United States and this State, so long as their Governments remain at peace, all the rights of citizens of other States resident in this State, which rights are restricted and abridged as to aliens by the provisions of section 2676, for remedy whereof:

15. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act section 2676 of the Code of 1873 be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws.

Approved February 26, 1875.

(NOTE. The section repealed required an alien, before he could hold land, to take an oath, in writing, that it is his intention, bona fide, to improve the same, etc.)

ACT OF 1879.

[Laws of Georgia, 1878-79, Part I, title 14, No 313, p. 161.]

AN ACT To encourage immigration to Georgia, and for other purposes.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act the governor shall appoint, subject to the approval of the senate, a suitable person to be known as the state land and immigration agent. Said agent shall, by advertising, by the dissemination of correct information as to our soil, climate, productions, and resources, by the arrangement of special rates of transportation between the cities of the North and West and of Europe to this State, and by such other methods as the governor may approve, invite and encourage immigration, including cooperative colonization.

SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That said agent may appoint a secretary to assist him in performing the clerical duties of his office. He may also appoint agents at suitable points, subject to the approval of the governor.

SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the agent of land and immigration to keep in his office a register of lands for sale in Georgia and the names of persons who desire to purchase lands or secure employees or employment in Georgia in the manner and on the terms hereinafter provided.

SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That any citizen of Georgia may register in the office of the commissioner any lands owned by him or her in the State, giving an abstract of the titles to the said land, with a condensed description of the same, on payment of a fee of three dollars to the agent of land and immigration for each separate tract or parcel of land so registered: Provided, An abstract to the titles of said lands, bearing the seal of the clerk of the superior court of the county in which said lands lie, shall be filed in the office of the commissioner, and the fees for such registration shall be paid before such registration is made.

SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That any person desiring to purchase lands, to secure employees or employment as a skilled laborer in Georgia, may register his or her name, with a statement of his or her wants, in the office of the agent of land and immigration on the payment of a fee of one dollar to said commissioner.

SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That as soon as the amount received from such fees shall justify it, the said agent shall issue circulars or pamphlets truthfully and concisely setting forth the inducements to immigrants to buy or lease lands and settle in the State singly, in families, or colonies, and shall distribute said circulars and pamphlets in such number and manner as will best promote the objects of this act.

SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That the said agent shall keep in his office an accurate account of all moneys received for registration and report to the governor at the end of each quarter and to the legislature biennially, at each regular session, the amount thus received. The expense of registration, printing, and mailing said circulars shall be paid out of the fees received for registration, and from no other source.

SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted, That the offices of said agent of immigration shall be located in Atlanta, Georgia, and the city of New York.

SEC. IX. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws conflicting with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, October 17, 1879.

ACT OF 1894.

[Laws of Georgia, No. 93, 1894, Part I, title 8, p. 104.]

AN ACT To provide for a bureau of immigration in this State; to provide for the scope and purposes of the same; to provide for the publication and dissemination of a handbook of the resources of this State, and for other purposes.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the general assembly, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the commissioner of agriculture of this State shall be ex officio commissioner of immigration, with the duties hereinafter enumerated.

SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said commissioner to collate and arrange in systematized order, in his office, full and accurate information as to the mineral, geological, metallurgical, agricultural, horticultural, and timber and fishing resources of the State; the cost and prospect of the profitable development and utilization of the same; as to the adaptation of the soil of the State and the counties thereof to the various products of the Temperate Zone; as to the streams and waters of the State and their adaptability to navigation, manufacturing, and other purposes; as to the advantages of the seaports of the State; as to the facilities for transportation, both passenger and freight, by water and by rail, with the cost of same; as to the climatic, health, social, and religious conditions of the State; as to the capital invested in the various lines of manufacture in the State and the records of the same as to profitableness, and as to any and all other matters which he may deem of interest to home seekers, investors, and the general public: Provided, That all such information shall be arranged according to counties, as far as practicable, and be so arranged as to be readily accessible and intelligible to all parties seeking information along the lines herein indicated.

SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said commissioner to correspond with all bureaus, societies, corporations, and organizations having for their purposes the development of this State and of the Southern States of these United States, the bringing of capital, home seekers, and acceptable immigrants to this and to the said Southern States; to advise them as to the resources and advantages of this State; to communicate, correspond with, and furnish all information to all persons seeking same along the lines indicated in section 2 of this act.

SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the said commissioner shall, from the information collated and arranged as prescribed in section 2 of this act, prepare, publish, and disseminate two thousand copies of a handbook of this State, neatly printed, bound, and arranged according to counties, plainly and intelligibly setting out the resources and advantages of the State to home seekers, investors, and the general public: Provided, That said handbook shall not cost in excess of one thousand dollars.

SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That the commissioner of agriculture be, and he is hereby, authorized to use and appropriate to the carrying out of the objects and purposes of this act all moneys and funds now unused in his office or to his credit in the treasury of the State, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That the commissioner of agriculture and ex officio commissioner of immigration is authorized to sell to all persons desiring said handbook as many copies thereof as they may desire at the actual cost thereof.

SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, December 18, 1894.

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IDAHO.

DIGEST OF IMMIGRATION AND ALIEN LAWS.

Act of 1883 (relief of destitute immigrants).-A board of trustees, constituted of three members, is created by the act of 1883 to dispense a charitable fund provided by the Territory for the relief of nonresident persons who are destitute of the necessaries of life. The fund shall consist of $500 appropriated by the Territory and such additional sums as may be required and not in excess of $2,000.

Joint resolution of 1883 (relief of destitute immigrants).-Subsequent to the legislative act for the relief of destitute immigrants, a joint resolution was adopted providing for the reduction of the available fund for that purpose to $1,000.

Act of 1891 (an act prohibiting the employment of aliens on state or municipal works). The act of 1891 was passed to put into operation a provision of the state constitution prohibiting the employment of aliens on state or municipal works.

Act of 1897 (an act to discourage the further increase of alien population in this State). It is made unlawful by the act of 1897 for any corporation operating in the State to employ any alien who has not become naturalized or declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States. Whenever such a prohibited alien secures employment with any corporation he shall be discharged upon discovery of the fact of his alienage. Any employee of a corporation who violates these provisions shall suffer the penalty of the commis

sion of a misdemeanor.

Act of 1899 (an act regulating the rights of aliens, corporations, and associations to acquire real estate; prohibiting the employment of unnaturalized aliens, and providing for the discharge of the same).— The act of 1899 prohibits alien persons or corporations from acquiring property in the State, with certain specified exceptions. Chinese and persons of Mongolian descent not born in the United States are specially prohibited. No person not a citizen of the United States or who has not declared his intention to become a citizen shall be employed upon any state or municipal works. No corporation shall employ any alien for work in the State unless he has become naturalized or declared his intention to do so. Any such alien innocently employed must be discharged.

Act of 1899 (an act establishing a bureau of immigration, labor, and statistics for the State of Idaho, and for other purposes).—A bureau of immigration, labor, and statistics is established by the act of 1899. A commissioner shall be appointed by the governor, receive a salary of $1,800 a year, and receive an allowance of $600 a year. It shall be his duty to collect and compile reliable data concerning the soil, climate, resources, industries, and advantages of the State.

He shall keep in his office for exhibit samples of all productions of the State that may be contributed for such a purpose. He shall encourage exhibits to be placed at local points and in expositions in other States. He shall publish in the press and otherwise give publicity to the data at his command. He shall collect information on the subject of labor, its relation to capital, the hours of labor, the earnings of laborers, and the means of promoting their material, social, intellectual, and moral prosperity; and shall present annual reports to the governor relating to all departments of labor.

IMMIGRATION AND ALIEN LAWS.

RESOLUTIONS OF 1883.

I.

[Laws of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, 1883.]

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4.-Relief of destitute immigrants. Be it resolved by the legislative assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows:

That C. P. Bilderback, L. R. Walter, and A. L. Richardson are hereby constituted trustees to dispense a charitable fund in the manner hereinafter provided:

The controller is hereby required to draw his warrant upon the territorial treasury in the sum of five hundred dollars in favor of said trustees. The said trustees shall make proper investigation as to the actual condition of all persons destitute of the necessaries of life, who shall apply to them for aid: Provided, Such persons shall not have been residents of the Territory for six months last past, and are of a class known as immigrants.

The said trustees are hereby directed to furnish at once the necessary relief to such persons. If upon the expenditure of said five hundred dollars for such purposes, the said trustees shall submit a report to the territorial controller as to the manner in which said amount shall have been expended, and if the said trustees shall report that more funds are necessary the said controller shall draw a warrant on the treasurer for an additional amount in the sum of five hundred dollars, and in like manner shall be required to draw his warrants upon the treasurer upon application of said trustees in sums of five hundred dollars each until a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars shall have been drawn from the treasury: Provided, That said trustees shall file with the controller a detailed statement of the manner in which the last preceding five hundred dollars shall have been expended by them before an additional warrant shall be drawn.

The territorial treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay all warrants drawn as aforesaid, not to exceed two thousand dollars, out of any moneys in the territorial treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved January 22, 1883.