Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15
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lege and Farm.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted By the
General assembly Of the State of
Iovq, That there is hereby establish
ed a State Agricultural College and
Model Farm to be connected with the
entire agricultural interests of the
State.
81. Said College and Farm shall
be under the management Of board
of eleven Trustees, and the Governor,
the President Of the State Agricultural
Society and the President of the State
Agricultural College who shall be ex-
oficio members of said Board.
IS. The Board Of Trustees shall,
at their first meeting under this act, de-
termine by lot their several periods of
service, five Of whom serving for two
years, and six serving for four years,
and until their successors are elected
and qualified. At the annual meeting
in the fall, before vacancies occur in
this board, each county Agricultural
Society in the State may nominate one
person for Trustee, from whom the
General Assembly shall choose Trustees
to fill vacancies every two years as they
occur, discriminating so as to give, if
possible, one Trustee to each Judicial
District in the State. Any vacancy in
the Board Of Trustees, caused by death,
resignation or removal from the State,
may be filed by vote Of the majority
Of said Board. Each Trustee is requi-
red to give satisfactory bond to the
State in such sum as may be required
by the Governor, for the faithful dis
charge Of the duties imposed upon him.
a. The President Of the College
shall be President Of the board Of Trus-
tees. 1t shall be his duty to preside at
all meetings Of the board, he shall con-
troll. manage and direct the affairs of
the college and farm herein establish
ed, subject to such rules as may be pre-
scribed by the Trustees.
IS. Said board shall have the pow
err: LIST, to elect President for the
State agricultural College and Farm,
and in the absence Of the President, a
President pro tem.pore, a Secretary
and such other officers as may be requi-
red in the transaction Of the business
Of the board. I'd, to make all neces-
sary rules and regulations for the gov
eminent Of the College and Farm. Sd,
to purchase lands and erect buildings
thereon, in accordance with the further
provisions Of this act. 4th, to keep a
full and complete record of all the pro-
ceeds, and to do such other things as
may be found necessary to carry out
the intent and meaning Of this act.
Sc. The Trustees shall receive no
compensation except for mileage in
travelling to and from the meetings Of
the board, which shall be at the same
rate and computed in the same manner
as the mileage allowed to the members
of the General Assembly, and the Au
ditor Of the State is hereby authorized
to audit and allow the claims for such
attendance upon, not more than three
meetings annually.
81. The first session Of the board
Of Trustees shall be held at the Capital
of the State on the second Monday in
January, 1859.
IS. A majority Of the Board Of
Trustees shall be a quorum for the
transaction Of business.
50. Said Board Of Trustees are
hereby authorized to select and pur-
chase suitable lands, not less than six
hundred and forty acres, for the use
and purpose Of the College herein es-
tablished.
s 10. Said board shall receive pro-
posals for sale Of lands for the use Of
said College before purchasing the
same, and in the purchase, the price,
location, quality and variety of soil,
advantages Of water, timber, stone,
etc., shall be considered.
S11. There is hereby appropria-
ted the proceeds Of the sale Of five Sec
tions Of land heretofore granted to the
State Of Iowa, by Congress, for the
erection Of Capitol Buildings for the
use and benefit Of the College herein
established, Provided, Congress di-
verts the same for this purpose; and
also the proceeds of the sale Of all 9TH
err lands granted, Or which may be
granted by Congress to the State of
Iowa for the purposes contemplated by
this act.
S12. There is hereby appropriated
out Of any moneys in the treasury Of
the State, not otherwise appropriated,
the sum of ten thousand collars for the
purchase of lands as provided in Sec
ton nine Of this act, and the improve
ment Of the same.
5 ID. Upon the execution and de-
livery to the Secretary Of the State Of
the proper conveyance and conveyances
Of the land purchased as is hereinbefore
provided with certificate Of the Attor-
ney General Of the State, that he has
examined the title to the same and finds
it unencumbered and perfect, and in
accordance with this act, and that the
location has been approved by the
Trustees, the Auditor Of State shall
draw his warrant or warrants on the
State Treasurer for the amount Of such
purchase in favor Of the party or par
lies to whom such sum or sums may be
due; said purchase or purchases to be
made in tho year eighteen hundred and
ffty-nine previous to the first day of
July Of that year.
S14 If any moneys remain unex-
pended after the purchase of said
farm or lands: the Trustees are hereby