NY Educ L § 5712 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 7 - State and City Colleges and Institutions-Cornell University Article 115 - Cornell University 5712 - New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

§ 5712. New  York  state college of agriculture and life sciences.  1.   The state college of agriculture, established  by  chapter  six  hundred   fifty-five  of  the  laws  of  nineteen hundred four, shall hereafter be   known as the New York state college of agriculture and life sciences  at   Cornell university and shall continue to be under the supervision of the   state university trustees. The object of said college of agriculture and   life sciences shall be to improve the agricultural methods of the state,   to  develop the agricultural resources of the state in the production of   crops of all kinds, in the rearing and breeding  of  livestock,  in  the   manufacture of dairy and other products in determining better methods of   handling and marketing such products, and in other ways; and to increase   intelligence and elevate the standards of living in the rural districts.   For  the  attainment  of these objects the college is authorized to give   instruction in the sciences, arts and  practices  relating  thereto,  in   such courses and in such manner as shall best serve the interests of the   state; to conduct extension work in disseminating agricultural knowledge   throughout the state by means of experiments and demonstrations on farms   and  gardens,  investigations  of  the  economic  and  social  status of   agriculture, lectures, publication of bulletins and reports, and in such   other ways as  may  be  deemed  advisable  in  the  furtherance  of  the   aforesaid  objects;  to  make  researches  in  the  physical,  chemical,   biological and other problems of agriculture, the  application  of  such   investigations  to  the  agriculture of New York, and the publication of   the results thereof.2. All buildings, furniture, apparatus and other  property  heretofore   or  hereafter  erected  or  furnished  by  the state for such college of   agriculture and life sciences shall be and remain the  property  of  the   state.    The  Cornell  university shall have the custody and control of   said property, and,  as  the  representative  of  the  state  university   trustees,  shall,  with  whatever  state  moneys may be received for the   purpose, administer the said college of agriculture and life sciences as   to the establishment of courses of study, the  creation  of  departments   and  positions,  the determination of the number and salaries of members   of  the  faculty  and  other  employees  thereof,  the  appointment  and   employment  thereof,  the  maintenance of discipline and as to all other   matters  pertaining  to  its  educational   policies,   activities   and   operations, including research work.3.  The  state  university trustees shall maintain general supervision   over  the  requests   for   appropriations,   budgets,   estimates   and   expenditures  of  such  college.  Cornell  university  shall  receive no   income, profit or compensation for the exercise and performance  of  the   powers  and duties conferred and imposed by this section, but all moneys   received from state appropriations for the said college  of  agriculture   and  life  sciences  or  derived from other sources in the course of the   administration thereof, shall  be  credited  by  said  university  to  a   separate  fund,  and  shall  be used exclusively for said New York state   college of  agriculture  and  life  sciences.  Such  moneys  as  may  be   appropriated  to  be  paid to the Cornell university by the state in any   year, to be expended by said university in the  administration  of  said   college  of  agriculture  and  life  sciences,  shall  be payable to the   treasurer of Cornell university in three equal payments to  be  made  on   the first day of October, the first day of January, and the first day of   April  in such year, and shall be expended upon vouchers approved by the   chancellor of the state university, as the chief administrative  officer   of  the  state  university,  or  by such authority or authorities in the   state university as shall be designated by the chancellor by a  rule  or   written  direction  filed  with  the comptroller, when and in the manner   authorized by the state university trustees. 4. The said university shall expend such moneys and use such  property   of  the  state  in  administering  said  college of agriculture and life   sciences as above provided, and shall submit  to  the  state  university   trustees  during  the  month  of  September  in  each  year,  a detailed   statement of such expenditures and of the general operations of the said   college of agriculture and life sciences.5.  The tuition fees charged to students shall be regulated by Cornell   university after prior consultation with the state  university  trustees   and  all  other fees and charges in said college of agriculture and life   sciences shall be fixed by Cornell university, and the  moneys  received   from these sources and from the sales of products shall be credited to a   separate  fund  and  shall  be used for the current expenses of the said   college of agriculture and life sciences.6. There shall be established in said college of agriculture and  life   sciences courses of instruction in the fundamentals, theory and practice   of  nursery work, including the propagation and growth of nursery stock,   and in gardening and planting.