Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-24

fixing lts permanent location IN
Travis County; providing for the per
manent location OF tne medical
branch OF the University OF Texas In
Galveston County; providing for the
establishment and maintenance OF
the Agricultural and Mechanical Col.
lege OF Texas as an Independent col
lege, and providing for Us permanent
location In Brazos County; proyd.
Ing for the establishment and sepa.
rate maintenance OF the College OF
Industrial Arts and fixing lts perma.
nent location In Denton County; au.
thorizing the establishment OF junior
agricultural college subsidiary to and
under the government OF the Agrl.
cultural and Mechanical College
Board establishing the Prairie View
State Normal and Industrial College,
and declaring II a branch OF the Agrl.
cultural and Mechanical College, and
fixing It's permanent location at Prai.
RE View, In Waller County; making
an equitable division OF the State
permanent endowment fund between
the University Of Texas, the Agrlcul.
tural and Mechanical College OF
Texas and the Prairie View State
Normal and Industrial College; max.
Ing an appropriation TO defray the
expenses OF advertising the Gov.
ernors proclamation and submitting
same TO vote OF the people.
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State OF Texas:
Section /. That Section 10, IL. H.
10, II and 10, Article T. OF the Constl.
tuition OF Texas. be amended 80 as to
hereafter read as follows:
Section TO- The University OF Texas
Is hereby established and permanently
located In Travis County. aud shall be
a university Of the first class. The
Legislature shall provide for lis organ.
ization and for its development. main
tenance and permanent Improvement
shall make by appropriation and other.
wise such provision as may be neoes.
sary for the promotion OF literature and
the arts aud sciences, pure aud applied.
In a university OF the first class The
affairs Of the University OF Texas shall
be administered by its own governing
board as provided by law. The pres
ent members OF the board shall con.
tnue In office until the expiration OF
their respective terms. The location
herein made OF the University OF Texas
shall In no way affect the location Of
the medical branch thereof situated In
Galveston County.
Sec. II, All lands aud other prop
erty granted by the Republic OF State
OF Texas to the University OF Texas, or
the University OF Texas and It's
branches, except the lands transferred
by Section 10 OF this Article to the
Agricultural and Mechanical College OF
Texas. and to the Prairie View state
Normal and Industrial College. shall To.
gether with the proceeds Of the sale ,
OF such lands. constitute the permanent I
university fund All the income de. |
rived therefrOm shall be the available |
fund, and shall be applied to the sup |
port and development OF the University |
OF TeXaJ and to meet It's obligations
The proceeds from the sale OF Uniyer !
sity lands shall be invested as author. |
lied by law for the investment OF the /
permanent school fund The one-tenth |
OF the alternate sections OF lands /
granted to railroads. reserved by the /
State. which was set apart and appro-
priated to the establishment OF the I
University OF Texas by an act OF the /
Legislature Of February IL. 1855. en-
titled IAN Act TO establish the Uniyer /
sity OF Texas shall not be- included IN
or constitute part OF the permanent
fund.
Sec. - The Agricultural and Me
College OF Texas is hereby es-
tablished and permanently located in
Brazos County and separated from the
University OF Texas and constituted
an independent college. The Legisla-
ture shall provide for the organization
Of said college and for its development,
and permanent improve.
ment, shall make by appropriation and
otherwise such provision as may be
necessary to accomplish the purpose OF
said institution, which, without eXclud.
Ing classical and cultural studies, shall
be to teach and develop those branches
Of learning which relate TO agriculture
and the natural sciences connected
herewith the various branches OF en-.
the mechanical arts and
sciences and tactics. The
affairs OF the Agricultural and Mechan.
cal College shall be administered by
It's own governing board as provided
by law. The present members Of the
board shall continue In office until the
expiration of their respective terms.
The Prairie View State Normal and In.
1ustrial College for Colored Youths is
hereby established and its government
and control shall continue under the
governing board of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College Of Texas.
Provided the Legislature may estab
lsh junior agricultural colleges subsi.
diary to the Agricultural and Mechani.
cal College and under the control OF
The Agricultural and Mechanical Col.
ege Board.
Sec. 49, OF the land heretofore set
part to the University and to the Uni
gersity and its branches by the State
Of Texas, and remaining uns0ld, there
ire hereby transferred to and made
part of the permanent fund OF the Agri'