Evening journal., 1911-02-20

Act donating public land TO the sew
eral States and Territories which
may provide Colleges for the benc-
fit of Agriculture and the Mechanic
Arts" and Whereas the said Act
renders it the duty of the State TO
provide the buildings, grounds and
appliances necessary to carry OUT
the objects of said act; and Where
as the Board of Trustees Of Della
ware College have proposed to con-
vey to the State of Delaware a. joint
and equal interest I'm the grounds.
buildings, Libraries. apparatus and
vested funds OF said College proper,
upon the condition that the State
shall vest the income to be de-
rived from the sale of the said
lands i'm a Board of Trustees, not
more than one-half of whom shall
be the representatives of the State,
and the remainder the representa-
tives Of the present Board, for the
purpose of establishing at Newark,
i'm connection with said College. an
institution which shall meet the re-
Quirements of the Act of Congress,
and extend to the people of
.our State the benefits of its pro-
visions; therefore
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representative Of the
State of Delaware in General As
sembly met.
Section I That the proposition
OF the Board of Trustees of Della
ware College be and the same is
hereby accepted, and that Delaware
College is adopted and established
as the institution TO be provided
by the State of Delaware, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the
Act of Congress approved July .,
1862, entitled An Act donating pub
lie lands to the several States and
Territories which may provide Col
leges for the benefit of Agriculture
and the Mechanic Arts
Section 2. That the State Treas
urer, in conjunction with the Gov
ernor of the State, and the President
of the Board of Trustees of Della
ware College, is hereby authorized
and required TO sell and assign, upon
such terms and conditions as they
may deem best for the interests OF
the State of Delaware, the whole OF
any part of thescrip or land war.
rants issued or to be issued TO the
State by virtue of said Act Of Con.
gress.
Section 3. That the proceeds o.
the sale or sales aforesaid shall b,
invested by the said Treasurer in in
terest bearing bonds of this State
or of the United States, at his dis
creation the principal of which bonds
shall be forever held sacred for thu
purposes contemplated I'm the Act o
Congress aforesaid. and shall not b.
transferable except by a special ac
Of the Legislature.
Section 4. That the State Treas
urer may perform and discharge an.
of the acts, trusts, or duties author
lied. directed, or conferred herein
by any agent or agents, by him Sc
lected and appointed by and will
the consent and advice of the Gov
ernor OF the State. All costs and eX
penses incurred I'm selling or assign
ing the said land-scrip, or in invest
ing the proceeds thereof, shall b
allowed and paid out of any funds i
the State Treasury not Otherwis
appropriated.
Section 8. That the State Treas
urer shall, semi-annually, receiv
anu pay ONNI the AMltNECN vi Dol
bonds to the Treasurer of the Boar
of Trustees Of Delaware College. 70
the purposes and on the condition
hereinafter mentioned.
Section 6. That the Board {
Trustees of Delaware College sha
devote said interest to the mainter
ance Of such course or courses {
instruction I'm said College as sha
carry out the intent of the act {
Congress aforesaid. and shall pre-
vide for the gratuitOus instructio
of one pupil from each hundred !
the State, who shall be annual
nominated TO be pupils of said Co
lege in such manner as the Legisls
ture may prescribe. Said pupils s
nominated and received shall be res
idents of this State, and shall be az
mitted into said College upon Oh
same terms and subject to the sam
rules and discipline which shall al
ply to all other pupils of said Co
lege, with the single exception th'
they shall not be required TO pa
anything for their instruction.
Section z. Said Board of Trul
tees shall, annually. on or before III
first day of February. in each an
every year, make up and distribui
the reports required by the fourt
paragraph of the fifth section Of sal
Act of Congress.
section g. That the Governor I
and is hereby authorized to appoi
Eve Trustees from each county
the State, TO be members of II
Board Of Trustees of Delaware Co