Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-05-19
Published April IS, 1866.
CHAPTER I14-GENERAL.

Published April 1s, 1861
CHAPTER 114-GENERAL.
AN ACT TO organize and enlarge the university
Of Wisconsin and to authorize the county Of
Dane to issue bonds in aid thereof.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section /. The object Of the university of Wis
consin, shall be TO provide the means Of aequir-
ring a thorough knowledge of the various
branches OF learning connected with the scien-
tifc, industrial and professional pursuits; and to
this end il shall consist of the following colleges
to wit: LIST. The college Of arts; ID. The col
ege Of letters; Sd. Such professional and other
colleges from timesto time may be added
thereto, or connected Herewith.
Sec. 3 The college of arts shall embrace
courses of instruction ia the mathematical, phys
zeal and natural sciences, with their applications
TO the industrial arts, such as agriculture, me-
,hanics and engineering, mining and metallurgy
MANUFACTURES, architecture and commerce, In
such branches included in the college of letters
as shall be necessary to a proper fitness OF the
pupils in the scientific and practical courses for
their chosen pursuits, and in military tactics;
and as soon as the income Of the university will
allow, in such order the wants of the public
shall seem to require the said courses in the
sciences and their application 10 the practical
arts, shall be expanded into distinct colleges of
the university, each with its own faculty and
appropriate title. t-..es 81. ..f s..r 81
See. 3. The college Of letters shall be eO-ex-
stent with the college of ats and shall embrace
liberal course of instruction in language, lit
ersture and philosophy, together with such
courses parts of courses in the college of arts
as the authorities of the university shall pre-
scribe.
Sec. 4. The university in all its departments
and colleges, shall be open alike to male and fe-
male students; and all able-bodied male students
Of the University, in whatever college, shall G.
eeive instruction aud discipline in military tae-
ties, the requisite arms for which shall be fur
nished by the state.
Sec. 5. The goveIBm Mt IF the university
shall vest in a board cf regents, to consist of
fifteen members, to be appointed 10y the gov
eruor, two from each congressional district 10
the state and three from the state at large. Al
the list appointment, which shall be within
sixty days after the passage Of his act Eve shall
be commis oned for one year, five for two years,
and five for three years. Thereafter the full
very here which weighed 40 POUNDS. lie
q but '.sockdelager.'
stock Smith Il Hoyt have received /;
creas- of Groceries, Notions, DC.
anoId = There is frequently an element Of
u .t in tragedy, and an incident at the 81
e thelr in Hudson is Imaginable An old resid
bird dog which he valued highly.
burnel out completely at the fire. and
the evening another citizen met him
,nowI- costed him with: "Well, Uncle
od the is pretty bad business; rs SAFE
itions, reave'i man. " 4 nave i's' az nave
on. Ii Tg'ssss hare lost Dlg dog too"
s IA We witnessed a pretty laughsbl
I have dent in La Crosse the other day. Sor
year since the Democrat of that city charg
nSue MoUR. OF the Republicans. with owing
q tiey ksr for HE bread bill. and Armstrong
BARNES ESQ, To,,ynnI yiruIent cogperbead
selling me rbyme making fun of SEYMOUR
eAA'h- Friday Armstrong was in La Crosse, 9
introduced TO SeymosT, who told b
bread was paid for. and he had enc
Gus courses OF instruction: prGUSde q, that no in
strueuons either sectarian Ia religion on ARTISAN
in po,itics, shall ever be allowed IN any depart.
ment of the university, and no sectarian or par
| tisan test shall ever be allowed exercised in
the appo ntInent of regents or in the election of
prof ssggs, teachers OF other ofie rs Of the mi
veTsity, or IN the admission OF students thereto,
/ Or for AIRY purpose whatever. -s.
Sec. S. For the time being, an admission fee
and rates Of tuition, such as the board of re-
gents shall deem exPedient,- may be required of
each pupil, except as hereinafter proyids a; and
/ as sOob as the income Of the university will1pe
init, admission and tuition shsll be free TO all
residents Of the state and it shan be the duties
Of the Tegehts, aeeQrdipgs to spopulatien,. 70 so
appOTtiUn the reptesantadnn of students that
AZ Pv'1'ohsoA the STATE shaii ehJoy equai ptiH-
leges therein re &, % see ~ h-sE sr-E tare
See Q. one suitably qualified pupil from each
| assembly district to be dominated by the repre-
sentative of such district in the Legislature ofthe
state, who, other things being equal shall prefer
an or Than OF soldier who has died ina defense of
bis country, shall be at once and always entitled
10 free tuition all the colleges of the unworthy.
SIC. 10. The president OF the university shall
be president Of fhe several faculties and the
executive head Of the institution, IN an its de-
1 a l.
/ subject 40 the board of regents, to give general
direction 10 the practical affairs and scientific in
vestigations Of the several colleges, and in the
| Tecefs Of the beard of regents, to remove any
employee or subordinate officer, not a member of
| the facdlty, and to supply, for the time, any
vacancies thus created, ard so long as the inter
ests of the institution -requipe a. he shall be
charged withthe duties Of one of the professor
ships The secretary of state shall be secretary
OF the bOaTdzof Tegents. and sha / keeI faith
full record of all the transactions of the board of
regents, and perform such duties as they shall
impose. The state treasurer shall be the treas
urer Of the board of regents, and perform all the
duties OF such Office = -.rs5z srn .s
Sec. IL. The immediate government of the
several colleges shall be trusted co their respite
tive faealties5 but the regents shall have power
/ TO regulate the courses of Instruction, and pre-
/ scribe the authorities to be used in the several
courses, and also tOeonfer such degrees and grant
such diplomas as are usual in universities or as
i they shall deem appropriate y ~ JH sad1 ~
/ See. l2.aAt the close Of each FISCAL year, the
regent, through ,their president, shall nais
/ report inldetaAl tpJthe governor, exhibiting the
prog ess, condition and wants of each of tie
colleges embraced in the university, the course of
study in each, the number of professors and
students, the amount Of receipts and disburse-
ments together with the nature, costs and results
of all important Investigations and experiments,
and sHeh eiher information they may deem inn
pOrtant; copy Inch shall be transmitted, Free
by the secretary ofstate 10 all colleges endowed
under the provisions IF the con gressional act Of
July 2i, 1882, hereinbefore refereed to, and also
one copy to the secretary Of the interior, as pro-
vidsd IN said act. tA s aE#
Sec. Is. For the endowment and support of
the university, there are hereby Appropriated:
lst. The income Of the university fund. ID.
i The income Of a fund TO be derived from the
| sales Of the two hundred and forty thousand
acres Of land granted by congress to the state of
| Wisconsin, by virtue Of an act approved July I'd,
1852, entitled Gan act donating land TO the sew