Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-05-15
STATE UNIVERSITY.

law, at our latest advices from Madison.
The People Of tie State Of Wssconss
Represented in Senate and AssensW!
do enact as follows:
SECTION /. There shall be establishe,
in thi, State at or near the village of Mad
i.cs; in the county Of Dane, an institution
Of learning under the name and style O
aThe University of Wisconsin"
Sec. 2. The object of the University
shall be; to provide the inhabitants of thu
State with the means Of acquiring thor
ough knowledge Of the various depart
ment, of learning connected with the in
dustrisl and professional pursuits.
Sec. 8. The government of the Univer
,ity shall be vested in board of Regents
to consist of the Chancellor of the Univer-
sity, and twelve members who shall be
elected as hereinafter provided And
the Legislature shall not have authority
to elect nor the Governor to appoint any
Regent for the University from any coun-
ty in this State, in which two or more
Regents may at t time reside.
SEC. 4. The Members of the board OF
Regents shall be divided into classes, num-
bering one, two and three. Glass number
one shall hold their offices for two years
Class number two for four years; Glass
number three for six years, from the first
Monday in January, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty nine; and biennially
thereafter, there shall be elected by the
Senate and Assembly, four members to
supply the vacancies, made by the provis-
ions of this section, and who shall hold
their offices for six years.
SIC. 5. Whenever there shall be a
vacancy in the office Of Regents in the
University, for any cause whatever, 1t
shall be the duty of the Governor to fill
such office by appointment.
Sec. 6. The Regents of the Universe
ty, and their successors in office, shall con-
s!itute body corporate, with the name
and style of 'The Regents of the
University of wisconsin," wit h
the right as such of suing and being
sued, of contracting W it'll, an
being contracted with, of making and us
ing a common seal, and altering the same
at pleasure.
SEC. I. The Regents shall elect one Of
their number President of the Board, and
in his absence may elect President pro
tsm.; they shall also appoint Secretary,
q Treasurer and Librarian, who shall
hold their respective offices during the plea
sure of the Board. 1t shall be the duty of the
Secretly to record all the proceedings of
The Board, and carefully to preserve all
its books and papers; the Treasurer shall
keep a true and faithful account of all
moneys received and paid out by him, hand
shall give such bonds for the faithful per;
formanee of the duties Of his office, as the
Regents may require.
SEC. g.. The Regents shall have pow
er, ond it shall be their duty, to enact law,
for the Government of the University, tC
elect q Chancellor, and to appoint the
requisite number of Professors and Teach
er, and such other officers as they may
deem expedient; to prescribe their duties
and to determine the amount of their re-
spective compensation.
SEC. o. There shall be established il
the University the following Department:
or Schools:
1. Of Normal Instruction;
II. Of Agriculture
III. Of Commerce.
serings
Y. OF Natural Science;
VI. Of Philosophy;
VII. Of Jurisprudence;
VIII. Of PhiloIogy.
The Regents may establish other Depart
ments, as they shall deem expe
dient. The immediate COVER
hient of the several Departments snail
be intrusted To- their respective facu
Ties; but the Regents shall have power to
regulate the course of instruction, and pre-
scribe, under the advice of the several fac
ultiss, the books and authorities to be
u,d in the several Departments o.
Schools; and also to confer such degrees
aud grant such diplomas in the severa
Departments or Schools, as may by then
be adopted, of the honors of the Institu
ton.
SIC. 10. The Regents shall have pow
er to remove any officer, of their appoint
ment, connected with the Institution, whel
In their judgment the interests of the In
stitutlon requlr it.
SEC. II. The Regents may establish
such reasonable charges for tuition and in
cldental exponces as the necessities of th'
several Departments or schools may re
quife, not exceeding for tuition the sum o
fifteen dollars in any one year. The tut
ton in the Normal Department shall al
ways be free to the residents of this State
and in all the other Departments as sool
as the Regents shall deem it practicable
and the University shall be equally opel
to the admission of pupils of both sexes
over the age of sixteen, and accommoda
lions shall be Immediately provided 70
this purpose.
SEC. IL. The Regents are authorized t
purchase suitable site for the erection o
The University buildings, and proceed t,
the oranf,o,, of tbo ea,,,a n, eoo,> IL,