New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-11
No. 1875.
AN ACT

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| AN ACT
To carry into effect the purposes of the do
nation by the United States Of public
lands for the benefit Of agricultural ant
the mechanical arts, and to establish AZ
Agricultural and Mechanical College iI
the State of Louisiana, and legalize dOna
tons to such institutions.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened
That as soon as practicable after the pas
sage of this act, there shall be established
and organized college to be entitled the
Louisiana State Agricultural and Mechanical
College; it shall be instituted and conduct
ed in strict con ormity to an act of Congress
approved July 3, 1862. entitled IAN act do.
mating public lands to the several States
and Territories which may provide colleges
for the benefit of agriculture and the me-
chanic arts" and to acts supplemental
thereto.
Sec. 2. Be it farther enacted, etc., That
the course of instruction in said college
shall include, as leading object, the arts
and sciences applicable to the progress and
improvement of agriculture and the me-
chanlc arts, not Deglecting the literary
branches of education.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
said college shall be under the control and
supervision of thirteen persons, to be known
as the board of control of the Louisiana
State Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege, of which body the Governor of
the State, the Lieutenant Governor, the
Chief Justice of the State and the
Superintendent of Public Education
shall be ex-Oflicio members, and the
remaining nine members shall be appointed
by the Governor by and with the advice
and consent OF the Senate, three of whom
shall serve for one year, three for two years,
and three for three years and as vacancies
occur at the end of one and two years, and
annually thereafter, they shall be filled by
appointments to continue for the term of
three years, which is hereby constituted
the regular term of Office for the mem
bers of said board of control. Five mem
beers shall constitute quorum for business.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted. ETC., That
the commissioners hitherto in charge of the
land scrip and proceeds of the public lands
and land scrip appropriated to the State of
Louisiana under the act or acts aforesaid
shall turn the same over to the board of
control of the Louisiana State Agricultural
and Mechanical College, which is hereby
authorized and directed to transfer the
same from it's present place of deposit into
the custody of the Treasurer of the State,
who shall cause all cash proceeds to be
N
Mechanical College fund. The said funds
or proceeds now or hereafter realized shall
be appropriated to the payment of tuition
and necessary expenses of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College; provided, no part
of the same shall be available or payable
for purposes forbidden or not authorized in
the acts OF Congress conveying the grant
or supplementary or amendatory thereof.
SEC. S. Be it further enacted, etc, That
fhap nhon tn 4oht chn1 .,r
fessOrs and teachers tor said college, in
GLIDING professor and course of lectures
and instruction on agricultural chemistry,
the same on civil engineering, and also on
such other subjects tending to carry out
the purposes of this act and the acts of
Congress relating thereto as may be neces-
sary or proper.
SEC. E. Be it further enacted, etc, That
no part of the grant made by the acts of
Congress aforesaid shall be appropriated to
the purchase of ground or the erection of
buildings, a duty, the fultllment of which
is assumed by the State, to be carried into
effect as fast as the wants and progress of
the Agricultural and Mechanical College
may require. The sum of ten thousand
dollars is hereby appropriated out of the
general fund In the treasury of the State
from moneys not otherwise appropriated,
to be placed to the credit of the board of
control for the purchase of site and
erection of buildings in one of the
country parishes, embracing sufficient land
for the successful conducting of an
department included, and for the re-
necessary for such purchase and
erection they may contract debt, secured by
act of mortgage of all property purchased
and erected, enforceable in not less than five
years, and bearing not more than eight per
cent per annum, but said mortgage shall
never exceed the amount previously ex-
pended for land and buildings, it being the
intention of this act that the State shall
continue its appropriations in favor of the
institution until they reach the sum of fifty
thousand dollars.
SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, etc, That
for the more early and efficient institution
OF the said college, it may be organized and
conducted in the city of New Orleans or
at the option Of the board of
control, until such time as a site and build
lngs be ready for its permanent location in
the country. Aud the board of administra
tors of the University of Louisiana is here
by ordered Immediately to place at the dis.
posal of the board of control the left or east
building belonging to the State, situated at
the corner OF Baronne and Common streets,
in the city of New Orleans, or such parts
thereof as the said board of control may
make requisition for. That in case the po
lice jury OF any parish or council of any in
corporated town or city shall offer to the
board OF control any donation of any kind
whatsoever for the purpose of securing the
location of the agricultural and mechan-
ical college or any division thereof in or
near such parish, town or city. and such
grant or tender of donation shall be &C
cepted by the board Of control and ratified
by majority of the qualified electors vot-
ing at an election called by the proper local
a authority interested therein, the donation
Or debt made or assumed by the parish,
town or city shall be valid and binding,
and any bonds issued or tax levied in CON
is hereby authorized aud made
valid, notwithstanding any limit of taxa
ion or of debt in any general or special
aw of the State conflicting Herewith,
Sec. g. Be it further enacted, etc., That