The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-01-20

as to its form and the sufficiency of it.
sureties by the Board of Trustees, ane
also the Auditor and Secretary Of State
and shall be filed in the office of the lat
ter. The Librarian and Curator shal
have charge of the Library and Cabine
of Natural History.
Sec. 8. The University shall consis
Of such departments as the Board o
Trustees shall determine, subject to The
provisions of this act. and the same may
be altered or changed as they may pre-
scribe. The immediate government o
the several departments shall be intrust
ed 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 con
ferred and granted by other Universities,
or such others as they may think proper
Sec. 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 President and the
requisite number OF professors and tu-
tors, also such other officers as they may
deem expedient, and to determine the
amount Of their respective salaries, also
the compensation of the officers men
tioded in Section 7th of this act They
shall have power to remove any officer
connected with the institation, when il
their Judgment, the good of the institu-
ition requires, and to determine the
amount of fees to be paid for tuition.
Sec. 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 purchase of ap-
paratu:, library, and cabinets of Natural
History, in providing suitable means te
keep and preserve the same, and in the
procurement of all other means and facil
tiles for giving instruction.
SEC. IL. The first meeting of he
Board of Trustees shall be held on the
first Wednesday of February, in the yeal
one thousand eight hundred and fifty
nine, at Iowa City the annual meetings
OF the Board shall be held on the las,
Tuesday of June Of each year The
President of the Board of Education ma,
call special meetings when he deems il
eXpedient. The Board of Trustees shal
have power to fill all vacancies occurring
therein, except when the Board of Eiu
cation is in session and the person 81
appointed shall hold his Office until tn,
next session of the Board Of Education
Sec. II. The Treasurer of the Uni
versily shall have set Of books, in
which he shall keep an accurate accoun
of all transactions relative to the sale am
disposition OF the University lands, anc
the management OF the fund arising
therelrom which books shall exhibi
what parts aud portions Of land have
been sold. at what prices, and TO whom
ond how the proceeds have been invested
and on what securities and what lane
still remains unsold, where situated ans
of what value respectively.
SEC 10. No sales of lands belonging
to the University shall hereafter Iakt
place, unless the same shall be decided
upon at regular meeting of the Boarc
of Trustees, or at one called for that par.
ticular purpose, and then only in the
manner, upon the notice, and on the
terms which the Board shall prescribe
and no member of the Board shall be
either directly OF indirectly interested in
any purchase of such lands upon sale,
and it shall be lawful for the Board tc
invest any such surplus income which i:
not Immediately required for the purpose:
of instruction, in the United States or ir
other interest paying State Stocks, and tc
hold the same for the University, either
as a perpetual fund or as an income to
defray current expenses, as said Board OF
Trustees may deem expedient
SEC. IA. The Board of Trustees
shall make a report to the General As
sembly and to the Board of Education
at each of respective sessions, which
shall exhibit the state, condition and pro
gress Of the University, in its several de
partments, the different courses of study
pursued therein, the branches taught
the means and methods of instruction
adopted, the number Of professors, with
the compensation of each, and the mum
Der of students, with their names, ages,
studies, sex and residence, the situatiou
and condition of the University Fund,
the income derived therefrom, the amount
of expenditures, and such other matters
as said Board Of Trustees may deem
proper to communicate. l0 g4as
SEC. 10. This act shall take etfect
rom and after its publication in the Iowa
Statesman and the Iowa Citizen.
- ORAN FAVILLE,
- o President Of the Board Of Eaucation.
l hereby certify that the above is a true
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