road and other transportation companies for persons coming to the State, and where such persons have formed a colony or party of considerable numbers he shall be required to visit them, if necessary, and do all in his power to direct and assist them in making the necessary arrangements for transportation and in reaching the State.
§ 9. HAVE CHARGE OF PUBLIC EXHIBITS.] The commissioner shall have charge of any exhibit of the products and resources of the State which may be made at any fair or exhibition held at any point in the United States, and shall have authority to cooperate with any railroad company or companies doing business in the State and with any other parties interested with the view of securing such exhibit at any fair or exposition held as aforesaid.
§ 10. STATE's STATISTICIAN.] The commissioner shall be the State's statistician. Itshall be hıs duty to obtain from county and township assessors and other officers of the organized counties of the State, and to collate and prepare in tabulated form for reference, statistics showing county, township and other municipal indebtedness of all kinds; the assessed valuation of real and personal property; and he shall also ascertain the amount of mortgage indebtedness and assessed value of real property owned by citizens as distinguished from corporations; the acreage in wheat, corn and other kinds of grain; the number of cattle, horses, hogs and other live stock, and the population, vital statistics, and all other information pertaining to and showing the condition, grówth and development of the State by counties.
§ 11. REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. ] The commissioner shall report to the Legislative Assembly the number of coal mines being operated within the State, the number of tons of coal being mined annually, the number of persons employed in coal mining, the wages paid to coal miners, and the cost per ton to mine coal at the different mines.
§ 12. Ex-OFFICIO DAIRY COMMISSIONER.] That until otherwise provided by law the Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor shall be ex-officio State Dairy Commissioner.
§ 13. REPEAL.] That Chapter 66 of the General Laws of the Territory of Dakota, entitled An act creating the office of Commissioner of Immigration and for the appointment of a Commissioner of Immigration for the Territory of Dakota," approved March 11, 1885, and all acts amending the same be and the same are hereby repealed.
§ 14. EMERGENCY.] An emergency exists in this, that there is no law defining the duties of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor, therefore this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.
Approved February 17, 1890.
