The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-05-08
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FUND.

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the idea that because bill was passed
at the last legislature providing for the
building of State Agricultural Col
lege building and for the government
of the college to pass under state con-
erol and government, when such new
college building is completed and ac-
cepted by the state, that therefore such
bill completely annuls all laws which
heretofore existed for the support and
maintenance of the Agricultural Col
lege under the old and present govern
ment. The idea is certainly a nistak-
en- one about which there does not
seem to be any doubt when the new
bill is construed with the laws which
existed before it's passage. If the Sec
retary of the State, as the O1sgonlU1
lsays, has concluded that he has no au-
thority to draw warrants for the sup
port of the College during the next
two years, his mind certainly can be
disabused of that conclusion after
complete and thorough examination of
the different acts provided for the sup
port and government of the State Ag-
ricultural College. The new bill does
not repeal or in any way iterfere with
the laws existing previous to the pass
age of said bill, which provides for the
drawing of warrants for the support of
and government OF said College, while
it is true that the new bill provided
for the appointment of a new board of
Regents consisting of the State Board
of Education and the remainder of said
Board to the number of thirteen to be
appointed by the Governor. Yet it
still further provides that such new
''Board of Regents shall not assume
the government of said College until
the building mentioned in this act
shall have been completed as aforesaid,
and accepted by the Governor on be
half of the State" Thus it will be
seen that the new boardsof Regents if
they had already been appointed could
only act as figure heads with no duties
to perform until the College building
is completed and accepted by the Gov
erner on behalf of the State. The
Oreg0nian uses the following words,
"The bill provides for the College to
be opened some time during the next
two years, but not for the present
school, whore board resigned the adj
vantagss of state aid before the meet
ing of the Legislature. ''The privel-
eges once resigned were not renewed"
The fact of thu matter is that the
old board of regents rendered to the
State at that last session of legislature
their resignation which could have no
effect until it was accepted by the leg
islature ON the part of the State, be-
cause the arrangement with the old
Board by which they assumed control
and management of the school was
mutual arrangement by two parties the
Board on one side and the state upon
the ether and the duties thus assumed
could not be thrown off and aban-
domed without the consent of the |
other, hence the new bill passed by |
the legislature in Sec. Is thereof pro-
vides for the matter now being consid-
cred in the following words, ''Sec. IS,
That Corvallis College in Benton conn-
ty, having signifed it's intention and
desire to relinquish to the State the
control and management of the State
Agricultural College, the same is here
by accepted to take effect at the time,
and in the manner provided in this
Act" The time refered to in the sect
ion just quoted las provided in
the bill is to be when the build
ing is completed and accepted
by the Governor at which time the
new Board shall assume control and
management of the College in the man
ner provided under the bill. Any
other construction of the bill would
certainly be strained construction
which no court would sustain.
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