Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1909-07-11
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CHAPTER 444, LAWS OF 1903.
AN ACT TO amend sections 237h, 1891 and
2SsJ OF the statutes. relating 10 the stata
board Of immigration.
people Of the State OF Wisconsin, repre-
eented. IA Senate aud Assembly. do enact
ais follows
Section j. Sections 2s7h. 1871 and 2s7t
q the statutes are amended to read Sees
ton xSfh. Jhe secretary Of state, > :
the dean Of the college Of agriculture and
the president Of the state board OF agricul-
ture shall constitute a state board Of immi-
grafton 20 serve without compensation. The
secretary Of state shall be e~x-olicio chair
man OF said board, In the event Of a va
cancy In said board the remaining two mem,
bers shall constitute the board.
Section 23Ti. The state board Of immi-
grafton shall appoint a qualified eiectOr OF
this state TO be secretary Of said board and
snch secretary shall be Officially known and
styled commissioners OF immigration. The
said COMMISSIONER ~ immigration shall hold
Office during the pleasure Of said board and
shall receive a salary OF eighteen hundred
dollars per MIN and necessary travelling
expenses, and shall perform such functions
as said board shall designate. The said
commissioners Of immigration shall be pro-
vided with an Office and suitable furniture
aud stationery at the expense Of the state.
Before entering upon the duties OF his ONCE
the said commissioner shall make and SUBJ
scribe an oath OF office IN the usual form.
The said board Of immigration shall secure
the services Of not TO exceed one ston0gra-
pher for the use Of said commissioners, the
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10 be fixed aud determined by said board.
Section 2SIj Il shall be the duty OF the
state board OF immigration TO cause TO be
collected and printed IN such form as may
De best calculated 20 attract to the state
desirable immigrants seeking homes aud
capital seeking profitable Investment, in
formation relating 20 the adv ntages and
opportunities offered by this state to the
farmer, the merchant, the manufacturer,
the homc-seeker and the summer visitor.
The publications Of said board shall be
made Ia the form OF circulars. folders. and
pamphlets. with or without maps or illus
t%rations. and shall contain In succinct Ian
guage easily c0mprchended by the general
public statements relating 10 the soil,
climate. water, products. markets. transpor-
fation facilitiea, summer resorts. location
Of undevelopfd lands and the relative value
OF other localities. The board may In It's
discretion determine whether one or more or
all such subjects shall b. included In each
OF the circulars, folders and pamphlets
printed BY authority OF this act. The board
may In its discretion cause 20 be translated
languages as may be selected any or all Of
the circulars, folders and pamphlets pro-
vidcd for Ia this section. For the purpose
Of securing a more complete distribution
o. the above mentioned literature, the said
board Of immigration may cause to be In
papers appropriate notices. maintain perna-
nent exhibits In UOpulous centers and make
exhibits AZ public fairs, but the total eK-
penEe Of such notices and exhibits shall not
exceed ten per cent. Of the total fundg
available for the maintenance OF the said
board.
Section 2. Thls act shall take effect aud
be n force from and after ia passage and
publication.
Approved June IS. 1909.