Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08
No. 159, Al Published June &c, 1907.
CHAPTER 407. LAWS OF 1907.

CHAPTER 407, LAWS OF 1907.
AN ACT to create sections 237h to 237n,
inclusive, statutes of 1898, relating to
state board of immigration, and making
an appropriation therefor
The people Of the State Of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly, do
enact as follows:
utes of 1898, seven new sections to read
Section 237h. The secretary of state, the
commissioner of labor and industrial sta
tistics and the chief clerk of the state land
Office shall constitute "a state board of i'm
migra ton to serve without compensation.
The secretary of state shall be ex-ofticio
chairman of said board. In the event or
members shall constitute the board.
Section 237i. The said board of immigra-
ton shall appoint a qualified elector of this
state to be secretary of said board and
such secretary shall be officially known and
STYLED commissioner OF immigration. The
said commissioner of immigration shall
hold Office during the pleasure of said
board and shall receive salary of eighteen
hundred dollars per annum, and shall per
form such functions as said board shall
designate The said commissioner of i'm
migration shall be provided with an office
and suitable furniture and stationery at
the expense Of the state. Before entering
upon the duties Of his office the. said
commissioner shall make and subscribe an
oath of office in the usual form. The said
board of immigration shall secure the ser
vices of not to exceed one stenographer for
the use of said commissioner, the compen-
satiOn of said stenographlc work TO be fixed
and determined by said board.
Section 237j. 1t shall be the duty Of the
state board of immigration to cause to
be collected and printed in such form as
may be best calculated to attract to the
state desirable immigrants seeking homes
and capital seeking profitable investment
information relating to the advantages and
opportunities offered by this state to the
farmer, the merchant, the manufacturer,
the home seeker, and summer visitor. The
publications of said board shall be made
In the form of circulars, folders, and pam
phlets with or without maps or iIlustra-
lions and shall contain In succinct IAN
guage easily comprehended by the general
public statements relating to the soil, eli
mate, water products, markets, transpor-
tation. facilities, summer resorts, Iocae iC,n
and cost Of these lands compared with
those of other localities. The board may
In it's discretion determine whether one or
more or all such subjects shall be included
in each of the circulars, folders and pam
phlets printed BY authority Of this act. The
board may in it's discretion cause to be
translated and printed IN such forelgn AN
or all of the circulars, folders and pam
phlets provided for In this section.
Section 237k 1t shall be the duty of the
state board Of Immigration to furnish sucn
eraI publications printed under it's direc-
ton to county and city advancement asso.
Citations, immigration societies or bodles OF
citizens organized to promote immigration
and the development and enrichment of the
state when application is made therefor.
The board shall also furnish other persons
and corporations sucn nump PEI OF copies OF OF
such publications as may be requested at
the actual cost of printing.
Section 237l In order to facilitate the
collection of accurate information relating
to the resources of the state the heads of
the several departments Of the state gov
ernment, the faculty OF the state uniVer-