Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-03-24
The Agricultural College.

The Ohio Senate, Thursday, passe
the House bill providing for the loca
ton and erection of an Agricultura
College BY 10 Trustees, to be appoint
ed by the Governor. As no amend
ments were MADE to the bill in tn
! Senate, it is now a law
1 The following is an abstract Of it
provisions:
Section / enacts that college to b
styled the Ohio Agricultural Colleg'
and Mercantile College shall be estab
lished in accordance with act of Con
gress.
Section 9 provides that Board Of
Trustees shall be appointed by the
Governor TO consist of one from each
Congressional District.
Section 8 provides for term of Office
of Trustees, filing vacancies, DC; nc
compensation is allowed them.
Section 4 relates to the Trustees,
who may use seal, DC.
Section 5-By-laws, rules, regula
tons, appointing officers, experiments,
dc. The Trustees shall have power
to remove the President or Professor
for cause, and shall prescribe charac-
ter and extent of experiments.
Section 6 provides for an executive
committee of three from the Board of
Trustees, TO have control in the ab-
sence of the full board, and who shall
report at each meeting of the board.
Section provides that the college
shall be open to all over IA years of
age, each county having its proper
ton under regulations to be prescribed
by the board, and the latter may pro-
vide for free lectures at the college or
elsewhere
Section provides that the board
shall have the general supervision of all
lands and other property, and shall
contract no debt not previously au-
thorized by law.
Section 9 provides for the organiza-
ton of the board, and shall elect all
other officers necessary either from
their own number or others, requiring
Treasurer to give bonds, &c.
Section TO- Board to collect speci-
mems in mineralogy, geology, botany,
DC, the chief geologist 10 deposit spec
linens for the use of said college. The
board shall make provision for library,
apparatus, arms and accoutrements,
and preserve the same.
Section H. Trustees have power to
receive trusts for said college, and
may receive any bequest in land,
money, or other property, which shall
go TO the endowment fund, unless 9TH
erwise ordered by the donor.
Section l2 provides for meetings of
the board, first to be called by the
Governor at Columbus, Ohio; majority
of board to do business, except in cleo
ton of President or professor, which
must be a majority of all.
Section Is. Title of lands to be vest
ed in the State and approved by the
Attorney General
Section IA The Trustees to make
report annually TO the Governor of
their entire proceedings, incomes and
expenditures, and to record all expert
ments made, noting results and cost of
each. Gf" TG
Section Is provides that the kttor-
ney General shall he the legal adviser
of the board, and provides his compen-
sation.
Section l6 relates to investment and
disbursement Of the funds; the endow-
ment to remain intact, unless one
tenth be authorized by law for the
purchase Of lands, as provided by act
of Congress
Section I makes it the duty of the
Trustees to locate, on o. before Octo-
Der Is, 1870, on lands not less than
one hundred acres, reasonably central
and accessible by rail, having regard
of healthiness of location, and dona-
tions made for its benefit. 1t shall re-
quire three-ffths vote to locate, and
there must be at least one hundred
thousand dollars donations before the
location is made at any particular
point.