New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-31

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Improvements and experiments made in
agriculture and the mechanical arts, with
| their costs and results, the names Of the
| professors and students, the amount of re-
| cepts and disbursements, together with the
nature. costs and results of all important
scientific Investigations and xperiments in
| the useful artR, and such other matters, in
| Gliding State, industrial and economical
| statistics, and literary, historical, philo-
| logical and philosophical discussions or
essays as may be deemed important or use
| full, one copy of which shall be transmitted
to all the other colleges which shall be en-
dowed under the provisions of the act of
Congress of July 2, 1862, as hereinbefore
| mentioned.
SEC, 81. Be it further enacted, etc., That
| the president of the Louisiana State Uni
versity and Agricultural and Mechanical
| Col eye shall be the president OF the faculty
of professors thereof, and executive bead of
the institution in all its departments AS
| such officer he shall have authority, subject
to the board of supervisors, 10 give general
| direction to the practical affairs and scien-
| tific investigation of the University and
Agricultural and Mechanical College, and,
| in the recess of the board of supervisors,
to remove any employee or subordinate Of
| feer, not a member of the faculty, and sup
ply for the time any vacancy thus created,
and go long as the interests of
| the institution require it. He shall
| be charged with the duties of ore
of the professorships; and it shall be
the duty of the president OF the University
| and Agricultural and Mechanical College
| to make to the State Superintendent of
| Public Education, on nr before the first
| Monday in December in each year, and
| every year, report in detail showing the
progress and condition of the University,
the names of the professors and studenk;
| the nature costs and results of ali import
| mt inn nd apiFr nnnfu nd
such other matters, including industrial,
| economical, philosophical and educational
| statistics as shall be deemed useful.
SEC %. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the President of the University and Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College shall be
specially charged with the discipline OF the
University and Agricultural and Mechanical
College, and be held directly responsible
for the good order of the establishment,
and especially for the conduct and behavior
of the students or cadets; and it is hereby
declared not to be the intent IF this act to
devolve in any wRy upon professors as such,
or upon the faculty OF professors, the main
tenance OF good order and discipline among
the students or cadets, or to hold them re-
sponsible for the conduct or behavior of
cadets or students outside of their class or
lecture rooms, and during the time of reci-
tatiCn or study or lecture, and it is particu-
| larry enjoined upon the board of supervisors
to delegate to the president of the Univer-
sity and Agricultural and Mechanical Col
| lege, and through him such assistant dis
ciplinarians as may be assigned him, from
among the professors and assistant profess
sors, sufficient authority to enable him to
maintain proper discipline and good order
and TO meet properly and effectively the
the great responsibility heaeby imposed on
him. No student or cadet shall ever be tried
by the faculty of professors or by any COM
mittee of professors for any beach of
discipline or other misconduct; but no pro-
vision of this section or this act shall be
construed as initiating against a proper
subordinatiOn of professors or other officers
to the president of the University and Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College, and the
necessity of obeying all the rules and Or
ders which he may impose on them in VIZ
tue of the provisions OF this act and of the
rghtful authority delegated to him by the
board of supervisors as hereby enj Joined
upon the board and the president
of the University and Agricultural
, and Mechanical College shall have the
power to assemble the faculty, or any COM
nittee or number Of the professors, at any
time he may see fit, for consultation or ad.
vice or other action or any subject
matter he may choose TO lay before
them, provided only that in all mat
, tiers of discipline, and relating 10 the
conduct and behavior of students OF cadets
the president alone and not the faculty, OF
| any professor snail ueClQo OF act.
SEC. %. Be it further enacted, etc., Thai
t the State of Louisiana, in i:s corporal,
capacity, may take by grant, gift, devise o.
bequest, any property for the use of the
Louisiana State University and Agriculture
, and Mechanical College, and hold the same
? and apply the funds arising therefrcn
t | through the board of supervisors for tn,
/, support of the said institution of learning
/ SEC. "a. Be it further enacted, etc, Thai
the board of supervisors in its corporate
Z capacity may take by grant, gift, devise o.
3 bequest any property for the use of tn,
7 Louisiana State University and Agricul
tural and Mechanical College, or OF any
: school thereof, or of any professorship
/, chair or scholarship therein, or for the Ii
s brary, museum, observatory, workshops
= experimental farm, apparatus, cabinets, o.
d for any purpose appropriate to the UniveT
g sity and Agricultural and Mechanical Col
i lege, and such property shall be taken re
{ ceived, held, managed and invested, ant
/ the proceeds there of used, bestowed anj
j. applied By the said board of supervisor
J. for the purposes, provisions and condition
!; prescribed by the respective grant, gift, de
d wise or bequest, in aecordan 80 with the pro
Q visions of sections five. eleven and seven
teen of this act.
It Sec. 25. Be it further enacted, etc, That
= the board of supervisors NAV invest any @
70 the permanent funds of the Louisiana Stat
J. University and Agricultural and Mechanics
D College, which are now or may hereafter b
j in its custody in productive anineumbere
% real estate in this State, subject to Oh
q power of the Legislature to control @
Q change such investments, excepting sue
r az by the provisions of previous section
d of this act or by the terms of their a,
q QUESTION must be otherwise invested.
l. SEC 20 Be it further enacted, ETC., Tha
70 If by the terms of any grant, gift, devise {
, bequest such as are hereinbef0re describe
a in sections twenty-three and twenty-four
! this act, conditions are imposed which al
d inpracticable under the provisions of ii
p Revised Statutes of this State, such grant
d gifts, devise or bequescs shall not thereb
g. fail, but such conditions shall be reieete
a and the intent of the donor carried out
n near as may be.
Sec. 81. Be it further enacted, ETC., This
= all acts or parts of acts in any way in CO.
y travention of this act, be and the came al
i hereby repealed, and this act shall take g
y feet from and after it's passage.
i (Signedj L. d. ESFILETTE,
u Speaker of the House of Representatives.
5 tSgned) C. e. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and President of Il
. Senate.
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