St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-07
The Public Schools.

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Il. +. No. ls9-AN ACT to establish ant
| maintain Farmers's Institutes in Mime
sofa.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the Stat
SECTION i. That the sum Of seven thou
| sand five hundred (S7,500) dollars be and
the same is hereby appropriated for the
| fiscal years Of 1890 and 1891. for the main
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 (Sl5O) 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.
1t is hereby provided that mono Of these
moneys shall be expended for hall rent fuel
lights, local advertising or compensation fol
services of instructors other than those regu-
larly employed.
Sec 8. That two members of the board OF
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
Society, the State Horticultural Society, and
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 ad
nf fhn ~
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
ton in their stead and hold their office fol
two years and be relieved in turn as herein
before provided. H.
This board of administration Is hereby en-
powered by majority vote thereof to ap
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 superintendent FOL
the short term from the date of the pass
age of this act until August I, coming, shall be
appointed as soon as possible after this &C,
shall be in force. s..
SEC. T. The additional duties Of this board
| of administration shall be to act in conjunc
| ton with the superintendent Of institutes
| to be held yearly; this circuit to comprise
| the fixing of times and places where insa
| tutes shall be held during each year., and te
! audit the accounts Of the superintendent AZ
! hereinafter provided. Provided, that coun
| ties where Institutes have not neen 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
| int anC
| making proper announcements; also to re
| ceiye, examine and report upon all bills fol
expenses for services that are payable from
| said appropriation, and at the end of each
| fiscal year to make detailed report of all
! Farmers Institutes held under his direction
| as such superintendent and an itemized &C
| count Of all expenditures under this act dur
| ing the year last passed to said Board OF Ad
| miniStration.
| SEQ s.. That the expense of such insti
| tutes, together with the salary OF said super
| intendent, which is hereby fixed at one
| thousand five hundred Q,5OO) dollars pei
| 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
superintendent of institutes to be accom-
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
tration shall be empowered to act as an au
diting board for expenses incurred under
| Chapter 261 Of the General Laws Of 1887
since the close OF the last fiscal year until the
passage of this act
SBc7 That the uneXpended balance OF
the appropriation made by said Chapter 261
General Laws Of 1887. that shall remain al
the date of the passage of this act shall be
transferred by the state auditor to the insti
tute fund constituted bV this act 5e
SEC. g. That In the appointment Of such
Farmers Institutes they shall be held, so far
| 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 ID nor more than three 81
days each, with morning, afternoon, and
where practicable, evening sessions, and that
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
cussions and illustrations, of such methods
adapted to the conditions Of our agriculture,
the sole object and purpose of these tnsti
tutes being to disseminate practical knowl
edge upon questions pertaining to agricul-
ture, horticulture, stock ana dairy farming,
with the least expense or Inconvenience to
the people Of the state.
SEC. g.. Chapter 261, General Laws 1887,
entitled, s'An act to establish and maintain
Farmers Institutes In Minnesota" is hereby
Sec. 10. This act shall take effect aud be
in force from and after its passage.
Approved April "a, 1889.
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