In the senate house, the 21st day of December, in the year of our Lord 1882.

AN ACT To prohibit emigrant agents from plying their vocation within this State without first obtaining a license therefor, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of South Carolina: SECTION 1. That from and after the approval of this act no person shall carry on the business of an emigrant agent in this State without having first obtained a license therefor from the state treasurer.

SEC. 2. That the term emigrant agent, as contemplated in this act, shall be construed to mean any person engaged in hiring laborers or soliciting emigrants in this State to be employed beyond the limits of the same.

SEC. 3. That any person shall be entitled to a license, which shall be good for one year, upon payment into the state treasury, for the use of the State, of five hundred dollars in each county in which he operates or solicits emigrants for each year so engaged.

SEC. 4. That any person doing the business of an emigrant agent without having first obtained such license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by fine, not less than five hundred dollars and not more than five thousand dollars, or may be imprisoned in the county jail not less than four months, or confined in the state prison, at hard labor, not exceeding two years for each and every offense, within the discretion of the court.

SEC. 5. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be, and are hereby, repealed.

Approved the 11th day of February, A. D. 1898.

ACT OF 1904."

[South Carolina State Laws, 1904, No. 259, p. 449.]

AN ACT To establish a department of agriculture, commerce, and immigration and to provide for the appointment and compensation of a commissioner.

Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. That a state department of agriculture, commerce, and immigration is hereby created, which shall be charged as far as possible with the execution of the work usually devolved upon a bureau of immigration, a bureau of agriculture, and a bureau of publicity.

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SEC. 2. That immediately after the approval of this act, the governor, by and with the consent of the senate, shall appoint, for a term of four years, a commissioner of agriculture, commerce, and immigration, who shall have the qualifications of a good moral character and a competent knowledge of matters of immigration, agriculture, manufacturing, publicity, and general industries: Provided, The governor may remove the commissioner for cause at any time and appoint a successor in like manner. That the commissioner shall be empowered to appoint a competent clerk, whose qualifications shall be the same as required by the commissioner.

SEC. 3. That the compensation of the commissioner of agriculture, commerce, and immigration shall be $1,900 per annum, and that of the clerk $1,000 per annum, payable monthly by the state treasurer, on the warrant of the comptroller general.

SEC. 4. That the sum of $2,000, if so much be necessary, be appropriated for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the department, including postage, the publication from time to time of circulars of information, handbooks on the resources of the State, traveling expenses of the commissioner or his clerk, or such persons as may be necessarily employed, and other legitimate expenses, such accounts to be itemized and presented to the comptroller general, who shall draw his warrant on the state treasurer, who is hereby directed to pay the

same.

SEC. 5. That the commissioner shall make and submit to the governor, on or before the 10th day of January of each year, a report covering the department's work of the preceding year, and the report shall be transmitted to the general assembly, printed in the same manner as other public documents, or as shall otherwise be ordered.

SEC. 6. That the commissioner shall be charged with all work looking to the promotion of agriculture, manufacturing and other industries, cattle raising, and all matters tending to the industrial development of the State, with the collection and publication of information in regard to localities, character, accessibility, cost and modes of utilization of soils, and more specifically to the inducement of capital and desirable immigration by the dissemination of information relative to the advantages of soil and climate and to the natural resources and industrial opportunities offered in this State; that he shall also collect from the farmers and land owners of the State and list information as to lands, stating the number of acres, location, terms upon which they may be bought, leased, or shared to desirable settlers; that a land registry shall be kept, and in connection therewith, from time to time, publication shall be made, descriptive of such listed agricultural, mineral, forest, and trucking lands and factory sites as may be offered to the department for sale or share, which publication shall be in attractive form, setting forth the county, township, number of acres, names and addresses of owners, and such other information as may be helpful in placing inquiring home seekers in communication with land owners.

SEC. 7. That the commissioner shall collect and collate in the form of a handbook of the State, to be issued when practicable, information showing the natural and industrial resources and advantages of the State of South Carolina, dealing with soil, climate, raw and manufactured products, agricultural and horticultural products, tex

tile fabrics, manufacturing industries, mines and mining, native woods, means of transportation, cost of living, market, and all material and social advantages for those seeking homes and investments in agricultural or manufacturing industries.

SEC. 8. That the commissioner be empowered to make such arrangements with oceanic and river steamship companies and immigration agencies in this country and abroad as may best serve the interests of successful immigration; the necessary expenditures being made within the annual appropriation for the general expenses of this department: Provided, however, Nothing herein shall forbid the commissioner acting without fee as the agent of such citizens of the State, who, through the South Carolina Immigration Association and the department, wish to meet excess expenses of bringing desirable immigrants to their farm or other lands. That in the discharge of these duties the commissioner, or such person as he may select, is empowered to visit such immigration centers whenever necessary to produce the best results.

SEC. 9. That in order to facilitate the collection and collation of exact information of the resources of the State, on all lines, the heads of the several departments of the state government and of the state institutions are hereby required to furnish accurately such information as may be at their command to the commissioner when called upon for same. That the commissioner is hereby empowered to enter industrial establishments, chartered by the State, in prosecution of this work, and that the corporations operating same shall furnish such information as may not be injurious to their business when requested to furnish the same by the commissioner of agriculture, commerce, and immigration.

SEC. 10. That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to repeal or interfere with the duties or work of the chemist or faculty of Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical College, the state geologist, or any other department of the state government of South Carolina.

SEC. 11. That immigrants shall be confined to white citizens of the United States, citizens of Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland, France, and all other foreigners of Saxon origin.

That with regard to agricultural interests under this act it shall be the duty of the commissioner to secure those immigrants who desire to purchase homes, become citizens of this State, and will build up agricultural interests.

SEC. 13. That this act shall be a public act and take effect upon its approval by the governor.

Approved, 23d day of February, A. D. 1904.

TENNESSEE.

DIGEST OF IMMIGRATION AND ALIEN LAWS.

Senate resolution of 1865.-The Tennessee state senate, in 1865, adopted a resolution providing that a committee of immigration be created, consisting of five members, to whom the whole subject of immigration shall be referred.

Act of 1867 (an act incorporating the German Association of the City of Nashville for the purpose of encouraging and protecting immigration to Tennessee).-The act of 1867-68 provides for the incorporation of the German Association of the City of Nashville. The association is vested with general corporate powers, including that of accepting "donations and contributions from parties interested in seeing the tide of immigration take its way to Tennessee." "The object of the association shall be to aid immigrants in obtaining employployment, for facilitating their travel, for protecting them against fraud," and to grant such other aid as may be within its means and province. It may act as agent for buyers or sellers of land, for procuring laborers, for procuring employment for immigrants, and for other similar purposes. And it may establish branch associations in all cities and counties of the State.

Act of 1867 (an act to encourage immigration to Tennessee).—A board of immigration shall be created, consisting of five members, three of whom shall be appointed by the governor. The governor and secretary of state shall be ex officio members. It shall be the duty of the board to advance and encourage immigration to this State either from other States or from Europe. The board shall publish and disseminate information relating to the resources of the State, and shall commission agents to travel in this country or Europe for the purpose of advancing immigration. It shall have power to solicit contributions to promote the purposes of the act.

Act of 1869 (an act to encourage immigration).-Under the act of 1869 the Mississippi Valley Immigration Company is incorporated with broad, general corporate powers designed to encourage immigration into the State.

Act of 1870 (an act in behalf of the Mediterranean and Oriental Steam and Navigation Company, and for the encouragement of foreign immigration). By an act of 1870 the Mediterranean and Oriental Steam and Navigation Company was chartered for the purpose of establishing a line of steamships to transport immigrants from European ports to the Southern States. Comprehensive corporate powers and privileges were conferred upon the company. Act of 1870.-The act of 1870 provides for the repeal of the act of 1867" to encourage immigration to Tennessee."

Act of 1871 (an act to establish a bureau of immigration and for other purposes).—Reciting that "the early, enlarged, and permanent