New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-21
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THEODORE TILTON
Office OF The Independent No. Beekman street, ~ l.
THE AGR1CULTURAL COLLEGE Ac2

AN ACT donsting Public Lsnds 70 W.
several States and TerritorieA ""io"
may provide College, for the
tit OF Agriculture and the Mechanic
Arts.
Bel enacted BY he Senate and RoU" Of
N, rn,d Slater of america in Congress a''e"oed That
ers he OaneA tn The several States for the purposes heIlu
after mentioned on amount Of public land TO DC spporoeu
TO each tae IN quantity equal $4,000 acres Tor eseh senator
and Representative in Congress TO "heh 'ne ''a o 80
entitled BY the spporonment under the census oil
1862 Prordd Thst Mineral Lends shall be selected OF
pu,chased under the provisions OF this act
sro And be farther enacted That the land aforesaid,
bsns surveyed shall be apporoned to the several States
IN sections or Subdivisions Of sections not less than quar-
tsr Of section; and whenever there public lands IN
State subject to sse private dollar and twenty
FIVE per acre the quantity to which said State sha be
entitled shall be selected from such lands within the limits OF
such State the Secretary Of tie Interior s hereby directed
to issue tn States In which there not the quantity
public ands subject to sale private entry at one dollar
and twenty five per which said State may be en-
titled under the provisions Of this act sDd scrip to the amount
In acres the deficiency Of its ditrbuyo share said scrip
to be sold by States the proceeds thereof applied to
the uses and purposes preched in this and for other
use or purpose whatsoever Protded That in shall
any State which land scdp may thus he issued be showed
TO locate the same within the limits Of any other State OF OF
any Territory Of tho United States but their sssnses
thus locate said land scrip upon OF the unspopsed
lands United States subject to sale at private entry a
dollar and wenty Ave cents acre And prorhtd
further That not more than million acres shall be located
bv such ssgnees in any Of the States s"d pyos0td
further, That no such locations shall b made before year
from the passage Of this act.
SIC g. And further esaeed That all the expenses OF
and supeYntendenoe and taxes from date OF Sc
lection Of said lands previous to their SALE and all expenses
incurred in the cement and disbursement Of the moneys
which may be received thererom shall be paid by the states
to which they may belong OF the treasury Of said ss'es
80 that the entire proceeds OF the sale Of said lands shall be
applied w,hOn any dminution whatever to the purposes
hereinafter mentioned.
SEE Ind be IL further enacted That all moneys derived
the sale of aforesaid by the States to which the
lands spporoned and from the sales Of land scrip herein
before provided shall be invested in stocks Of the United
States Of the States other sale STOCKS yielding not
per upon the par value OF ssd stocks
ard that the money invested shall constitute perpetual
fund the capital of which shall remain forever undnnished
s1cep mag be provided in section fifth of this ac
and the interest which shall be inyolsby sppropaed by
eseh which may take and claim the benefit OF this act
to the endowment support aud maintenance OF least one
college where the esdos object shall be- without excluding
other scientific and classical udes and including military
tactics teach brauche, Of Learning related to
Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in such manner as the
legislatures Of the States may respectively prescribe. in order
classes the several pursuits and professions in life.
SEC lind belt further enacted That the grant Of land and
land scIip hereby authorized shall be made tho following
conditions which well to the provisions hereneefore
contained previous Of the several States shall be
sisnhed by Legislative acts:
Fiat; II any portion OF the fund invested provided by
the foregoing section any portion Of the interest thereon
shall by any action contingency be diminished or lott 1t
shs be replaced by the State which belongs 40 that the
and the
annual interest shall be regularly applied without dnina
purposes mentioned In the fourth section OF this
except that exceeding 10 oeDum upon the
received State under the provisions Of this act
may be expended for the purchase Of for ts or expert
.ps farms whenever authorized BY the respective Le's
lures Of said States
Second No portion Of said fund nor the interest thereon
shall DO applied directly indirectly under any pre,enss
whatever the purchase erection preservation repair Of
any building or buildings.
Third Any State which may take and claim the benefit Of
the provisions Of this &C; shall provide within five OF
least than college described In the fourth sec
sion Of this the gran, such State hh and said
State shall be bound pay the United saies tho amount re-
ceyed sny land. previously sold and thai the title to pur
cha,en under the State shall be valid
Fourth. An annual report shall DO made regarding the
pose. of each college, recording improvements and
pertinent. made with their cost and results and such other
matters nclodins State industrial and economical statistics
may be supposed useful copy Of which shall be trans
ied by mail FREQ By each ali the other colleges which
may under the provisions Of this act aud also
copy to the Secretary Of the Interior.
FUN When lands shall b. selected from those which have
been rsed to double the minimum price In consequence 81
railroad grants. they shall be computed to the staos a, tie
maruu price and me aunbeY ef proportionaHy d.
minished.
Sr No State while In condition OF rebellion OF insur
rection sEnt the Of the United States shall be
entitled to the benefit Of this act.
Srea No State shall be entitled 10 the benefits Of thi,
act unless II shall express m acceptance thereof by its Legs
sure within years from the date Of its lSProva BY the
President
SEC And be further enacted That land scrip issued M
the provisions Of this shs not be subject to location
until After the first day OF January, 1853
SEC T. ind be further enacted That the land Officers shs
receive the for locating land 'cp issued under the
provisions Of this act allowed for the location Of mil
itsry bounty land warrants under existing laws Prorded
Their compensation shall not be thereby increased
SEC And be further enacted That the Governors Of the
States which scrip shall be issued under b' act
shall required report annually to Congress all sales made
Of such scrip whole shall be disposed Of the amour:
received same and what appropriation bas been made
Of the proceed
LETTER OF GEN. PRIM TO NAPOLEON.