The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-05-26
CHAPTER 81.

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CHAPTER 81.
! AN ACT for thc/government of the
State University.
~. Be il cnnctrd bY the General is.
scnaby 0fthc STATE Of Iowo. That the
objects OF the State University establish
cd by the Constitution mt Iowa City,
shall be to provide the best and most
efficient means of imparting to young
men and young women on equal terms
! II liberal education, and thorough
knowledge of the different branches Of
| literature, the arts and sciences with
their varied applications. The tniver-
sity so far as practicable shall begin the
courses of study in its collegiate and
scientific departments, at the point
! where the same are completed in high
schools, and no students shall be admit
ted who have not previously completed
the elementary studies, in such branch
es IA are taught in the common schools
throughout the State.
~. The University shall never he
under the exclusive control of any re.
! ligiOus denomination whatever.
z3 The University shall be governed
| by a board of Regents consisting of the
Governor of the State, who shall be cc
Ofcio president of the Board, and the
Superintendent of Public Instruction
and the President of the University,
who shall also he members, CT CWcio,
together with one person from each
congressional district of the State. who
shall bc elected by the General Assem-
| bly,.
a.. The members Of said board elect
cd by the Thirteenth General Assem-
| bly,, shall ut their first meeting, be
divided into three classes, consisting of
| two eacl,. The number in each class,
rs the congressional districts of the state
| increase, shall he kept as nearly equal
as practicable The members of the
first class shall hold office for the term
of two years, those of the second for
six years, aud until their respective
SUCCESSORS are elected and qualified.
| The General Assembly shall elect
members every two years, as the terms
of office of the respective classes expire.
! The board of Regents shall fill all va
! cancies occurring therein, except when
the legislature il in session, aud the
persons so appointed shall hold their
| offices until the next session OF the Gen
eral Assembly.
Is. The University shall include a
collegiate, scientific, normal, law ana
such other departments, with such
| courses O1 lllSii hGiloit d'i'' SiSN'iN' ''"N-
les as the board of Regents may deter
mine; and the board shall have authori-
tv to confer such DEGREES, and grant
such diplomas, and other marks of dis
tiuc,ion, as ars usually conferred and
granted hy other Universities.
S6. The first regular meeting OF the
| board of Regents under this Act shall
be on the last Tuesday in June, 1870;
and the meetings thereafter ut such
time AS tire board may appoint. The
President of the board may call special
meetings when he deems it eXpcdient,
or special meetings may be called by
any three members of the board
| ~. An executive committee, con-
sisling of three competent and respon-
sible persons, shall be appointed by the
board Of Regents, who shall audit all
claims and whose chairman shall draw
all orders for such audited claims Oh the
treasurer, bnt before payment such
orders shall be countersigned by the
secretary. Said committee shall keep
"A specific and complete record Of all
matters involving the expenditure Of
money, which record shall be submit
ted to the board of regents ut each reSu-
lar meeting of the same.
See. 8. The board Of Regents shall
elect IA secretary, who sifali hold his
Once III tIc liGuShic VI tif1 ootA'"' ~
shall be his duty to record all the pro-
ceedings of the board or Regents, and
carefully to preserve all its books and
paners His books shall exhibit what
parts Of the University lands have been
sold, when the same were sold, and at
what price and to whom, on what
terms, what portion of the puichas. :
money las been paid, and when paid
on each sale, how much Is due on each
sale. by whom and how secured, and
/ when payable. what lands remain UNI
/ sold, where situated, ana their appraised
value if appraised, or their estimated
value IL not appraised. His books shall
also show how the permanent fund If
the University has been invested, the
amount of each kind of stocks, if any,
| with the date thereof, and when aud
where payable. the amount OF each loan
If any, and when made, and payable to
whom. and how secured and at what
interest, and when and where payable.
! When any further sales of lands or iur-
ther instruments shall be made, the
| secretary shall enter the same upon h.s
hooks as above set forth. The secrcta-
~ shall eountersign and register all
orders for money on the treasurer, and
the treasurer shall not pay any order on
him for money unless the same be couh-
signed by the secretary.
10. The board of Regents shall elect
"A treasurer who shall hold his office Mt
/ the pleasure Of the board. Ii shall lie
his duty az treasurer to keepa true and
faithful 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 treaeu-
rer; and he shall also give bond in the
penalty of fifty thousand dollars, condi-
toned for the faithful performance OF
his duties az treasurer, and that he will
at all times keep aud render a true
account of monies received by him as
such treasurer, and Of the disposition ne
has made of the same, and that he Will
nj all times be ready to discharge him
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