New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-01
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AN ACT

AN ACT ~
To amend an act entitled an act to carry
into effect the purposes of the dOnat ion
by the United States of public lands for
the benefit Of the agricultural and me.
chanical arts, and to establish an Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College in the
State OF Louisiana, and legalize donations
to such institutions, and making an ap-
preparation for maintaining and cOntinu-
ing the same.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House OF Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly con-
vened, That section three OF the above act,
which reads:
THAT said college shall be under the
control and supervision OF thirteen per-
sons, to be known as the board of
control Of the Louisiana State Agricultural
and Mechanical College, of which body the
Governor Of the State, the Lieutenant
Governor, the Chief Justice Of the State
and the Superintendent of Public Educa-
ton shall be ex.OtficiO 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 filed by appointments, to continue for
the term OF three years, which is hereby
constituted the regular term OF office for
the members of said board of control five
members shall constitute q quorum for
business"
Be and tie same is hereby amended SO
as to read as follows:
"That said college shall be under the cor
troll and supervision of thirteen citizens,
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body polite and corporate in law. having a
common and corporate seal and possessed
of all rights incident to corporate existence;
said body shall be known as the board OF
control Of the Louisiana Agricultural and
Mechanical College, Of which the Governor,
the Lieutenant Governor, the Chief Justice
and the Superintendent of Public Educa
ton shall be ex-otticio 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
will serve for one year, three for two
years and three for three years, as vacancies
occur at the end of one and two years from
the first appointment, and annually there
after, they snail be filed iu the same manner
by appointments, to continue for three
years, which is hereby constituted the
regular tern of office of the members of
said board. Five members shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of business"
SEC 2. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
section four of said act, which reads:
''SectiOn 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 Of Tor1 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 trans
fer the same from us present place of de-
post into the custody Of the Treasurer of
the State, who shall cause all cash proceeds
to be placed to The credit of the Agricultural
and 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 Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College. provided
no part of the same shall be available or
payable for purposes forbidden or not au.
thorized in the acts Of Congress conveying
the grant or supplementary or a,nendatory
thereof
Be and the same is hereby amended so az
to read as follows
"That the commissioners hitherto in
charge of the land scrip and proceeds of the
same appropriated TO the State of Louisiana
under the act or acts Of Congress aforesaid
shall turn such scrip Or proceeds over to the |
board of control OF the Agricultural and |
Mechanical College, which is hereby author |
lied and directed to transfer the same from |
its present place OF deposit to the custody of |
the State Treasurer, and the State Treasurer
shall detach from the bonds which represent |
the proceeds OF the land scrip all past due |
coupons and ali coupons which shall mature |
Subsequent to the passage of this act as |
they shall fall due. and lie shall hold all |
such coupons subjec. 10 the order OF the |
board of control OF the agricultural and |
College, AID no part of the fund |
arising from the proceeds of the land scrip
snail be nsed for purposes not |
authorized il the acts of Congress convey.
ing the grant CT supplementary or amenda- |
tory thereof
Sec. 3. Be j: iur.her enacted, ETC., That |
section six Of said aco Ue amended so as TO
read as follows:
That IN accordance with a provision of |
section five OF an act Of Congress, approved |
July ,, 1862, donating the land scrip sum
not exceeding ten per centum Of the amount |
received from the United States may be |
expended by the board OF control for the |
purchase OF d site for an experimental farm; |
and the SUN of ten thousand dollars is |
hereby appropriated ont Of the general fund |
IN the State treasury from moneys not other |
wise appropriated to he placed TO the credit |
OF the board Of control, 10 be used for the |
purchase OF a site, or for the erection or |
repairs OF necessary buildings in one OF the |
country parishes. embracing sufficient land |
for the successful conducting of an acri- |
cultural and mechanical college, ample |
enough N It's arrangements to meet the |
wants OF the State. For the remainder |
necessary TO sach purchase and erection the |
board OF control may contract debt. Sc.
cured 10y ac1ef mortgage, Of all the prop |
erty purchased and building erected, en-. |
forceable in not less than three wears, and |
hearing interest at a rate no. exceeding
eight per centum per annum, but said mort
gage shall never exceed the amount stipu-
lated in the contract for the purchase of
lands and buildings. it being the intention
OF this act that The State shall continue its
appropriations in favor of the institution
until they reach in the aggregate the sum
of fifty thousand dollars"
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
section eight Of said act be amended so as
TO read as follows:
"That to entitle pupils to admission into
said college they shall De residents in the |
State, Of the age OF at least fourteen years, |
and ha fOnnd ComnAtArf in the hranChaa nf