The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-07

An Act to establish and maintain farmers
institutes in Minnesota.
be It enacted by the Legislature of the STATE
of Minnesota:
SEC. /. That the sum of ten thousand dH!-
lars shall be, and is hereby, annually apFro-
priated, beginning with the fiscal year com.
mencing aug. l, lsDl. for the maintenance II
FARMERS institutes to lie he'd in the SeNeEHl
counties OF this state rs hereinafter v!drI'
SEC. ,. That the average cost OF said lrsIi-
tuteS to be paid ont of such appropriately
SHALL not exceed the sum of one hundred any
nifty dollars. and in such expenditure Sh&l
only be Included as legitimate and necessary,
tho board and travelling expenses OF the IN
struetors and reasonable compensation for
Their services. The salary of the Supc'ih-
endent and his travelling and neeu.u. eN-
penSeS, together with tho cost of the MetrN-
sary outfit of models, charts. outlines. Hi'.
pIe!imiuary work, preparatory to the holding
OF these institutes, shall not be included i'll
calculating this average cost. !.
SEQ. ). 1t is hereby provided that none OF
these moneys shnil be expended for hlh
rent, fuel, lights, loca! advertising. nor COM
penSatlon for services of instructors, other
Ih1n those regularly employed.
SEC; 4. That board of administration
Snail be and Is hereby created to supcrlntcAN
the execution of this act, and on and AFTER
Aug. lst 1891, said board shall be constituted
as follows:
Two members Of the board of regents Of
the university of Minnesota to be selected ny
said board of regents; the president OF me
state Agricultural society, ex-oilicio; the
president of the State horticultural society,
eX-otficio: the president of the State Dniy:
ASSOCIATION. ex-olliciO: and the director OK
the State Experiment. station, eN ouico.
SEC. 3. Each member of the board Of re-
gents aforesaid shall hold his Office for the
period of one year from Aug. Isl. 1891 At
which I1me, or as soon thereafter us is pract,
cable, and each three years thereafter, said
board OF regents shall make new appoint
ments from their own number to act As
successors TO the members Of the board Of
regents then in office. Said board of admiA-
lStrnton may select one OF its number an
nunlly us president thereof
SEC. 3. This board of administration Is
hereby EN- powered. by majority vote there
Of to appoint suitable and competent per-
SON state superintendent of farmers insti-
tutcS The superintendents term of Office
snail commence on Aug. I. 1891, and shall
continue tor two years, subject TO the discre-
ton OF the board of administration.
SEC. 7. The board of administration shall,
in conjunction with the superintendent, ar
range the institute circuits to be held an
nually, determining the times and places
when such Institutes shall be hell: during
s s year. ana shall audit the accounts as
SEC. 5. Thellut,es of the superintendent
of farmers Institutes shall be as follows,
viz:
To superintend the several institutes when
competent instructors therefor. TO receive.
examine and report upon all bills for px-
penSeS and services payable from said m.
preparation, and at tho end of each tlsca
year to make detailedreport of all farmers
Institutes held under his direction, with m
ltemized account Of al expenditures untfs.
this act during the year last passed, to said
board Of administration.
SEC. g. That the expense of such inst.
tuteS, together with the salary of said SUPER.
lnlendent, which is hereov 6Xed ut fifteen
hundred dollars per anlum aud the neces-
sary expenses Of his superinIenGenCe, and
all other money named in this act shall be
PAID out OF said institute fund by the state
treasurer upon warrants issued by the state
auditor. which warrants shall ONLY be drawn
upon the certificate of the Superintendent.
or institutes, approved by the president OF
the board OF administration.
SEC. TO- That the said board Of admins.
tratlon is hereby empowered to act as al
auditing board, and shall receive and audit
the report and accounts of said superinlend.
ent as aforesaid at the close Of each fiscal
year.
SEC. II. That said board of administration
Shall cause to be published annually a hand.
book OF pracGical agriculture for free d;stri
0ution among the farmers of this state, said
booS 10 be called Farmers Institute An
h!al' ana No. for the year 1891, and copsec.
uNVeiy thereafter, and the necessary ex
pense for said publication shall be met ont
~ the appropriation herein made; provided,
that the expense of said annual In anv one
year snail not exceed the sum Of fifteen INN.
dred dollars. All accounts for said annual
shal! appear in the annual report made ~
herelnbefore provided.
SEC II In arranging for such farmers in
stltutes, they shall be held, so far as possible
at times and places when most convenient To-
tlie farmers OF this state; each shall continne
Lor not less than one day nor more than three
Gays, WIN morning, afternoon, and when
PFacticabie evening sessions; each shall he
Tree 70 the public. and each shall consist Of
practical and instructive lectures upon tODics
pe[talh!hg TO the farm and home; with essavs
VI such fnethods and practices as possess real
merit ana are adapted to the conditions of
our agriculture: the sole object and purnosae
OF tnese institutes being to disseminate nrac.
tlcal knowledge upon questions pertaining to
agriculture. horticulture, stock and dairr
lalIlins. WIN the least expense and incon
Venlence to the people of the state
DEC. IL. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after it's passage. :"
Approved April Y, 1891.
CHAPTER 157-H, F.. No. GET,
An Act to provide for the collection, arro,r,
menu menu ana display of the products of the
an exposition of one thousand eight HIM.
dred and ninety-three (1s03), and tn nobo
an appropriation therefor. -lA'Ao
whereas. The congress of the United Stotos
mas provided. by an act approved AnrII
liver nd C%3th) one thousand eight hun.
four hundredth (l0Oth) annfrersorvr" - me
lumbus, by holding an Internationally nv 70
bltlon OF arts Industries, nianufnctnrn,