On May 23, 1871, the Texas legislature directed the governor to appoint a superintendent to administer a new Texas Bureau of Immigration with "the purpose of promoting and protecting immigration" into the state. Brochures described Texas as a destination for the immigrant. One such brochure was titled, "Texas, the Home for the Emigrant, From Everywhere.” State agents traveled to southern and northern states, as well as to Europe, to encourage potential immigrants to seek land in Texas, at a time when a number of other prairie states and territories were pitching similar campaigns. The new Constitution of 1876 brought an end to the bureau, as it included a specific prohibition against using state funds "for any purpose of bringing immigrants to the State."