pound for any of the said penalties or forfeitures upon such terms as they shall think proper.

ers not to

commission.

Sec. 1730. The commissioners of immigration shall serve without pay, and shall annually make and return to the general Commissionassembly, with their annual report, an affidavit, in and by which make conthey shall respectively swear or affirm, each for himself, to the tracts with the correctness of said report, and that he has not, directly or indirectly, been interested in the business of boarding immigrants, in the transportation of any immigrant passengers through any portion of the interior of this country, or had made or received, directly or indirectly, any gain, profit or advantage by or through the purchase of supplies, the granting of any contract or contracts herein, or licenses, privilege or privileges, or the employment of any officer, servant or agent, mechanic, laborer or other person, in the business under the control of said commissioners; Provided, That nothing in this act shall prevent the Provided. commissioner appointed by the board to act as general agent of the commission from being paid such a salary for his services as shall be stipulated by the said board; Provided further, That the said salary shall not exceed the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars per annum.

Actions on

Sec. 1731. If any person for whom a bond shall have been given as aforesaid shall, within five years from the date of such bond, become chargeable upon any city, town or parish of this State, or upon the commissioners of immigration, the said commissioners may bring an action on such bond in the name of the people of this State, and shall be entitled to recover on such bonds. bond from time to time so much money, not in the whole exceeding the penalty of such bond, exclusive of costs, as shall be sufficient to defray the expenses incurred by any such city, town or parish, or the said commissioners, for the maintenance and support of the person for whom such bond was given as aforesaid.

property of de

grants.

Sec. 1732. Whenever any alien immigrant whose personal property shall not exceed the value of twenty-five dollars shall Care and disdie on the passage to the port of New Orleans, or in any hos-tribution of pital or other establishment under the charge of the commis- ceased immisioners, and in all cases in which minor children of alien passengers shall become orphans by their parents or last surviving parent dying, the personal property which such alien immigrant or such parent or parents may have had with them shall be taken in charge by the commissioners of immigration, to be by them appropriated for the sole benefit of the next of kin of such alien immigrant or of said orphan children; and said commissioners shall give, in their annual report to the legislature, a minute description of all cases in which property shall come into their possession by virtue of this section, and the disposition made of the same, unless it shall appear that there are other persons entitled, by will or otherwise, to such property or distributive share thereof. Whenever it shall so appear, the

published.

ers to make

contracts, etc.

portion only to which the next of kin or said minor orphans would be legally entitled shall be transferred to them or applied to their use, and the remainder shall be received, held and distributed to the parties severally entitled thereto, in the same manner and with the same authority as by law provided in respect to the public administrator of the city of New Orleans, except that the said commissioners are hereby authorized to distribute the same after a notice for creditors to appear and put in their claims within one week from the publication of the said notice. The said notice shall be published once in one of the daily papers of the city of New Orleans.

Sec. 1733. It shall be the duty of the commissioners of Statistics to be immigration to collect and have published, in English, French and German, and such other languages as they may think proper, statistical information setting forth the aims of the commission, and the advantages of soil, climate and productions which Louisiana presents to the enterprising immigrant; to assist any and all immigrants from foreign countries who may desire to settle in Louisiana, by giving counsel and information in Commission- making contracts for public means of transportation, to bring to the port of New Orleans, at the lowest rates of passage possible, such immigrants as may elect to come to said port, and to make arrangements with steamboats, railroads and other public means of transportation, to convey immigrants who may elect to settle in Louisiana, to their place of destination in a comfortable manner and at the least expense possible; to use every effort to inform, advise and assist immigrants; to visit and examine all vessels landing at the port of New Orleans which have Register of im- immigrants on board, and to make a register of such immigrants, showing names, ages, places of birth, sex, profession, trade, destination, which register shall be filed in their office; to make Annual report. a report annually to the general assembly of the State of the number of immigrants who have arrived, with a tabular state ment, showing ages, places of birth, sex, trade, profession and destination of all immigrants who may have arrived during the year at the port of New Orleans, together with such information and recommendations as in their opinion may promote immigration to the State of Louisiana, together with a full statement of the expenses and operations of the commission; previded, nothing in this section shall be so construed as to make the State liable for the passage money of any immigrant coming into this State or going into the interior.

migrants.

Provided.

Immigrant depot.

Sec. 1734. It shall be the duty of the commissioners of immigration to establish an immigrant depot, in which upon their landing immigrants may receive shelter, and of which said commissioners shall have entire control; to license suitable boarding-house keepers in New Orleans, who shall agree to board and entertain immigrants at a rate of compensation to be fixed by Care of immi- them; to establish such regulations as may protect the immigrant from fraud and imposition by designing persons, especially

grants.

in exchanging money and in the purchase of tickets for transportation into the interior of this State or to other States; and to receive, investigate and cause to be redressed all claims for damages by foreign immigrant passengers on account of insufficient accommodation, bad or insufficient food and harsh treatment on shipboard, and they shall have power to seize any vessel against which such claims shall be brought, and hold it until such claims for damages may be decided by the proper

court.

Sec. 1735. It shall be the duty of the commissioners of immigration to cause the preparation of a map of the State, showing the usual features of a geographical map, geological formations, isothermal lines and zones of the leading staples and most important agricultural products; they shall annually collect and annually publish a volume of such statistics of the agricultural, Annual publimineral and geological products, commerce, climatology, health, tistics for genschools, charitable institutions, railroads, canals, finances, social tion. relations, crimes, etc., of this State, as they, the said commissioners, may deem best suited to inform the people of this and of other States of the resources of Louisiana, and contribute thereby to the growth and prosperity of the State.

eral informa

exchange.

Sec. 1736. It shall be the duty of the commissioners of immigration to establish a labor exchange in a convenient locality, Labor and in connection with the immigrant depot, which shall be open and free of charge to all persons wishing situations, and to all residents in this State wishing laborers; Provided, That said Provided. employers and laborers comply with the proper rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioners of immigration for the management of said labor exchange.

and statements

Sec. 1737. The commissioners of immigration shall aid so far as possible both immigrants and such persons residing in this Homesteads State as wish to avail themselves of the homestead act, to pro- of lands. cure homes in the country thereby; also to assist in the sale and purchase of lands by furnishing blanks to land owners to be filled with a correct statement as to the location, size, value, title, price, incumbrances, etc., of the tract to be sold, and which, when sworn to by the seller, and attested by the recorder of the parish in which said tract is situated, shall be kept on file at the office of the commissioners of immigration, open at all business hours to all parties wishing to inspect or copy the same, free of cost and all charges whatsoever.

IMPEACHMENT.

presented to

Sec. 1738. Whenever any person shall wish to accuse a pubMemorial to be lic officer before the legislature, he shall address the house of the legislature. representatives a memorial containing a brief exposition of the acts of such public officer which are supposed to be contrary to law; the memorial shall be sworn to and signed by him who presents it; and shall contain a list of the individuals who can give information relative to the facts set forth, with a notice of the several charges which each individual included in the list can substantiate by his testimony.

Act 1855, p. 370.

Sec. 1739. Whenever a memorial of the nature of the one Memorial to be mentioned shall be submitted to the house of representatives, it committee of shall be referred to a committee, who, after having examined

referred to a

the house.

committee.

the memorial and the accompanying documents, shall cause the public officer accused, as aforesaid, with the. witnesses for the prosecution, to be cited to appear at a subsequent period, either during the same session of the legislature, or any subsequent session thereof, according as said committee may deem expedient, taking into consideration the time that the general assem bly still has to sit.

The accused may also, on his part, apply to the committee to obtain the necessary citations for the witnesses he may wish to summon in his defense.

Sec. 1740. At the appointed time, the committee shall proAction of the ceed to swear and examine the witnesses, both for and against the accused, whose testimony shall be taken down in writing; they shall then make their report to the house of representatives, and shall declare in the conclusion whether they are of opinion that the charges are well founded; in which case the house itself, after having obtained all necessary information,

shall decide whether it be expedient to proceed by means of impeachment or by address.

In case the committee shall make a report in favor of the accused, the adoption of the report by the house shall be sufficient, and the accused shall be discharged, and can never after be brought before the legislature for the same acts with which he has been already charged.

may be taken

sion.

Sec. 1741. Whenever in the opinion of the committee, the witnesses shall reside at such a distance that their attendance at the seat of government must give rise to great expense and loss Testimony in of time, the said committee shall prepare interrogatories and certain cases take their testimony by commission, as in judicial proceedings by commisof the parish in which the witness may reside, who shall, on the receipt of the interrogatories, cause to appear before him the witness to whom they are propounded, and having administered the oath to him, shall take down in writing his answers and make him sign them.

The interrogatories thus prepared by the committee shall, previous to their being sent as aforesaid, be communicated to the accused or his counsel, who shall have a right to add his cross interrogatories, to which the witness is equally bound to

answer.

The accused on his part shall be allowed to submit to the committee such interrogatories as he may wish to be propounded to witnesses in his behalf, and it shall be the duty of the committee, after having added such cross interrogatories as they shall deem proper, to direct the whole as aforesaid, that it may be proceeded upon in the same manner.

Power of magistrate to

tendance of

Sec. 1742. The magistrate to whom the interrogatories shall be directed, as stated in the foregoing section, may employ all such means as are allowed by law to compel a witness to appear, and may condemn to a fine of not less than fifty dollars enforce atand not exceeding one hundred, or to an imprisonment not ex- witnesses. ceeding ten days, any witness for or against the accused, who being duly cited, shall have refused to attend, or who having attended, shall refuse to answer to the interrogatories or sign his answer.

paid in certain

officer

Sec. 1743. Whenever the culpability of a public officer shall be ascertained, either by the sentence of the senate, or by the Costs to be concurrence of both houses, agreeably to the constitution, all cases by the the costs arising from the investigation and prosecution of his impeached. suit shall be paid by said officer, which shall be recovered by a suit to be instituted against the party condemned, by the district attorney; and in order that the provisions of this section shall have full effect, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives, to make out a full statement of all costs incurred in the prosecution which shall come to their knowledge, and hand over the same to the district attorney.

Sec. 1744. In case the public functionary against whom an