Nevada County picayune., 1888-02-08
IMMIGRATION CONVENTION.
State Immigration Bureau
 Formed.


 One ofthe most important moves made by Arkansas in many years was the Immigration Convention held at Little Rock last week. II was an able, representative body consisting of 400 delegates. and did good work; tue most import. aat we give below. Politics were eschewed, as proven by electin4 Col. Logan H. Roots, arepublican as chairman, and J. G. E. Sims, oI Chicot, a democrat, secretary. \ committee on resolutions was ap pointed, to which much matter was referred. Thc railroad com panics doing business in this stat, were all represented by either their president, general manager or general ticket agent, and ill ev' cry case they are side by side with the people in their offers of aid in assistance in this noble movement Below, we give the result of the committees labOrs.
 Your committee are unanimous III making this report, and recon mend it's adoption by the conven ton:
 Whereas, Arkansas posse 60 natural resources, unsurpassed by any State in the Union, and in ma. ny respects superior 10 all others, which, when developed, will eXalt her into commonwealth of pros. perity, happiness and power, and enable her to assume that high DO. sition among her sister States to which she is justly entitled; and
 Whereas, her citizens, accustou. ed daily to witness her vast resour. ces. are just now beginning to un derstand her great capabilities and to feel that they should only be seen and known by others, to be fully appreciated; and believ. ing that new immigration and new capital, blended with her natural resources, will rapidly develop Arkansas and advance her among the foremost Of American States: | Therefore, this convention of the citizens of Arkansas, representing all classes of her people, have con. vened by the call of the Chief Mag istrate, hereby organize and estab fish the State Bureau of Immigra tion, for the purpose of gathering publishing and distributing statis' tics, maps, reports, and other reading matter, respecting the az ricu!tural, manufacturing, mining railroad and other interests of the State, and of encouraging and pro noting immigration 10 Arkansas
 1. The bureau shall be cOmpos ed of one member from each cOun ty of the State, to be selected by l, 4, of the delegates of the counties present; where practicable all Va cancies shall be filled by the hu reau so selected; but in case of q vacancy hereafter occurring, il shall be filled by the State Bureau on the recommendation of the To- cal county bureauX hereafter estab lished, if such exist, if not, by the State Bureau.
 ?. The members of the burea so chosen, shall elect from theil number a presid9nt and a vice president, and shall choose a see retary and treasurer, whose headquarters snail he at the Stat, capital.
 5. The president. and in his ab sence, the vice-president, shal call and preside at the meetings O the bureau, and have a genera control and supervision of it's af fairs; and at the request of any three members of the bureau shal call spc cial meetings thereof.
 f. The secretary shall be an ex oflicio member of the bureau; h, shall keep an office and devote his whole time and attention to the in terests of the bureau in advertis ing the resources and merits O. the State; giving information to al enquiring about Arkansas; collect ing all matters of interest respect ing the State and its advantages and by all proper means encoura ging immigration and the invest ment of capital in Arkansas. Ht shall, with the advice Ofthe eXecu tive committee. make all contracts for the bureau. He shall keep ac curate accounts of all his transac tious and make a monthly repOr thereof to the executive commit tee. He shall receive in full com pensation for hls services, a sala ry to be fixed by the bureau, paya ble monthly, and commencing when he enters upon the discharge of his duties.
 ,. The treasurer shall receive ant disbnrse all moneys of the bureau