The evening times., 1902-07-12
DISTRIBUTION OF The
MORRILL, FUND TODAY
Each State Receives $25,00O
for Agricultural Colleges.
TOTAL AMOUNT S1,20O,OO0
Uncle Sans Donation to Education in
Farming and Mechanics-MOney From
Sale of Public Lands-No Discrimi-
nation Against Negro Allowed

Forty-eight States and Territories en-
titled to endowmeuts under the Morrill,
fund act Of August 80, 1886. viii today
receive So. coo each. The drafts for
these several sums are being made out
in the Treasury Department.
The act appropriated for the more
complete endowment Of colleges for the
benefit Of agriculture and the mechanic
arts $4,000 to be paid to each State
and Territory at the end Of the fiscal
year OF 1890. the sum for each to be
increased each year thereafter until the
sum Of So, coo was reached. This year
disbursement is the third of s25. 900 to
each State and Territory under he Nor
riu f-nd.
All the States and Territories have
complied with the provisions Of the act,
the principal requirement OF which is
that no State or Territory shall receive
the money from the Government thus to
be distributed and coming from tle sale
Of public lands, which makes dfssrimin-
ations ~ its agricultural colleges Oh ac-
count of race or color. but that where
such institutions are provided separately
for The races. II shall be deemed com
pIiance with the law.
Must Report Progress.
The act provides that an annual re-
port Of each Of the agricultural and ne
chanical institutions shall be made to
the Secretary. of the Interior and the
Secretary of Agriculture regarding she
condition and progress Of each college.
including statistical information in re-
lation 10 its receipts and expenditures.
its library, the number Of its students
and professors: and also as to any i'm
pTovements and experimental stations
attached 70 such colleges, with their
cost and results. and such other indus
trial and economic statistics as NAV be
regarded as useful: one copy 60 be sent
70 all other colleges similarly endowed
by the act
Should the Secretary of the Interior
withhold from any State or Territory a
certificate for the fund. the amount in
VOWED IS TO be kept separate in the
Treasury. and the State or Territory
concerned may appeal from that action
TO the next Congress.
How Money Is Paid.
The aggregate OF the money which
VIII be sent 10 the states and Terrific
ries tomorrow is 81, 200. 900. In most
cases the money is paid to the State or
Territorial Treasurer; in some instances.
as in Texas. to the head Of the college.
The Territories Of Oklahoma, Arizona,
and New Mexico receive their money
through their Territorial treasurers.
Indian Territory. Hawaii, and Porto
Rico receive no money under the act
AS the board Of trustees of the Texas
Agricultural and Mechanical College
viii meet on the 18th inst, they viii
receive their Government endowment
fund IN ample time for their annual
appropriations for the support Of the in
stitutton. draft for 525 900 will be
forwarded tomorrow 70 President ". H.
Whitl0ck at College Station. Tex.
In Indian Territory the whites, at least,
receive no kind of Government aid for
educational Purposes. Their only hope
for the near fixture in this respect lies
in the Moon tIi. now pending. to ere
ate the Territory Of Jefferson.