St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-20

and after its publication in the Iowa
Citizen and the Iowa Statesman.
ORAN FAVILLE,
Pres. of the Board of Education.
| hereby certify that the above is a
true and complete copy of the origi-
nal act as passed by the Board of
Education of the State of Iowa.
j. T. TUBBY,
Secretary pro TEN. of the Board.
December "a, 1858.
ACT No. 10.
An Act for the government and regu-
lation of the State University of
Iowa.
S l.. Be it enacted by the Board
of Education of the State of Iowa,
That the object of the State Universe
ty of Iowa, established by the Consti-
tuition at Iowa City, shall be to pro-
vide the best and most efficient means
of imparting to the youth of the State,
OF both sexes, upon equal terms, a
thorough education and a perfect
knowledge of the different branches
of literature, the arts and sciences,
with their various applications.
5 2. There shall be attached to
the University a Collegiate depart
ment in which, as Don as may be
deemed cxpedient by the Board Of
Trustees hereinafter provided, regular
College classes shall be formed or pro-
vided for, and a President and the
necessary Professors and tutors elect
ed. There shall also be a Normal de-
partment to the University, in which
shall be taught the theory and prac-
tice of teaching, and everything which
enters into it as an art, including all
the most approved methods and pro-
cesses now in use in all the varieties
of teaching.
s 8. The University shall be gov
erned and managed by a Board of
Trustees, consisting of seven persons,
to be elected at the first meeting of
the Board of Education, three of whom
shall hold their offices for one year,
and four for three years, and when
ever the terms of any trustees expire,
their places shall be supplied by new
elections.
s 4. The members of the Board of
Trustees shall each receive the same
per diem during the time of their ses-
sion, and mileage going to and return
ing thcrefrom, as members OF the Gen
cral Assembly.
s 5. The University shall never be
under the exclusive control of any re-
ligious denomination whatever.
s G. In all cases where specimens
of natural history, and geological and
meteorological specimens which are or
may be hereafter collected by the
State Geologist of Iowa, Or by any
others appointed by the State to i'll
vcstigate its natural history and physi-
cal resources, are found, they shall be-
long to and be the property of the
State University, and shall form a
part of it's cabinet of natural history.
s I. The Board of Trustees shall
appoint a Secretary, a Treasurer and
Librarian, and a Curator of the Cabi-
net of Natural History, who shall hold
their respective Offices during the
pleasure of the Board of Trustees. 1t
shall be the duty of the Secretary to
record all the proceedings of the Board,
and carefully to preserve all its books
and papers. 1t shall be the duty OF
the Treasurer to keep a true and faith
full account of all moneys received
and paid out by him, and before enter.
ing upon the duties Of his office he
shall take and subscribe an oath that
he will faithfully perform the duties
of Treasurer, and he shall also give a
bond in the penalty of twenty-five
thousand dollars, conditioned for the
faithful discharge of his duties as
Treasurer, and that he will at all times
keep and render a true account of all
moneys received by him as such Treas
urer, and of the disposition he has
made of the same, and that he will at
all times be ready to discharge him
self of the trust, and to pay over
when required, which bond shall have
two good sureties, and shall be APP
proved as to its form and the sufficien-
CIV of its sureties by the Board OF
Trustees, and also the Auditor and
Secretary of State, and shall be filed
in the Office of the latter. The Libra
rian and Curator shall have charge Of
the Library and Cabinet OF Natural
History. -,
s 8. The University shall consist
of such departments as the Board OF
Trustees shall determine, subject to
the provisions of this act, and the
same may be altered OF changed as
they may prescribe. The immediate
government of the several depart
ments shall be intrusted to the faculty.
The method and course of instruction
in each department shall be prescribed
by the Board of Trustees, who shall
also confer such degrees and grant
such diplomas as are usually conferred
and granted by other Universities,
or such others as they may think
proper.
s 8. The Board of Trustees shall
have power and it shall be their duty
to enact laws for the government of
the University, to elect a President
and the requisite number Of professors
and tutors, also such other officers as
they may deem expedient, and to de-
tcrminc the amount Of their respective
salaries, also the compensation of the
officers mentioned in Section 18th of
this act. They shall have power to
remove any officer connected with the
institution, when in their Judgment,
the good of the institution requires,
and to determine the amount of fees
to be paid for tuition.
s 10. The Board of Trustees are
authorized to expend such portion of
the income of the University Fund as
it may deem expedient, in the pur-
chase of apparatus, library and cabi-
nets of Natural History, in providing
suitable means to keep and preserve
the same, and in the procurement of
all other means and facilities for Civ
ing instruction.
5 IL. The first meeting of the
Board of Trustees shall be held on
the first Wednesday of February in