Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1858-04-22


from the time it was contracted.
SEC. 66. For trailing and educating
young men to become Professors in the
High School herein established. there
shall be constituted thirty-six scholar
ships in the State University, and these
scholarships shall be distributed BY the
Superintendent of Public Instruction, to
the different High Schools of the State,
but not more than four scholarships shall
be assigned to any one school.
SIG. 81. 1t shall be the duty of the
rustees of each High Sch DOL, together
with the professors thereof, at such time
as they may judge expedient to fill the
scholarship assigned thereto. by selecting
the best male students therein, Of not less
than sixteen years of age, for behavior,
scholarship, attainments and capacity to
teach, and grant to them certificates OF
scholarship.
SEC. 60. Any student thus selected
shall be educated free of charge for tuit-
ion in the State University, and shall be
entitled to receive from the State treasury,
at the end of each year. for period Of
not exceeding three years, seventy i've
dollars. upon his producing from the
Chancellor of the University, a oertifi-
cate that he has been during the year
faithful in his study, exemplary in his
department, and that he ranks in scholar
ship among the first half of his class.
s 60. Every person who shall have en-
joycd scholarship, in the manner pro-
vided in section 81, shall teach in some
high or other school. for term of time
equal to that for which he shall have en-
joyed such scholarship and there shall
be deducted from his compensation sew
enty five dollars each year for the same
term, and the money thus deducted shall
be paid into the State treasury; and in
case he shall refuse SO to teach if in COM
petent health, he shall pay into the State
treasury at the rate of seventy-fve dol
lars each year, for the time he shall re-
fuse to teach, with interest from the time
he received the money by virtue Of his
scholarship, which may be recovered by
he treasurer in an action at law.
5 70. When any University scholar
ship shall become vacant during the term
for which its scholar was selected, or by
the expiration of the term, the vacancy
may be filled in the manner provided in
section &c, for the original selection, and
the board of trustees Of the high school
in which such vacancy shall occur, to-
gether with the professors thereof, shall
take all necessary measures for filing
such vacancy in the manner therein pro-
vided.
s II. The State University established
at Iowa City, is hereby constituted a
corporation under that name, possessing
all the common law corporate powers, and
also those conferred upon it by this act.
5 72. The public buildings at Iowa
City, together with the ten acres of land
on which the same are situated, are grant
ed to the estate University of Iowa." to
be used and appropriated only to Uni
versity purposes, and to revert to the
State whenever the same shall cease to
be used for such purposes.
s 70. The two townships of land grant
ed by act Of Congress of July Goth,
1910, for the support of University,
and all proceeds and investments derived
from the same, are hereby donated to the
said State University, TO be and consti-
tute perpetual fund, the interest and
income of which shall be applied exclu-
siyely to the support of said University.
s "a. The object of the University
shall be to provide the best and most eff
ectual means of acquiring thorough
education, and perfect knowledge of
the different branches of literature, the
arts and sciences, with their various APP
plications.
5 IS. The government of the Univer-
sity shall be vested exclusively in board
oftrustces, to consist of the Chancellor of
the University, who shall be President of
the Board, the Governor, the Supcrinten-
dent of Public Instruction and twelve
trustees, who shall be elected as herein
after provided.
s 76. The said trustees shall be divi-
ded into classes, numbered "one," 1.-TWO"
and "thrce." Glass No. "one," shall
hold their Offices for two years: class
number "two' for four years, and class
number three" six years from the first
Monday Of January, 1858, and every two
years thereafter there shall be elected by
the General Assembly, four trustees to
supply the vacancies made by the provi-
sions Of this section, and who shall hold
their offices for six years respectively
Lauren Dewey Of Henry county Edgar
Wright, of Cedar VIM. Burris, of Scott
w. p. Brannon, of Muscatine E. C.
LYON, M. Reno, Il. D. Downcy, w. A.
Barris, of johnson Lincoln Clark, of
Dubuque j. B. Grinnell. OF noweaheik !;
Geo W. Drake, of Mahaska w. P. De-
Wis. of Polk county-be and they are here
by appointed the first twelve trustees un-
der this act, four of whom shall hold their
office for two years, four for four years,
and four for six years, their several terms
Of office to be determined by lot. at the
time of the first organization of the board
under this act.
s II. Whenever there shall be vacan-
cy in the Office Of trustee of the Univer-
slty, except in that of Governor, Super
intcndent of Public Instruction, and
Chancellor of the University, the board
shall have the power, at any regular