Year: 1862

the mechanic arts.


Be it enacted by the senate and house of
representatives of the United States of Amer
lea in congress assembled, that there be grant,
ed to the several states, for the purposes here
matter mentioned, an amount of public land, |
to be apportiOned to each state a quantity !
equal to thirty thousand acres for each sena-
tor and representative in congress to which the |
states are respectively entitled by the appor-
tionment under the census of eighteen hun
dred and sixty; Provided, that no mineral
lands shall be selected or purchased under
the provisions of this act.


Sect 2. And be it further enacted, that the
land aforesaid, after being surveyed, shall be
apportiOned to the several sections or subdi-
visions of sections, not less than one quarter
Of section; and whenever there are public
lands in a state subject to sale at private en-
try at one dollar and twenty-five cents per
acre, the quantity to which said state shall be
entitled shall be selected from such lands
within the limits of such state, and the secre-
tary of the interior is hereby directed to issue
to each of the states in which there is not the
quantity of public lands subject to sale at
private entry at one dollar and twenty-five
cents per acre, to which said state may be
entitled under the provisions of this act, land
scrip to the amount in acres for the deficiency
of its distributive share said scrip to be sold
by said states and the proceeds thereof APP
piled to the uses and purposes prescribed in
this act, and for no other use or purpose
whatsoever: provided, that in no case shall
any state to which land scrip may thus be
issued be allowed to locate the same within
the limits of any other state, or of any terri
tory of the United States, but their assignees
may thus locate said land scrip upon any of
the unappropriated lands of the United States
subject to sale at private entry at one dollar
and twenty-five cents or less per acre: and
provided further. that not more than one mill
lion acres shall be located by such assgnees
in any one of the states and provided fur
ther, that no such location shall be made be-
fore one year from the passage of this city.


Sect. 3. And be it further enacted, that all
the expenses of management, superinten-
dence, and taxes from date of selection of
said lands, previous to their sales, and all ex-
penses incurred in the management and dis
bursement of the moneys which may be re-
ceived theretrom, shall be paid by the states
to which they llay belong out of the treasury
OF said states, so that the entire proceeds of
the sale Of said lands shall be applied without
any diminutiOn whatever to the purposes here
matter mentioned.


Sect. 4. And be it further enacted, that all
moneys derived from the sale of the lands
aforesaid by the states to which the lands are
apportioned, and from the sales of land scrip
hereinbefore provided for, shall be invested
in stocks Of the United States, or of the states,
or some other safe stocks, yielding not less
than five per centum upon the par value of
said stocks and that the moneys so invested
shall constitute a perpetual fund, the capital
of which shall remain forever undiminished,
(eXcept so far as may be provided in section
fifth Of this act,) and the interest of which
shall be inviolably appropriated, by each state
which may take and claim the benefit of this
act, to the endowment, support. and mainten-
ance of at least one college, where the lead
ing object shall be, without excluding other
scientific and classical studies, and including
military tactics. to teach such branches of
learning as are related to agriculture and the
mechanic arts, in such manner as the legisla-
| lures of the states may respectively prescribe,
in order to promote the liberal and practical
education of the industrial classes in the sew
eral pursuits and professions i'll life.


Sect. 5. And be it further enacted, that the
grant of land and land scrip hereby authorized
| shall be made on the following conditions, to
which, as well as to the provisions hereinbe-
fore contained, the previous assent of the sew


First: any b6i1iGGn is y fGGiiHattifEe fGGiia ttifEe 9GtS


as provided by the foregoing section, or any
portion of the interest thereon, shall, by any
action or contingency, be diminished or lost


IL shall be replaced by the state to which il
belongs, SO that the capital of the fund shall
remain forever undiminished; and the annual
interest shall be regularly applied without di-


mnutlon to the purposes mentioned in the
fourth section of this act, except that sum-


not exceeding ten per centum upon the
amount received by any state under the pro-


VISIONS Oh inns act, may be expended for the
purchase OF lands for sites or experimental
farms, whenever authorized bv the resnectivc
legislatures of said states.


Second. No portion of said fund. nor the
interest thereon, shall be applied, directly OF
indirectly, under any pretence whatever, to
the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair


OF any building or buildings


Imrd. Amy state which may take and claim
the benefit of the provisions of this act shall
provide, within five years, at least not less
than one college, as described in the fourth
section Of this act, or the grant to such state
shall cease and said state shall be bound to
pay the United States the amount received of
any lands previously sold, and that the title to
purchasers under the state shall be valid.


Fourth. An annual report shall be made re-
garding the progress of each college, record
ing any improvements and experiments made


with their cost and results and such other
matters, including state industrial and econ
omcal statistics as may be supposed useful /;
one copy OF which shall be transmitted by
mall tree, by each, to all the other colleges
winch may be endowed under the provisions
OF thlS act, and also one copy to the secretary
of the interior.


Fifth. When lands shall have been selected
from those which have been raised to double
the minimum price, IN consequence of rail
road grants, they shall be computed to the
states at the maximum price, and the number
OF acres proportionally diminished


| sixth. No state while in a condition of
rebellion or iHsurrection against the govern
ment of the United States shall be entitled to
the benefit of this act


Seventh. No state shall be entitled to the
| benefits Of this act unless it shall express its
acceptance thereof by its legislature within
two years from the date of its approval by the
| president.


Sect 8. And be it further enacted, that land
issued under the provisions of this act shall
not be subject to location until after the first
day OF january, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty three


Sect. T. And be it further enacted, that the
land officer shall receive the same fees for To-
eating land scrip issued under the provisions
OF TINS act as is now allowed for the location
OF military bounty land warrants under exist
ing laws Provided, their maximum compen.
sation shall not be thereby increased


Sect. s. And be it further enacted, that tbe |
governors of the several states to which scrin
snail be issued under this act shall be required
to report annually to congress all sales made |
OF such scrip, until the whole shall be dis |