Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-06-25
IPublIshed April I1.1s01
No. 1872. a.

No 3S2, A Published April IL, 1901
CHAPTER 1875
AN ACT to amend section 3s9 of the revised stat
utes, amended by chapter 80 of the laws of
1888, relating to gifts to the university.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section /. Section 3S9, of the revised statutes
amended by chapter thirty, Of the laws of 1888,
is hereby amended by adding at the end of said
| amended section the following;
"Al such gifts, grants, devises or requests may
be made to the regents of the university, to the
president or any officer thereof, to any person
or persons as trustees or may be charged upon
any executor or trustee, heir, devsee or legatee,
or made in any other manner indicating inten-
ton tn create trust, and may be made az well for
the benefit Of the university, any of its chairs,
faculty, departments, colleges. schools halls OBJ
servatories or institutionso to provide any
of instruction, illustration or kuowedgeiu connec
ton Herewith, as for the benefit Of any class Of
students at the university in any Of its depart
ments, whether by way of scholarship, fellowship
/ or otherwise, whether for the benefit of stu
dents in any course subcOurse special course post
graduate course, summer school teachers
course, oratoTical debating course, laboratory,
shop. leetureship, drill, gymnasium, any other
ike division or department of study, experiment,
| research, observation, travel or mental physic-
| nj improvement in any manner connected with
the university, or to provide for the voluntary
retirement of any of Its faculty and il shall not be
necessary in any Of any such gift, grant, de-
wise or bequest to exactly particularly describe
! the members Of the class, group nationality OF
students intended to be the benehcaries. but IL
shall besuthcient to describe the class or group,
and In of any such gift, grant, devise or be-
quest, the regents Of the university shall divide
and graduate the students at the university into
such classes or divisions may be necessary to
| select and determine those belonging TO the class
intended by such gift, grant devise or bequest, and
they shall determine what particular persons are
within or intended by the II shall be suf-
hcient in any such gift, grant, devise bequest
to describe the benchciaries as belonging to a
| tain course, subeourse, department divIs on Of
the unversity,o those pursuing certain studies,
| speaking or writing a certain language or languag
es, belonging to any nationality uationaties, or
| to one Of the sexes, by any other description,
/ aud 10 such case the regents shall determine the
persons described as hereinbefore provided, so
that said section, whel so amended, shall read
| follows.
Section $50 For the support and endowment Of
/ the university there il annually and permanently
appropriated.
| lst The university fund income and an other
sums Of money appropriated by any law 70 the un-
iversity fund income.
| 2nd. The agricultural college fund income.
3rd. All such contributions may b. derived
/ from public or private bounty
The entire income of all said funds shall be
placed At the disposal Of the board NJ regents by
transfer - the treasurer Of said board henceforth
TO be independent and distinct Of the stats and Tor
/ the support u the aforesaid colleges depart
meHts of arts, Of letters and such other colleges
and departments IS shall be established In the
/ university or connected Herewith, bat al means
derived from other public OF private bounty shall
/ be exclusively devoted 10 the specific objects for
which they shall have been designed by the grant
or; ard al gifts grants, beqGests and devlses for
the benefit OF advantage Of the university, or any