St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-07
The Public Schools.
A. r. No. 189-AN ACT to establish an,
maintain Farmerss Institutes in Mime
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Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the State
Of Minnesota:
sand Vs doaTs Be- n1S
the same is hereby appropriated for the
| fiscal years Of 1890 and 1891. for the main
tenance OF Farmers Institutes to be held in
the several counties Of this state as herein
after provided. Provided. That the appro-
priation herein made shall not be construed
as being additional to any other appropria-
ton hereafter or heretofore made.
SEC. 2. That the average cost Of such In
stitutes to be paid out of said appropriation
shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and
fifty ($l5O) dollars, and such expenditures
shall only be included as legitimate and
necessary, the board and travelling expenses
of the instructors reasonable compensa-
ton for their services and reasonable out
fit of charts outlines, etc. The salary of the
superintendent. together with his travelling
and needful expenses, shall not be included,
except those that are consequent upon doing
preliminary work preparatory to the holding
of institutes.
It is hereby provided that none of these
moneys shall be expended for hall rent fuel,
lights, local advertising or compensation for
services of instructors other than those regu-
larly employed.
regents Of the University of Minnesota, to be
selected by said board, acting in conjunction
with the present presidents of the State
Farmers Alliance, the State Agricultural
oOclety, the STATE HOrucuItuFai society, anu
the State Dairymans association, shall con-
stitute board of administration to superin-
tend the execution of this act.
The several presidents named shall hold
their Office as members OF this board of adj
ministration from the time of the passage Of
this act until the close OF the fiscal year Of
1891, their terms shall expire and the then
elected ard acting presidents OF these sew
eral named agricultural societies shall be-
come members Of this board Of administra-
lon In fhair str md Mold hair fsn Pow
two years and be relieved in turn as herein
before provided.
This board of administration Is hereby en-
powered by q majority vote thereof to Gp-
point some suitable and competent person
as state superintendent of Farmers Insti-
tutes. The superintendent's term OF office
shall commence on August 1. 1889, and
shall hold for two years unless otherwise
removed, provided a superintendent fbr
the short term from the date of the pass
appointed as soon as possible after this act
shall be in force.
SEC 4 The additional duties Of this board
of administration shall be to act in conjullc-
ton with the superintendent OF Institutes
in the arrangement OF circuits eff institutes
to be held yearly; this circuit to comprise
the fixing of times and places where insti-
tutes shall be held during each year, and to
hereinafter provided. Provided, that coun;
ties where Institutes have not been held
under the law of 1887, shall have precedence
in the making of future Institute circuits. !.
The duties of superintendent OF Farmers
Institute shall consist in experimenting the
Institutes when located as herein provided,
in the engagement of proper instructors and
making proper announcements; also to re-
ceiYe, examine and report upon all bills fer
expenses for services that are payable from
said appropriation, and at the end of each
fiscal year to make q detailed report Of all
Farmers Institutes held under his direction
as such superintendent and an tented &C.
count of all expenditures under this act dur
Ing the year last passed to said Board OF Ad-
ministration.
SEQ. g. That the expense Of such insti-
tutes, together with the salary OF said super
intendent, which is hereby fixed at one
thousand five hundred (l,50O dollars per
year, and the necessary expenses OF his SUI
perintendence shall be paid out of the said
institute fund, by the state treasurer, upon
warrants Issued by the state auditor, which
warrants shall be only drawn upon the pre-
sentation and filing of an affidavit of the
panied by an itemized statement Of expendi-
lures to De approved by the said Board Of
Administration.
SEC. 6. That the said Board of Admins
d sIa beard Tor expenses incurred a, under
Chapter 26l Of the General Laws OF 1887,
since the Close OF the last fiscal year until the
passage Of this act
SBO. 4. Inat the ufc4peHQeu DdldHCc OF
the appropriation made by said Chapter 261,
General Laws Of 1887. that shall remain at
the date of the passage of this act shall be
transferred by the state auditor to the insti-
tute fund constituted by this act.
See. 8. That In the disappointment Of such
Farmers Institutes they shall be held, so Ear
as possible at times and in the places that
shall be most convenient to the farmers Of
the state; and they shall continue for not
less than one a nor more than three 90
days each, with morning, afternoon, and
where practicable, evening sessions, andthat
they shall be free to the public; also that
they shall consist Of practical and instructive
lectures upon topics pertaining to the farm
and home with essays and addresses. dis
customs and illustrations, of such methods
and practices as possess true merit and are
adapted to the conditions of our agriculture,
the sole object and purpose of these insti
tutes being to disseminate practical knowl-
edge upon questions pertaining to agricul-.
ture. horticulture, stock ana dairy farming,
with the least expense OF Inconvenience to
the people of the state.
SEC. g. Chapter 26l, General Laws, 1887,
entitled, IAN act to establish and maintain
Farmers Institutes in Minnesota. - is hereby
repealed.
SEC. TO- This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage
Approved April "a 1885,