Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-01-28
RY AUTHORITY.
Laws of the Board of Education.
NO. 10.
AN ACT


State University Of Iowa.
SEC. l. Be it enacted by the Board d
Education of the State Of Iopa, hat tn
object of the State University OF Iowa, es
tablished by the Constitution at Iowa City
shall be to provide the best and most EN-
cient means OF imparting to the youth
the State, of both sexes, upon equal terms
Q thorough edu ucation and a perfect knowl
edge of the different branches OF literature
the arts and sciences, with their various
applications. a.,
University q Collegiate department In which
as soon as may be deemed expedent by the
Board of Trustees hereinafter provided
regular College classes shall be formed OF
provided for and President and the nee
essary professors and tutors elected. There
shall also be Normal department to th'
University, in which shall be taught Tho
theory and practice of teaching, and every
thing which enters into it rs an art, lnc!ud
ing all the most approved methods and pro,
cesses now in use in all the varieties OF
teaching.
SEC. 5. The University sh Ill be govern
ed aud managed by Board OF Trustees con
sisting of seven persons to he elected at the
first meeting of the Board of Education,
three of whom shall hold their offices for
one year, and four. for three year, and
whenever the term of any trustees expire
their places shall be supplied by new cleo
tions. .-s-a.- a.... '.- ..
Sec. 4. The members of the Board OF
Trustees sh ii each receive the same per
diem during the time of their session, and
mileage going to and returning therefrom,
as members Of the General Assembly.
SEQ. 5. Tie University, shall never be
under the, exclusive control of any rclgi-
Gus denomination whatever
SEC. 6. In all cases where specimens
of natural history and geological and miner
illogical specimens which are or may be
hereafter collected by the State Geologist
of Iowa, or by any others appointed by the
State to investigate its natural history and
physical resources are found, they shall be-
long to and be the property of the State
University, and shall form part of its cab
met of natural history.
SEQ. 7. The Board of Trustees sh' IL ap-
point Secretary, Treasurer and Librar-
an, and d Curator of the Cabinet of Nat
ural History, who shall hold their respective
Offices curing the pleasure of the Board of
Trustees. It shall be the duty of the Sec
rstary o record all the proceedings Of the
Board, and carefully to preserve all its
books and papers. 1t shall be the duty OF
the Treasurer t., keep a true and faithful
account of all moneys received and paid out
by him, and before entering upon the duties
of his office he shall take and 9bscribe an
oath that he will faithfully perform the du
ties of Treasurer, and he shall also give a
bond in the penalty of twenty-five thousand
dollars. conditioned FIR the faithful dis
charge of his duties as Treasurer, and that
he will at all times keep and render true
account of all moneys received by him as
such Treasurer, and of the disposition he
has made of the same, and THAT he will at
all times be ready to discharge himself OF
the trust, and to pay over when required
which boni shall have two good sureties,
and shall he approved as to its form and
the sufficiency of its sure.ies by the Board
of Trustees. and also the Auditor and Sec
retary of State, and shall be filed in the
Office Of the latter. The Librarian and Gu
rator shall have charge Of the Library and
Cabinet of Natural History.
SEQ. 8. The University shall consist of
81 departments as the Board OF Trustees
shall determ ne, subject to the provisions OF
this act, and the same may be altered or
changed as they may prescribe. The i'm
mediate 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. ."
SEC. 9. 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 mum
Der of professors and tutors, also such other
offices as they may deem expedient, and To
determine the amount of their respec i've
salaries, also the compensation of the 9th
GERS mentioned in Section 7th of this act.-
They shall havs,pow to remove any ON
Ger connected with the institution, when
in9tbeir judgment, the god of the institu-
ton requires, and to determine the amount
of fees to be paid for tuition.
SKo. lO.The Board OF Trustees are au'
thorzed to expend such portion of the in
come, of the University Fund as it may
deem expedient, in the purchase of library
and cabinets rf Not"-a' H;et"-~ IN n-"vidin
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snitabie means to keep and preserve the
sanae, vand n in the procurement Of other
means and, facilities for giving instruction,
.sBRe, H. The first meeting OF the Board
of Trustees shall be held on the first Wednss
of,Febaeasy, in the year one thousand eish
hundred and fifty-niue, at Iowa City tn'
annual meeting. OF the Board shall be l'e't
on the last Tuesday of June OF each year
The. President of. the Board OF Education
mayscall special meetings when he deems !!
exnedisnts.a The Board OF Trustees shal
have power, TO. fill all vacancies occurri
thsrais except when the Board OF + iucatii'l
is in session, !; and the person SO appointed
sIaA hold his office until the next session o
the Hoard Of EDUCATION.
Sro. a.. The Treasurer Of the Universi
~ shall have set of books, in which IL
shaft keep an accurate account OF all trans
actions relative to the sale and disposition o
the University lands and the management o
the fund arising therefrom: which book
siluA exhibit what parts and portions of lan'
hsve been sold, at what prices. and to whom
and how tie proceeds lave been invested
and on what securities and what .and still
remains uiisoid, where situated and of villa
value respectively.
.sSEc.s Is. No sales OF lard belonging t
the University Shall hereafter take place
unless the sa:.;s shall be decided upon at
regular meeting of the Board Of Trustees
or at one called fer that particular purpose
aud then only in the manner, upon the no
tice, and on the terms which tho Boar
shall prescribe, and no member Of the Boar
shall be either directly or Indirectly inter
ested in any purchase OF such lands up"
sale, and it Shall be lawful! for the Board t
invest any such surplus income which is no
immediately required Tor tie purposes c
instruction, in the United States or in the
/, iuterc-t paying State St ,cks, and to hole til
same fer the University, either as a perpe
pal fund or as an income - d,fray currer
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