources and advantages of this State.
SEC. 5. Be il further enacted, That said
commissioner shall from time to time
gather statistics of crops, fruit culture,
stock raising, sheep husbandry and general
anu puDiAnlA
same for the benefit of agriculture; collect
and distribute seeds, give information as
TO fertilizers and do all that will tend to
enlarge, diversity and improve the farming
of this State
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the
salary of said commissioner shall be two
thousand $4,000 dollars per annum, and
actual travelling expenses not to exceeds two
hundred and fifty dollars per annum.
SEC. T. BE it further enacted, That all
sums of money drawn from the State Treas
urer for the purposes Of this act, not here
inbefore provided for, shall be paid by the
Treasurer on the warrant Of the Auditor,
upon the certificate of the President of the
Board OF Immigration and Agriculture,
designating the purposes for which the
same shall issue, together with certificate
of the correctness of the account in pay
ment Of which the warrant is directed to
issue.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That for
the purposes of paying the salaries herein
provided, and for carrying out all the pro-
visions of this act, paying postage and
other incidental expenses the sum OF nine
thousand dollars, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, be and the same is here
by appropriated out Of any funds in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, Tor
the years 1884 and 1885.
SIC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the
Board Of ofImmigration and Agriculture shall
aid and cooperate with the exposition
bureau in providing an exhibition at New
Orleans.
SEC. 10. Be il further enacted, That all
acts and parts Of acts, in conflict with the
provisions Of this act, be and the same are
hereby repealed, and this act take effect
and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved, March IL, 1884.