Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-17

and all expenses incurred in the management
and disbursement of the moneys which may be
received therefrom, shall be paid by said State
of Minnesota SO that the entire proceeds of the
sale of said lands shall be applied without any
dlminution whatever to the purpose mentioned
in the preceding section.
Sec. 4. That if any portion Of tue fund in
vested, as provided in the second section of
the the interest ss Oh thereon any shall by any
action or contingency be diminished or
lost it shall be replaced by the said State so
that the capital of the fund shall remain for
ever undiminished; and the annual interest
shall be regularly applied without diminu-
ton to the purpose mentioned in the second
section of this act, except that an amount not
exceeding ten per centum of the interest may
be set apart if needed, and be expended for the
purchase of lands for experimental out-sta-
tions for tree culture on prairie lands and forest
culture on timber lands whenever authorized by
the legislature of said State. Provided, how
ever, that if deemed preferable, suitable and
sufficient tracts for such stations may be re-
served of the lands selected under this act.
Sec. 5. That no portion of the fund arising
from the sale of the lands herein granted, nor
the interest thereon, shall be applied directly or
indirectly, under any pretence whatever, to the
purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of
any building or buildings. That unless school
of forestry described in the second section
of this act shall be provided within eight years
from the date of this enactment, with sulta-
BILE building and at least forty acres of ground
for experimental timber culture, and which
school shall be satisfactory to the Presi-
dent of the United States, the grant hereinbefore
made to the State of Minnesota shall cease; and
said State shall be bound to pay the United
States the amount received of any lands pre-
vicusly sold. and that the title to purchasers
under the State shall be valid Provided, that
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the head Of said school of forestry a person of
known and acknowledged qualifications in the
science and practice Of forestry; that tuition in
said school shall be free, that pupils may be adj
mitted from any State, but none shall be adj
mitted as pupils who do not possess trust
worthy character. Provided further. that said
school and all Its departments, records and ao-
counts shall at all times be open to the inspec-
ton and scrutiny of any visitor or agent whom
the President Of the United States may appoint
to visit and inspect the school.
SEC. 6. An annual report shall
be made regarding the progress OF the school,
recording any Improvements and experiments
made with their cost and results and such 9th
er matters as may be supposed useful; also,
setting forth the financial situation of the
school AID stating particularly its income
and expenditures; one copy of which shall be
furnished to the library of Congress, and
COPY to the commissioner of the general land
office.
COOPERATION REG UEsTED.
On suggestion of Mr.. Noyes and others,
with an understanding that the above docu-
ments were to be printed in the GLOBE, the
special committee was authorized to procure
copies of the paper containing the documents
to forward, with communications, request
ing endorsement of the protest, to CONNER
oio apd inIuatria1 occOniafIDpl
THOSE RAILROAD GATES.
Mr.. Wilson reported the gates at certain
railroad crossings, coRcerning which so much
has been said, are in process OF construction
and will probably be in place and in opera
ton tomorrow, and the chamber then ad
iourned,